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Personnel => Royal Navy => Topic started by: Snowy79 on 15 April 2021 11:39:56 am
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Hello all
Hope someone can steer me in the right direction
I wrote off to Whale Island for my late granddad's service record
They sent me an acknowledgment but said due to covid in could be 6 months before I hear anything substantive
On the letter there is a reference next to his name of M.X 118026
Is this his service number? It doesn't say so explicitly anywhere. I am careful not to make assumptions as I am wanting to get a stone made up for a veterans walkway at our local war memorial and the deadline is soon
Thanks all
S
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Yes, MX/118026 is an RN Service Number
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Thanks PO
Do you just know from the format?
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Yes. For an explanation of how RN service numbers worked, see:
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/NavalNumbers
M indicates Miscellaneous branches (electrical, supply etc) He would also have had a Port letter (P, C D etc before that, but these did sometimes change if they shifted homeports
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That's brilliant, thanks mate :) the M makes sense as he was a shipwright serving on a repair ship patching up damaged ships operating in the south pacific in wW2