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Desert Rat 8th division

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Laura

Laura Report 1 Sep 2020 09:17

Hi, I would like help getting information on my grandfather Frederick Ley who is from plymouth UK and was a desert rat, very new to this obviously. Where can i go to find these types of records?
Thanks

ElizabethK

ElizabethK Report 1 Sep 2020 10:01


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

I have "nudged" up ErikaH's post for you to see.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 1 Sep 2020 11:21

Not military info.....but is this him in 1939?

16 St Jude's Road, Plymouth, Plymouth C.B., Devon, England

Frederick M Ley 29 Sep 1884 Male Bookbinder Married 106 1
Alice L S Ley 29 Mar 1894 Female Unpaid Domestic Duti Married 106 2
Frederick W Ley 15 Oct 1915 Male Bookbinder Single 106 3
The record for this person is officially closed.
Clarence R Ley 19 Jul 1922 Male Plasterer Single 106 5