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Hints, mainly from WW2Talk Forum.
*"You want to get next of kin FULL records (make a note on the application for '''FULL''' records)"<ref> jacksun (Wayne ) [http://ww2talk.com/forumsindex.php?threads/topic/47075-grandfather-ww2-rasc-burma-help-and-suggestions.47075/?p=#post-555463 Grandfather WW2 RASC Burma - Help and suggestions!] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 18 April 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2014 7 October 2016.</ref>*"They will accept anything that is proof of death, even a undertakers receipt or a photograph of a post war civilian headstone”. <ref>Drew5233 [http://ww2talk.com/forumsindex.php?threads/topic/49481-clarification-of-provision-of-death-certificate-service-records.49481/?p=#post-582017 Clarification of provision of death certificate (Service records)] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 07 September 2013. Retrieved 4 December 20147 October 2016.</ref> However, you do not have to supply a death certificate when the date of birth of the individual was more than 116 years ago.<ref>"Veterans:UK" fact sheet [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140805133045/http://www.veterans-uk.info/pdfs/service_records/army_pack.pdf Army Personnel Records And Family Interest Enquiries] UK Government Web Archive. </ref>*The next of kin hierarchy is explained on a WW2Talk Forum topic which also advises that “There is currently about a 12 month wait to receive the records once you apply”<ref> jacksun (Wayne ) [http://ww2talk.com/forumsindex.php?threads/topic/41567-ww2-soldier-research-tips-and-links-for-new-researchers .41567/ WW2 Soldier Research - Tips and Links for New Researchers], ''WW2Talk Forum'' 28 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 20147 October 2016.</ref>
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