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14th March 2023, 19:28

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread TNA FOI Proof of death for Service Records in General Category

Possibly developing procedures Paul and not engaging to understand the response. This new procedure is from the MoDPersonnelRecords team that...

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14th March 2023, 17:35

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread TNA FOI Proof of death for Service Records in General Category

Not sure it's a step forward - the initial experience of bods that have applied to TNA is not good with nearly all applications being returned...

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14th March 2023, 14:54

Ross_McNeill started a thread TNA FOI Proof of death for Service Records in General Category

A few years off for RAF at the moment - they are starting with a transfer of Army Service Records. To get access to a closed Service Record at the...

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11th March 2023, 15:25

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread Does narrative or history of FC convoy patrols off East coast exist? in General Category

1/2 a page is given in RAFAHB Air Defence of GB but it also gives the reference to the original policy document for 1942 on page 108 (actual page not...

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4th March 2023, 08:17

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread W/O Ralph Charles Wingrove 545011 RAF KAO 1945 in General Category

The casualty files are being released to TNA in batches - the latest batch available for viewing is up to 1942 ...

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2nd March 2023, 20:04

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread Index to London Gazette - New to me in General Category

Sorry Paul - re-reading my previous answer I see I gave duff gen by saying Vol 4 - the military promotions are at the end - but the end of each...

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2nd March 2023, 09:57

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread Index to London Gazette - New to me in General Category

Yup - Military promotions at the end - in strict order of line etc RN, Army, Indian Army, RAF, Civil. There are other sections earlier in each...

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1st March 2023, 18:00

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread Index to London Gazette - New to me in General Category

This is about the only way I found to use the Index dataset in any useful format. Proctor gazette 1929 in google does not easily find him -...

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1st March 2023, 17:18

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread Index to London Gazette - New to me in General Category

Ok Paul, Do not think the Gazette index is the asset you think it is but here is how to make the Longitudinal Dataset work and some other related...

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1st March 2023, 11:09

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread Index to London Gazette - New to me in General Category

Never had much luck with the HTML interface with Gazette so ended up writing my own script to build the query and submit as a JSON. From memory...

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1st March 2023, 10:10

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread Index to London Gazette - New to me in General Category

Yup - just checked it works in the forum GlobalDataBase yellow search box top banner. eg put in Pack comes back with ...

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1st March 2023, 09:43

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread Index to London Gazette - New to me in General Category

One of the personal databases I transferred to Jagan as a donation for RAFCommands to use recently was my generated Gradation Index that was the...

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1st March 2023, 09:11

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread Index to London Gazette - New to me in General Category

There was a version available as an API dataset - eg an xml format that you can access via a remote program and interrogate with reply. An early...

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25th February 2023, 19:18

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread 410216 - Unaccounted Airmen - 16-02-1941 in General Category

Nevett crashed on 10th in the Magister, both he and Batten injured. On 16th Nevett died from injuries sustained in the crash. Ross

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22nd February 2023, 11:32

Ross_McNeill replied to a thread Fury I K2901 & K2902 Collision 17th December 1937 - Pilot allocation ? in General Category

Hi Paul F1180 has Peck on K2902 Patten on K2901 Ross

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