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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 2,367 Send Message	Mike. The Leicester Lad.(GC)	Report	23 Jun 2004 14:19
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 2,367 Send Message	Greeting's Caroline. . . Think this is the info you require ? :- DAWES, FRED Initials: F Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Bombardier Regiment: Royal Artillery Unit Text: 5 Searchlight Regt. Age: 33 Date of Death: 08/09/1945 Service No: 2045478 Additional information: Husband of W. M. Dawes, of Mortlake, Surrey. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 7. Cemetery: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Hope this helps your search. MIKE
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 350 Send Message	Dave the Tyke	Report	23 Jun 2004 14:18
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 350 Send Message	Caroline hi, I've seen another thread that contained a bit about searchlight regiments recently within last 2 weeks, ww11 service or something of that nature. have you tried searching on Google? good luck Dave
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 4 Send Message	Caroline	Report	23 Jun 2004 13:54
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 4 Send Message	COULD ANYONE HELP ME I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND INFO ON THIS ARMY UNIT 5TH SEARCH LIGHT I DO KNOW THAT IT WAS THE ROYAL ARTILLERY BUT THAT IS IT.THEY SERVED IN WW2 IN SINGAPOUR, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS INFO ON A FRED DAWES IN THAT UNIT THANKS