Dad's Army Records
       
        
Apart from the letter, the documents have been scanned in the same order as they arrived.

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Army letter dated 23rd August 2021
      
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   Notes

Corps/Unit:- GSC - General Service Corps
ITC - Infantry Training Centre
RAC - Royal Armoured Corp
57th Training Regiment
52nd Training Regiment

This image has been created from two images, so there is an overlap/duplication on the 'join' 


   
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Unit:- PTW - Primary Training Wing

Place of Casualty:- CMF - Central Mediterranean Force

Army Rank:-
PTE - Private, Tpr - Trooper

      
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 Army number transposed, should read 14679501


Unit:- 9L - 9th Lancers
LULC - Local Unpaid Lance Corporal
AULC - Acting Unpaid Lance Corporal
CTBE - Ceased to be entitled
Med Allce - Mediterranean Allowance

 
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RHU - Reinforcement Holding Unit
BAOR - British Army on the Rhine
The terms TOS (Taken on strength) and SOS (Struck off strength)
refer to the movement of personnel into and out of a unit

Unit:- 4H - 4th Queen's Own Hussars
13/18H - 13th/18th Royal Hussars

 
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The above two images were combined on one A3 sheet

 
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Industry Group - ZHC denotes National Government Service

 
The above two images were combined on one A3 sheet

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W/Cpl - War Corporal
   

   
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 Dad's War Medals (left to right)

   1939 - 1945 Star        War Medal 1939 - 1945         Italy Star
   

 
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Ski-ing - possibly Austria?
       
   
   
Dad with Corporal stripes on an A34 Comet Cruiser tank
(this type of tank was introduced in late 1944 and was not used in Italy)
     
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