If an ADM 363 record shows that the rating re-entered at a date after 1928, with a new official number, then you may find their record is still held by the Ministry of Defence. You can find warrant officers’ service records in ADM 196.
#Charter arms serial number date series
The continuous service engagement books, from series ADM 139, may also reveal: This will be to one of the Continuation books in ADM 188/83-90
#Charter arms serial number date download
You can search and download the records in Discovery () by filling in the form below. You may find more than one record for an individual is their service spans a number of the series above. Please note, a rating must have enlisted before 1929 in order to have a record within these series.
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The original records are in four series at The National Archives: Some of the records cover periods of service up to at least 1950. Available here are over 700,000 Royal Navy service records for ratings who entered the service between 18.