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Posted by Maxine (U14989996) on Tuesday, 27th September 2011
My grandfather James Hickinbotham served in the Royal Flying Corps during WW1. His record tells me that he served in France and that he was hospitalised at some point and then discharged as being medically unfit to return to duty. Could anyone please help me to find the details of his injury, where he was serving when he got it and where exactly he was in hospital. Any help would be very much appreciated
His service record should tell you which unit he was in and from that there should be a War Diary at The National Archives (TNA), Kew, this should tell you where the unit was. The only James Hickinbotham I can find at TNA is for an air mechanic, which might indicate that this was not a war injury.
Yes that's right he was an air mechanic and I see what you are saying. Can I get access to the War Diary without actually visiting TNA?
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Posted by Bashfuljan157 (U5893214) on Tuesday, 27th September 2011
Yes that's right he was an air mechanic and I see what you are saying. Can I get access to the War Diary without actually visiting TNA? Β Don't think so ,
Yes that's right he was an air mechanic and I see what you are saying. Can I get access to the War Diary without actually visiting TNA? Β Don't think so , Β Some War Diaries are on line (via Documents Online on TNA website) others are not, if not you coud ask for copies to be made by TNA but that might be expensive.
Thank you - certainly worth a try
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