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Recieved big wad of notes from the MoD about my Scottish grandad George Frizzell.

So today i was amazed to get an pm from a genesreunited member who is the son of George Frizzell's sister (Grandad George had a sister!) and he has confirmed that George was indeed married previously and that therefore my Mother has a sister somewhere in Greenock......that's if she's still alive. However he also confirmed that George Frizzell did indeed see military service during WW2.

This one looks interesting too-

https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/records/4048810/lieutenant-g-frizelle-home-guard-yorkshire-area/

I know George married in the Durham area in 1951 so he was clearly in the North of England.

H L Sims 1510853 Gunner 1942 Royal Artillery
H L Sims 1510853 Gunner 1943 Royal Artillery

The initials tally up for Harry

A Frizzel 2928789 Private 1943 Cameron Highlanders??? Maybe...

I'll investigate further...

You can buy a copy of military records, from 1920 onwards, but you need to know the person's service number, as well as their full name and DOB - so no use in your situation. Unless you can find the service number from the site above.

https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records/overview

Try this website:
www.forces-war-records.co.uk

This site lists people who survived the war, as well as those who died.

You can search free, but then to see the details of any of the basic results you'll need to subscribe - one month's sub is £8.95.

NOTE: If you don't want to continue after the month, remember to cancel your sub, or it will renew automatically.

A free search for Harry brings up these results. I have no idea if any of them could be your Harry .

Full Matches: 1 results have been found that match your current search criteria.
First Name Surname Service Number Rank Record Year Unit
Harry Simms LT/JX 231652 Seaman 1943 Royal Naval Patrol Service

Similar Matches: 7 results with similar spelling variations have been found.
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First Name Surname Service Number Rank Record Year Unit
Harry Sams T/197658 Driver 1941 Royal Army Service Corps
Harry Sims CLDX3390 Petty Officer 1945 Hms Lanka
Harry Symes C/JX 128147 Able Seaman 1940 Hms Hotspur
Harry Symes C/JX 128147 Able Seaman 1940 Hms Hotspur
H L Sims 1510853 Gunner 1942 Royal Artillery
H L Sims 1510853 Gunner 1943 Royal Artillery
H L Symes 1947601 Sapper 1943 Royal Engineers



For Alexander, these are the results. Again, I have no idea if any of them would be your Alexander:

Full Matches: We did not find any full match results that match your current search criteria.
Similar Matches: 3 results with similar spelling variations have been found.
First Name Surname Service Number Rank Record Year Unit
A Friswell Lieutenant 1941
A J Frizell NX/27655 Private 1943 2/28th Infantry Battalion
A Frizzel 2928789 Private 1943 Cameron Highlanders

Oh i've hit a brick wall here.....I think you can't obtain Military records after 1922 as these are held by the MoD.

ArgyllGran thanks very much i've now with your help found the records for my grandparents marriage and my grandmother Stella birth.

Your a star! :-D

Any ideas how I would find if either of my grandads Harry Leonard Simms or George Alexander Lever Frizzell would have been drafted into service during WW2?

Or maybe not because Stella was previously married. I think her surname was Day?

1955 seems possible. So that would be Harry Leonard Simms and Stella Hawkins.

I'm assuming when you say you're looking for Harry & Leonard's [EDIT: I mean Stella's ! ] marriage license you mean marriage certificate??

Greyghost posted it on page 1 of this long thread.
I'll repeat it here:

Marriages Mar 1955 (>99%)
DYE Margaret L E S SIMS Durham S.E. 1a 1796
DYE Stella SIMS Durham S.E. 1a 1796
HAWKINS Margaret L E S SIMS Durham S.E. 1a 1796
SIMS Harry L DYE Durham S.E. 1a 1796
SIMS Harry L HAWKINS Durham S.E. 1a 1796

How would I find out if my Grandads Harry Leonard Simms or George Alexander Lever Frizzell had military records? They both would have been of age for service in WWII???

Thank you ArgyllGran, you've been a star in assisting me locate family records.

My next project is to locate my grandad Harry Leonard Simms & Stella Hawkins marriage license.

Congratulations, Kerensky!

Hooray I now have Harry Leonard Simms born in 1914 birth certificate.

Twice! I have requested my grandad's BC from the GRO and without success.......clearly they do not have a certificate of record :-(

Is this another marriage?? (Apologies if already posted.)

Marriages Dec 1939 (>99%)
Draper Violet R Simms Birmingham 6d 1642
Littlewood Violet R Simms Birmingham 6d 1642
Simms Harry L Littlewood Birmingham 6d 1642
Simms Harry L Draper Birmingham 6d 1642

Birth already posted on pages 1 and 6:

Births Mar 1915 (>99%)
SIMMS Harry L Eliasen Hull 9d 574

Thanks for all the useful info! I discovered I already have the marriage license of Amanda Matilda Elison and Frank Henry Simms (my great grandparents) and also their birth certificates!

My grandad Harry Leonard Simms is proving much harder, where records a bit more patchy in 1914 I wonder?

All I could obtain so far is this-

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn229/kornflakes77/1993%20Harry%20Leonard%20Simms%20Death%20Certificate_zpsjgbmwbwy.jpg

I figure there has to be a record of his birth and marriage to my grandmother Stella.

Births Jun 1881 (>99%)
REINHARTSEN Augenia M K Southampton 2c 21