The following authorities can be contacted to confirm a veteran's service:
OFFICERS
Naval Secretary (OMOBS)
Room 169, Victory Building
HM Naval Base
Portsmouth
Hampshire PO1 3LS
UNITED KINGDOM
RATINGS
NPP Accounts 1, AFPAA
Centurian Building
Grange Road
Gosport
Hampshire PO13 9XA
UNITED KINGDOM
MEDAL ENTITLEMENTS
Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency
(Joint Personnel Administration Centre)
Ministry of Defence Medal Office
Building 250
Royal Air Force Innsworth
Gloucester GL3 1HW
Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency (AFPAA)
Pensions Branch
AFPAA (G)
PPPA
Mail Point 480
Kentigern House
65 Brown Street
Glasgow G2 8EX
UNITED KINGDOM
ARMY (OTHER THAN RANKS OF THE FOOTGUARDS REGIMENTS)
Regimental Headquarters
The *** Guards
Wellington Barracks
Birdcage Walk
London SW1E 6HQ
UNITED KINGDOM
*** insert as appropriate: Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish or Welsh)
ARMY (ALL OTHER RANKS)
For many years staff at the Record Office, Hayes have handled requests for information relating to ex-Army personnel but, with effect from 1 July 2002, the work will be undertaken by staff at the Army Personnel Section (APC) at Glasgow.
Army casework which is already in the pipeline on 1 July will be dealt with by staff at Hayes but requests arriving on or after that date will be transferred to colleagues at APC and you will be advised of the transfer. The address for all new requests is:
Army Personnel Centre
Historic Disclosures, Mailpoint 400
Kentigern House
65 Brown Street
Glasgow
G2 8EX
Casework currently carried out by staff at Hayes relating to Royal Navy and Polish ex-service personnel records will continue as before, although plans are being made to relocate this work too.
General Register & Record Office of Shipping & Seamen
Department of Transport
PO Box 165
Gabalfa
Cardiff CF4 4UX
UNITED KINGDOM
Ministry of Defence
Record Office
Bourne Avenue
Hayes
Middlesex UB3 1RF
UNITED KINGDOM
Personnel Archive Section
Trentham Army Camp
Upper Hutt
NEW ZEALAND
Tel: 04 527 5280
E-mail: nzdf.personnelarchives@paradise.net.nz [8]
National Personnel Record Centre
Military Personnel Records
Attention: Army Reference Branch
(or Airforce, Navy)
9700 Page Boulevarde
St Louis
MissouriI 63132
USA
Department of Defence
Documentation Centre
Private Bag X289
Pretoria 0001
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Historical Records Office Royal Marines
Centurion Building
Grange Road
Gosport
Hampshire PO13 9XA
UNITED KINGDOM
The Ministry of Defence,
Army Medals Office
Worcester Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire WR9 8AU
UNITED KINGDOM
Records Review
Lion House
Willow Burn Trading Estate
Alnwick
Northumberland NE66 2PF
UNITED KINGDOM
Army Medal Office
Government Office Buildings
Worcester Road
Droitwich Spa WR9 2AU
UNITED KINGDOM
Directeur Personneel Koinklijke Marine
Postbus 20702
2500 E S 'S-Gravenhage
Holland
THE NETHERLANDS
National Archives
Riksarkivet
Postbus 10, Kringsja
N-0807 Oslo
NORWAY
National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100
USA
Please Note: All requests must be in writing, signed and mailed to the address shown above. A request form is available on the internet at http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/standard-form-180.html [18]
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[18] http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/standard-form-180.html