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Gordon

Gordon Report 11 Nov 2007 16:19

My Uncle, George Maskill, was killed in 1945 and I believe he was in a Tank Regiment. Can anybody tell me how I can find out more about his military record such as his regiment etc.
Gordon

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 11 Nov 2007 16:26

Do you know his parent's names and where they were from? There is this George Maskill on the Commonwealth War Graves site:-

Name: MASKILL, GEORGE WILLIAM
Initials: G W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Age: 35
Date of Death: 18/04/1945
Service No: 1617175
Additional information: Son of William and Barbara Maskill; husband of Elizabeth Maskill, of Clifton, York.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Section D. Grave 38. 12410.
Cemetery: YORK CEMETERY, Yorkshire

Kath. x

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 11 Nov 2007 17:00

I borrowed the book issued by the Imperial War Museum from the local library.

It's called Tracing Your Family History Army .

ISBN is 1 901623 35 1

There is a lot of helpful info in there so it's worth a read.

According to their lists of numbers -
1,617,175 is part of the series 721,001 - 1,842,000

Until 1924 this was broken down further so that 1,400,001 - 1,842,000 was Royal Artillery - Royal Garrison Artillery. It does not explain what happened after 1924 so it may be that George was part of the Royal Garrison Artillery.

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Gordon

Gordon Report 11 Nov 2007 21:22

Thanks Kathleen and Jill for the information.
Gordon