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CuriousMonk

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Hello, I’ve recently joined to find out a bit more about my family history, prompted by a newly found photo of my late grandad. His name was Samuel Monk, born 1908 in Oldbury West Midlands (originally Worcestershire). He died in 1981. I’ve been told he was in Burma . Info I’ve been given as follows :
Regiment , RASC
Medals issued 1939-45 Burma ; Defence War
Royal Artillery Attestations.

23/10/33 AR trans
 

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Have you seen the attestation it is on Find My Past. It doesn't have very much information but gives his service number as 806530 which should enable you to track him down accurately (FmP's t's & c's prevent us from posting them) on other sites, like Ancestry's Fold 3 (I do not have a sub for that). If you have not seen the attestation you could either view it at your local library or take out a free trial with FmP
Do you know his parents etc, if not do you want him found on the 1911 and 1921 census and possilby the 1939 register?
 
Looking at the image on FmP (which is from a record book, not an actual attestation) I think he had served his time in the Royal Artillery well before WW2 and was in the reserves when war broke out, as indicated by the entry 23/10/33 AR

Men usually served for a total of 12 years - for example 3-years in the regular army and 9-years in the reserves - but while in the reserves they are liable to be recalled in the event of war, which is what will have happened here. After his recall to the RA he was then transferred to the RASC on 04/03/1940.

The record on Ancestry (Fold3) is just a medal card but gives his service number as T/806530, with the T prefix generally indicating that the person had been mobilised from the Army Reserves, aka the Territorials.

ADDED: Service records after WW1 are not widely available online and those that are are often incomplete. This guide to obtaining the physical copies may help: https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-militar...y-for-the-records-of-a-deceased-serviceperson
 
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I do recommend trying to get hold of your grandad's army records. You may have to wait awhile but I found them very useful.
 
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