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Bert.
You are a super star, thank you so much for that.
Me thinks mission is complete.

Many thanks. Gareth.

Thanks for that.RT It was down to me, I spelled the Elizabatha bit incorrectly :oops:. But you have confirmed the Catholic baptism by your own endeavours, well done. Mary. That was a top tip. I cant try that out now as my free ancestry weekend has gone :( Would the records office have copy of the ba...

Good morning all. I have Recently, well about six months ago, been looking into my grandmothers records, her name was Eliza Fletcher nee Johnstone. She was supposedly a Catholic, practising or otherwise. There is a topic under Stella Bewley, I think on page 4 or 5 which relates to my question here. ...

RT must give you a gold star for perseverance. I nearly didn't put that last bit about the flying torpedo's. I thought the story far fetched as it was. Thank you for those links, wow what terrible bits of kit those bombs were, never heard of them. When you said that makes more sense, I thought you w...

Many Thanks to Bert, RT and D. I now have loads to go on. Thanks to your help I now know how to replace the medals, understand his medal card and his record of ships and land based activities etc. There is just one ship which is unreadable, spent ages staring at it. Gave R.V.E. Case a good looking a...

Thanks Retiringtype and daggers. RT that was a lot of effort on your part on my behalf. Again my Mother insists the story was true. She did volunteer that my Dad probably spiced things up a bit. I did look into the shooting of incoming torpedo's and like you found no evidence of it ever happening. T...

Good morning Retiringtype. Have run through the U boat story again with my Mum and she insists that the detail is correct, well its what my Dad had told her. Strange that my sister gave me the same tale shortly before her death. Different people different times. Oh well, I bow to your superior knowl...

RT
Please clarify. So all those medals are not as it seames. And my family folk law is a pack of lies. Disappointed

Thank you. Gareth F

Thanks Mary.
Have posted a copy of the record under the military section so members can see what they can expect to receive. Plus what I hope is an interesting tale.

Gareth F.

Thanks Bert and RT for the very helpful links. Bert, U boat could be right for the following reasons. My late Sister and my Mum, She's 90, shared this tale with me. The events took place when and on what ship they couldn't say. My Dads ship spotted an incoming torpedo and my Dad was supposed to ring...

Some help please. Just received my Late Fathers navy medal record and it raises a few questions that I hope the forum can help me with. On the top left hand corner of the record it has PAID stamped by hand and about an inch from that it has, in a circle, stamped PRIZE underlined and the letter U bel...

Hi all. Just to let you all know. Sent off for my Dads WW2 navy records. And I used Hilary's suggestion by putting not known in the national insurance number box and also his service number as not known. I included his birth and death certs and bingo, received his records this morning. Just to let t...

Thanks Hilary.

Will do. Sometimes you just have to go for it.
Bless you. Gareth.

Thanks Katie and Bert. I think organising a game of poker with the Pope would be easier than getting my late Fathers NI Number. Tried HMRC again, Various numbers, You cannot break out of their automated system to actually speak with a real person, well I couldn't. Good idea Katie. The name of the Ho...

Thank you Mary and Bert. Mary, on my Dads DC it states that he was at the time involved in electroplating and was living in Enfield East London. I have tried in vain contacting local firms in the area, so no luck there, certainly worth a shot. It was a bit of a long shot anyway as on my half sisters...

Hi All. I am about to send off to Portsmouth For my late Fathers navy records. The form asks for various information that i am unable to supply, ie official service number and his National insurance number. There is no way i can think of in getting his service number, but what about his national ins...

Hi All.
Just to tie up another loose end. I am now in contact with Joss and awaiting a reply from her. What a nice surprise.

Cheers. Gareth F

Nice enhancement Dave C,
Dave, How are we related, bearing in mind that Eliza was my grandmother, not very good at that sort of thing.

Cheers . Gareth.

Hi Dave C. Pictures of Eliza and Alfred Fletcher. One is taken on their wedding day, you can clearly see the pendant Eliza is wearing. This was a bribe to stop her marring Alfred, didn't work or else I would not be writing this. :lol: There is a solo of Eliza, Date unknown, and I have included one o...

Dave have sent you a PM.

Gareth.