Help tracing a sailor

**Stewy S** · 04-21-2015, 08:39 PM

Hi folks, I'm looking for some help tracing a mate of mines dad's ships he served on. He was awarded the '39-'45 star, Atlantic star, Pacific star & GSM. His details are:
Alan William Henry Clark
Rank: Able seaman
Service no: C/JX 171430 (the "X" may possibly be a "K", but from the letters home he's fairly sure it's an "X"

He served on HMS Gambia in the Pacific & was involved in the Atlantic convoys, obviously. Any info is much appreciated. Kind regards, Stewy

P.S. There could be a lot of interesting stuff to this if I can find some info to this Sailor.

**SteveR** · 04-22-2015, 12:14 AM

From the headline I thought it might be a paternal situation for a lady.

**Stewy S** · 04-23-2015, 08:23 PM

Anyone? Stewy

**Richie B** · 04-23-2015, 08:36 PM

This may be an obvious question but has your mate tried applying for his father's service record from MOD ?

**Stewy S** · 04-23-2015, 08:47 PM

Hi Richie, no he hasn't he's not very "au fait" with computers/internet & I'm not sure if a third party i.e myself could do it. Thanks for the reply. Any help is a viable option for him/us. Just thought it was worth asking here because I know how much help can be gained from the forum. Kind regards, Stewy.

**Richie B** · 04-23-2015, 10:33 PM

How to obtain service records - not too technical I think. Just download the form [PDF], fill it in and send it off.

https://www.gov.uk/requests-for-pers...vice-personnel