Capt. Angus Bowdridge

[David Dunlop]

Derek.

To the best of my knowledge, currently neither the British or Canadian WW2 Service Records are presently public. I do not believe they are old enough.

As a Relative, however, you can write directly to either government and request the service records. Applications should be on line and there might be a small fee. It helps if you have his service number, if not, give them all the information you have about him.

Good luck,

David

[sapper740]

Thanks David. I guess we'll be calling Ottawa soon.

[Darrell Zinck]

Hi Derek

For WW2 Cdn service records, you only need to request them. There are two ways to do that:

1) Prove you are the eldest surviving NOK, or
2) Prove he's been dead 20+years but sometimes LAC knows this through VAC and you're golden.

If you are not 1), a letter signed by that person requesting his file sent to Library and Archives Canada (LAC) should get a result.

If you are using 2), a photo of the headstone or copy of the obituary or Death certificate will do and you request that through LAC as well. Without those, you'll get a file redacted for pers info....lottsa black lines!!

All is at this link under "How to Send an Inquiry Concerning Your Own or Another Individual’s Records":

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discove...ice-files.aspx


Navy ain't my thing but I checked"Service Files of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1910-1941" but there is nothing on a Bowdridge. There is the British Mercantile Marine records available for a cost through the UK National Archives:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/r...nafter1917.htm

Good luck. Shouldn't be too difficult but I haven't time to Cloth Model it out for a Sapper!!

regards
Darrell