Tuesday, 28 October 2008

Searching for War Records

With all this searching for wartime records, I thought I might try and find my great grandfather Samuel Broome's service records. He did survive the first world war and the second (he died in 1960 at the age of 81).

I was told by my nanna that her father served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and that he had been decorated for bravery. That is all I know.

I googled RAMC and sent an email to them, explaining that I knew very little about my great grandfather's war service, and I realised that a lot of their records had been lost in a fire in WW2.
I was surprised to get a reply from a nice lady, who sent me the links to five records for a S Broome in the RAMC, and said if I could find out which field hospital he was attached to, she might be able to help further.


I don't know who in the family I could ask, but I have some phone calls to make, maybe some of my older cousins will know.
I hope we can find out more information - I will keep you posted.


Linda

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