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Member Since: August 2008 Posts: 11 Send Message	Debra	Report	21 Jun 2010 15:00
Member Since: August 2008 Posts: 11 Send Message	MY GRANDFATHER SERVED IN THE ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS DURING WW2, AS A DISPATCH RIDER HE WAS STATIONED AT OR NEAR GERAARDBERGEN IN BELGUIM., AND SERVED IN PALERMO. PLEASE COULD ANYONE TELL ME HOW TO OBTAIN HIS SERVICE NUMBER. HIS NAME WAS SIDNEY GEORGE SMITH BORN 1911 DIED 1975 BORN 1911
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 3,927 Send Message	PaulaW	Report	21 Jun 2010 15:06
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 3,927 Send Message	Put some details of your grandfather i.e. name etc perhaps someone may be able to help You could try the National Archives Site also.
Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	21 Jun 2010 15:39
	Was he married by then? If any children were born during his period of service, his number MAY be on the birth cert(s)
Member Since: August 2008 Posts: 11 Send Message	Debra	Report	21 Jun 2010 15:57
Member Since: August 2008 Posts: 11 Send Message	Thank you for that i shall enquire with my father, I had not thought of that. Many thanks Debra