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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	19 Oct 2013 11:39
	Once you have the DC, the name of the informant might help you trace descendents/next of kin. As long as you have their permission, you can apply for Peter's Service records. Niece/Nephew is one of the qualifying applicant relationships for a living serviceman anyway!
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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 3 Send Message	indy	Report	18 Oct 2013 21:01
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 3 Send Message	..Thanks Reggie for letting me know otherwise I would have sent away for his service records.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63,499 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	18 Oct 2013 11:56
	His service records will be available only to his next of kin
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	16 Oct 2013 20:31
	It might say 'widower of' or 'husband of' a legal partner, but unlike Scottish or Australian DC it won't give the names of children. You might be lucky and find that a relative/child was the informant.
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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 3 Send Message	indy	Report	16 Oct 2013 19:46
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 3 Send Message	Thank you for above information - I have sent away for his death certificate which may clarify any relatives, married partner or any surviving children. - I will also go on freebmd.org.uk. Anne
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	14 Oct 2013 13:40
	If you're sure that he was born in 1919, could this be his death? England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Peter Stevenson Garner Name: Peter Stevenson Garner Birth Date: 2 Jan 1919 Date of Registration: Feb 1997 Age at Death: 78 Registration District: Hatfield Inferred County: Hertfordshire Register Number: C2C District and Subdistrict: 5321C If he married, the informant might be a relative, although if he was in a long term medical institute, it could be one of their staff The death does tie in with this birth England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005 about Peter S Garner Name: Peter S Garner Mother's Maiden Surname: Cotton Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1919 Registration District: Greenwich Inferred County: London Volume Number: 1d Page Number: 1201 Entry number: 84 There is a possiblity that he married 1959 in Islington to a Peggy M. Have you traced her? The marriage giving her surname at the time of the marriage is on http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl Use that and the surname Garner to see if they had any children - there are 2 listed on freebmd, 1961 & 1968. It is possible that they are the children of a different Garner/Turton marriage
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Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	13 Oct 2013 23:14
	Welcome to the boards indy. This is from Findmypast website:- Prisoners of War 1939-1945 - British Army held in German territories First Name(s):P. Last Name:Garner Rank:Private Camp No.:344 PoW No.:139141 Soldier No.:1623584 Record Office:Infantry and Army Physical Training Corps Record Office, Stanwell Road School, Ashford, Middlesex Camp Type:STALAG Camp Location:Lamsdorf Regiment:The Queen's Royal Regiment As this record gives his army number you could look at this site to find out how you could apply for his army records:- http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/army.html The records will cost £30 and take quite a long time (possibly around 9 months) to arrive. Kath. x
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 3 Send Message	indy	Report	13 Oct 2013 21:20
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 3 Send Message	The above is my Uncle I believed left the army with shell-shock and lived in institutes in London for the rest of his days. due to my father losing touch with his family we never got to meet his side of the family and I would love to know more as I have now joined our local history club and am trying to reconnect with my lost garner family - we have a photo of him in Battle dress and we have found he was a private with Queen Royal Regiment and was ? a POW in Poland.

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