William J Stevenson 2928629

Greetings
My father, enlisted in the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders in 1934.
He was Posted to 2 Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment on 22.4.40.
He was Posted to 3rd Commando on 07.07.40 where he remained until 12.01.41 when he was posted to Infantry Training Centre. During this period I think he was a Lance Corporal.
His military record shows a few mistakes and later on records him being posted to 1st Parachute Brigade which is quite confusing.
Can anyone suggest where I can start trying to establish if it was in fact 3 Commando and any other avenues of research.
My father died in Korea in 1955 while serving with the Colours and I never had the chance to ask him myself.
Cheers
Bill Stevenson

Hi Bill,
Welcome to the CVA.
Whilst I don't doubt you ability to decipher your father's Service Records you say that there are a number of mistakes - is it possible that you have mis-interpreted the records? i know they can be difficult to read and sometimes entries are not in chronological order.

If you wish I could have a look at them for you and see if I can spot anything that may have gone un-noticed.

With regards the posting to the Parachute Brigade, when the Commandos were disbanded a number of commandos joined the Parachute Brigade - after all the Para's were actually spawned from the Commandos, there being no such thing as Para's before the War. So the posting to The Para's is quite possible.

Regards,

Nick

Nick
the type of mistake I have come across is for example, mention of him being posted to the 12 Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. That should read 2nd Battalion of that regiment. I have recently asked for another copy of my fathers service record which I am now informed should be more complete than the abbreviated version I am in possession of. I will contact you again when I have that new information in hand.
Thanks
Bill

A link to the Armed Forces Memorial page in memory of Sgt William Stephenson:

http://www.veterans-uk.info/afm2/certificate-hi-res.php?SerialNo=X4613

We will remember them

Thanks for that, much appreciated.
Cheers
Bill