Gordon highlanders records

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:11 pm

DMcNay wrote:
DavidWW wrote:
If your dad is still alive then he, or if not, you, as next of kin, can write off to .....

Army Personnel Centre,
Kentigern House (Room 5109)
65 Brown Street
Glasgow G2 8EX

(tel 0141 224 3509)

....for the necessary forms, which should be filled in and returned with the required fee - currently £40. The only catch is that, due to too many genealogists wanting such records, the waiting time is currently around 9 (nine) months.

David
Good news. If you're the next of kin, and can prove it, you don't need to pay the charge. Also, the maximum waiting time is nine months, but I got mine back after about eight weeks.

It's well worth requesting the service records from them. The information contained in them is fantastic. My fathers had his enlistment papers, service history, and the results of his assessment for Officer Training School.

Regards,

David

David

I've just reviewed the standard documentation from the Army Personnel Centre at Kentigern House, and nowhere can I see that the fee of £30 (I got the figure wrong) is waived if the applicant is the next of kin, unless the applicant is the widow or widower, but only in that situation. In other words, the £30 does not appear to be waived for other categories of next of kin.

David

DMcNay · Post by **DMcNay** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:54 pm

I must have been mistaken. Certainly my mum was the widow in our case. Maybe I read it wrong. I had believed it was the nearest relative who could apply for free.

My apologies.

David

Post by **joette** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:59 pm

Be aware of Spelling on the CWGC site.Having my Great-Uncles medals from WW! with his record no.date of death etc but could not find him on the site.
Then I tried a different spelling of his surname Waddel instead of Waddell & up he came.
I contacted CWGC & they are going to change it -been waiting about a year.

Post by **Tracey** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:29 pm

From the actual application forms i have in front of me...........

For ex army personnel, their widows or widowers, we can supply statements of service or confirmation of particular aspects of service from those records we hold. There is no charge for this service.

We can provide the same service for members of the family or other members of the public, subject to consent of the next of kin and the payment of a fee.