Hi Dan, and welcome to MLU ... and I really like that you use your Dad's Service Record Number as a "handle". I wish I had thought of that myself for my Uncles

This forum is well monitored and the admin Geoff Winnington-Ball, and Hanno, and other Members, are VERY quick to jump on anything in here thats out of line ... like spammers trying to get in, etc. New members are all "approved" now. In the time since this forum has been up, I think only one person has ever been banned! This place is amazing. This forum is almost the only one where I use my real name (even though people keep giving me new ones : )

You mention that a fire ate any papers and records, that happened in my family too, twice! I was able to get records from the National Archives ... and also got a lot of information from the Regimental Museum about my Uncle/s. Does your Dad's and Uncle's regiments have a Museum and have you contacted them? If not, that might bring you some answers.

Other people in this forum (an amazing bunch of people with amazing information and libraries in their heads as well as their bookshelves )

Regards the pin photo you tried to post, if you're still having trouble, I'm sure someone in here will offer to post it for you. All you'd have to do is email them the photo. Maybe I can even do it as I'm just learning how to resize images for posting in here as well, if they're too big. People in here are great at helping each other. Just ask ... and ye shall receive

Take care,

Karmen