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Duncan Gillies Crawford

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 22 Sep 2015 09:29

Once you have his DC, you might try to order his military records, just to check if he was in the right area at the right time. Access rules are quite strict - your application may be rejected

http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/service_records.html

Records cost GB£30 and will take several months to arrive. The records themselves are full of abbreviations. If our relative hadn't been alive (National Service from c1948) , we wouldn't know that they meant.

robert

robert Report 21 Sep 2015 21:14

thanks for your answers-yes, we have tried searching trees, but as of yet we have been unsuccessful. And, yes, we are the ones looking for my wife's father, that was in the Brighton area at some stage. We have tracked a Duncan Gillies Crawford b.1929 and believed to have passed away in or around 2005, we have sent for his death certificate to see if there are any living relatives but have not received the documents at this stage.

kind regards Bob Findlay.
we will take your advice and continue searching through the sites that you have recommended.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 21 Sep 2015 13:04

Bob - try searching all members trees to see if he is listed. Then send a message to the tree owner.

You could check the ER for free on
http://www.searchelectoralroll.co.uk/Electoral_Roll_Search.asp
Unfortunately Crawford is a common name

Assuming he returned to Scotland, any BMD would be recorded on http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/welcome.aspx
which is a pay to view site,

Try social media sites such as
http://www.royalmarinesassociation.org.uk/
https://www.forcesreunited.org.uk/forum/default.asp
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There was a gentleman who was looking for an assumed father by the name of Crawford who was in the Brighton area at some point. Is that connected to this enquiry or a coincidence?

robert

robert Report 21 Sep 2015 10:56

Does anyone out there know of a Duncan Gillies Crawford that served as a MARINE with the ROYAL MARINES. He would have been with the MARINES around 1950's. He was born in 1929 in Scotland. Any assistance appreciated.

kind regards Bob Findlay , Australia.