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Can you find out about people in Second World War my father in law was in it Alan Hare born Horncastle 1922 would you be able to find anything please, I see ancestry seems to have info many thanks

Possibly in The Royal Engineers?

You have to apply for his records.


https://www.gov.uk/guidance/request-records-of-deceased-service-personnel

Rose

Well no electoral rolls were taken during ww2

Any forces records won’t be online , they have to be applied for by a next of kin I think

Deaths though will show on the cwgc site including civilian

BMD,s though will show on free bmd as usual

He was still at home in 1939

49 North Street, Horncastle, Horncastle U.D., Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey), England

First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Fred Hare 21 Jun 1889 Male Dairyman Married 47 1
Mary Hare 27 Jul 1887 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 47 2
Alan Hare 22 Sep 1922 Male Milk Salesman Single 47 3
Ref: RG101/6441I/005/19 Letter Code: TMHB

He married during the war.
Perhaps his marriage cert mentions his forces unit and rank.

Alan Hare
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Alan Hare
Registration Date: Jul 1944
[Aug 1944]
[Sep 1944]
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District: Amounderness
Inferred County: Lancashire
Spouse: Dolina Morrison
Volume Number: 8e
Page Number: 1170


Or perhaps you already know what his role was during the war - in which case apply for his records as advised above.

His records will cost £30.00 and take many months to arrive. Even in non-Covid times they take months.

You don’t have to be NoK, but you may be asked to provide a copy death cert

Thankyou