Military Chat

Simeon was my father he live in Sadlleworth Yorkshire does anyone know which regiment he was in during WW2. I only saw him ounce or twice so I do know he survived the war. at the time of his death he was living in Shaw, Oldham Lancashire .
Fred Wheatcroft. :-)

Unfortunately, WW2 service records are not online.

Have you followed up on the replies on your thread in 2017?

https://www.british-genealogy.com/forum/threads/90216-SIMEON-WHEATCROFT?p=645810


Updated since then, info re how to apply for a copy of his record - but you would probably need to supply more facts than you appear to have:

https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-records-of-service


Some records are with the MOD, and are free to order, but others are with the National Archives, and there may be a charge for those.
All service records are gradually being transferred to the National Archives.

I don't see him listed on Forces War Records::
https://uk.forceswarrecords.com


In 1947 (and again in 1948) he's on the Service Register of the Electoral Roll for Saddleworth, as a member of the Forces.

Simeon Wheatcroft
in the West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962
Name Simeon Wheatcroft
Residence Date 1947
Residence Place Colne Valley, West Yorkshire, England
Reference Number COL:15/4

You could try local papers to see if he is mentioned -

or The London Gazette in case he won an award or was an officer.

This is presumably the death ( from freebmd)

Deaths Mar 1972 (>99%)
Wheatcroft Simeon 4Oc1903 Oldham 10f 214

and his birth

Births Dec 1903 (>99%)
Wheatcroft Simeon Saddleworth 9a 220

The birth certs of the daughters born during the war may hold helpful info

Alternatively, apply for his records...............

https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-records-of-service/apply-for-the-records-of-a-deceased-serviceperson

Not with family ......................possibly already enlisted

1939 Register
148 Greengate Street, Oldham, Oldham C.B., Lancashire, England

Florence (A) Wood (Wheatcroft) 09 Jan 1903 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 22 1
Harry Wheatcroft 26 May 1929 Male At School
Neville Wheatcroft 12 Apr 1934 Male At School Single 22 6
Doris Townsend (Lockwood,Wheatcroft) 22 Jul 1922 Female Laid Oldham Royal Hospital Single 22 9
Evelyn (J) Adams (Chappell,Wheatcroft) 20 Aug 1930 Female At School Single 22 3

SIX closed records

Not the same request, obviously, but Fred didn't return to the following thread

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1340072

He did, however, respond to help on this one

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1324138