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Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 39,699 Send Message	PatinCyprus	Report	16 Oct 2021 21:31
	RAF records can now be ordered online for those after 1920. https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records/apply-for-someone-elses-records
	Researching: Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 26,336 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	17 Oct 2021 11:51
	Thank you for that Pat. I wonder if the other Services will later be available online too ?
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,663 Send Message	greyghost	Report	17 Oct 2021 13:59
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,663 Send Message	From the link - You can apply online if the deceased person was in the RAF. For records from all other military services you need to apply by post. You can also apply by post for RAF records if you cannot use the online service. ---------------------- I believe all Service records are going online eventually, it was meant to be this year, but not seen the announcement yet. Probably RAF first as it was only formed 1918 and they may have been recorded in a different format initially.