Service records

Optimistic bugga.lol

jim wrote:

So how does a 2nd marriage stop a son being next of kin? unless of course he'd designated his 2nd wife as next of kin thinking about it. I thought there were stages, i.e Colleen was my next of kin, but if we both died it my Father etc...

If no Will or Power of Attorney if still living is made, and consent is required the following is applied

Order of precedence in the United Kingdom

The traditional term "next of kin" with "nearest relative" (with no change in meaning) and states that the recognised order of precedence is:

(a) Husband or wife;
(b) Son or daughter;
(c) Father or mother;
(d) Brother or sister;
(e) Grandparent;
(f) Grandchild;
(g) Uncle or aunt;
(h) Nephew or niece.
Provided the person is over 18 years of age.

Related is by blood or marrage.

All half blood relatives will be treated as full blood relatives.

Adopted children are regarded the same as a blood relative.

This was amended in 2007 in which [same sex] civil partners were officially recognised as equal with husband or wife in the original act.

That's interesting Mike. Thanks

Interesting indeed Mike. But just for the record my application for my Dad's records was pre 2007, not that it made any difference, and I didn't actually have any problems with getting permission so I suppose it's all academic.

Mike

Pardon my ignorance but is a just a question of asking for"MY Service records??" Somehow that seems too simple for the MOD

As you can, we also can write in to DVA and get our Service Records. Can't say it has been some thing of interest to me. But, I have sent in for two service records on two WW 1 vets. Had a mate in Ottawa do it for me. Saved me a few buck by not having to apply by mail/e-mail.

spud-nick wrote:

Pardon my ignorance but is a just a question of asking for"MY Service records??" Somehow that seems too simple for the MOD

Effectively yes. You can find details of how, and a downloadable application form here. I suppose it must be part of the Freedom of Information Act.

Mike

I have received my medical records which were omitted from my previous receipt.apart from the lack of writing skills by the medical profession they are quite a revelation
Now i need an ex or serving RAMC member to help me with some abreviations and their application.i have googled them and come up with some strange answers.One in particular is PID of which i am supposed to have had a mild form of..
No doubt you will all be off to google PID.If you come up with more than one answer,i would be delighted to know what it is..

I really don`t want the operation at my time of life

LOL, We use a PID, it's a card you stick into the server to allow you to log on, it's a form of security. Personal Identification Device. But you wouldn't have that as a symptom would you.

PID is a medical shortcut for Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc

Err 'Slipped Disc' to you and me.

Or so my retired QARANC & NHS Nursing Sister wife tells me ;-)

THEN I did a Google

http://www.axappphealthcare.co.uk/personal/medical-health-centres/fact-sheet/prolapsed-intervertebral-disc

Acording to Ann, PID could also be interpreted as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, a sexually transmitted infection!

Just so long as you do not have PIA in the margin! (pain in the arse)
or among others:
PIN (pain in the neck)
PIB (pain in the bum)
SIG (stupid ignorant git)
GOK (God only knows)
WOT (waste of time)

Let an ex - paramedic give you another one, in general usage now.

WOFT (Waste Of .... yep, you got it !)

brum

Lol and I bet there are many others as well.

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PID could also be interpreted as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, a sexually transmitted infection

That`s the one i found..but it only affects females..Thus my concern

The slipped disc is what i had..

Sexually transmitted disease? sure you weren't Life Guards or Blues and Royals Gordon?

Lol..Need to think about that.The Life Guards were in Herford same time as me

There you go then, a lost weekend maybe LMAO

Gordon. wrote:

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PID could also be interpreted as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, a sexually transmitted infection

That`s the one i found..but it only affects females..Thus my concern

The slipped disc is what i had..

Well men carry it as chlamydia or worst still gonorrhoea Gordon! which is the root course of female 'PID'...

But then you would be marked down as an 'STD' LoL

You seem very clued up on STDs Mike.Is there something you need to tell us? lol

As a young lad I never understood what STD meant. Can you imagine going into the Royal Herbert and asking nurses for directions to the STD Centre? Wasn't so brave on the way out.

Me? never, I'm a good boy me.

The Royal Herbert, Gallahad, would that be the one at Woolwich ?

My last posting was Woolwich and late 70s I had to put some men in there to guard the RH prior to demolition. They didn't like it, very creepy !

brum

Why is it old service hospitals are all said to be haunted?.

After an hour in that Victorian pile I'd believe it to be true !

Gordon. wrote:

Why is it old service hospitals are all said to be haunted?.

A) They've been kicking around the planet since God's Bar Mitzvah (or at least since Edward VIII was on the throne)

B) They're often these Gothic looking creations that only need ominous clouds behind them and forked lightening flashing above them to complete the picture

C) lots of tragedy occurring within their walls over the years

D) corridors upon corridors upon corridors that, when empty, would spook the bejeebers out of the toughest of them.

E) They often *are* haunted....somewhere else there is a discussion about various sightings in some of the old barracks in Iserlohn. I talked about one that happened while the Canadians were completing the closeout of, I think, Fort Qu'Appelle. I had a summer job dismantling cots and hucking mattresses out the windows to those below to be loaded up on Deuce-and-a-halfs for transport to g-d knows where....

One of the young soldiers assigned to this duty was by himself up on one of the upper floors and came racing down to the rest of us, pale and terrified, claiming he had seen an "old style" soldier walk down the corridor, turn, and walk through the wall. Freaked him right out!!

I never saw such things -- sigh -- but often "felt" things up there, like I wasn't alone or I was being watched or whatever. A bit creepy, yes, but I am not bothered by such things, figuring if ghosts are around, they're harmless and just curious about what is going on. So I'd tell them what was going on LOL. I'm sure if anyone heard this 17-year old explaining why he was there to thin air, I'd have been trotted off to the nearest psychologist, but there ya have it! :-)

I do not believe in ghosts, its all down to your imagination. If you think you will see a ghost, then you will. SIMPLES

I do believe older buildings have character however, and that can contribute to a feeling..... if your that way inclined that is.

I live in a 1896 Victorion Town House which for 40 years was a Nursing Home, and many an old soul died here, and I feel nothing at all. Some may say they lived thier life to the full, if so I am happy for them.