alastaircox Posted 31 December , 2015 Share Posted 31 December , 2015 One last plea for help before my peace is shattered and the family return..... From my very modest collection, 1914-15 Star trio, as originally found in cig tin, with tags. Rifleman William R Hayes, 12216 4th Btn KRRC. I have found his MIC and Medal Rolls but nothing else so far. What is bugging me is the ID tags. The aluminium tag is marked up as W Hayes 12216 KRRC but the composite pair are marked 6838165 CPL W Hayes KRRC. I can find no information on the latter. Surely not WW2 service? Thank you as always for your input (I am learning, slowly....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 31 December , 2015 Share Posted 31 December , 2015 The 7 didgit number probably was for service after 1920/1921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastaircox Posted 31 December , 2015 Author Share Posted 31 December , 2015 Thanks Johnboy. Continued post-WW1 service but without records, the when and why's will remain a mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 31 December , 2015 Share Posted 31 December , 2015 The MoD appear to hold a service record for him. You should hopefully be able to get a copy, or extract - see here The DoB date format is yyyy/mm/dd Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastaircox Posted 31 December , 2015 Author Share Posted 31 December , 2015 Thank you Chris. So I need to acquire a copy of his death certificate, complete the form and pay £30. I will check when he died to see what level of detail is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 31 December , 2015 Share Posted 31 December , 2015 One last plea for help before my peace is shattered and the family return..... From my very modest collection, 1914-15 Star trio, as originally found in cig tin, with tags. Rifleman William H Hayes, 12216 4th Btn KRRC. I have found his MIC and Medal Rolls but nothing else so far. What is bugging me is the ID tags. The aluminium tag is marked up as W Hayes 12216 KRRC but the composite pair are marked 6838165 CPL W Hayes KRRC. I can find no information on the latter. Surely not WW2 service? Thank you as always for your input (I am learning, slowly....) Very nice set. 1920's reenlistedment sounds spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted 31 December , 2015 Share Posted 31 December , 2015 You don't need the death certificate as he will be over 116 years old, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 31 December , 2015 Share Posted 31 December , 2015 The original forum topic on index of service records for soldiers continuing to serve after the war is here. I downloaded the index/"attachments" from here, and merged into a single spreadsheet. I haven't had the need to get a copy record myself, but did wonder if a death certificate were strictly necessary. I'm also not certain that all of the DoBs are 100% correct. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted 31 December , 2015 Share Posted 31 December , 2015 When i got my Great Grandfathers service record i phoned them to find out for certain if i needed a death certificte and the chap said as long as they are over 116 year old they don't need one. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 31 December , 2015 Share Posted 31 December , 2015 Thanks Chris. That's interesting to know. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastaircox Posted 1 January , 2016 Author Share Posted 1 January , 2016 I think I will need to prove date of death to get the full records as I am not a family member. Thanks to everyone who contributed, I had no idea that this information was available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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