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Old 05-12-16, 04:55 AM   #145
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Originally Posted by HunterICX View Post
Was that common to have records of serving personal discarded or destroyed after one was confirmed killed in action?
I must admit I don't know, I wouldn't have thought so, but you can never fully tell with the British document storage system. Also, another possible reason is, if I recall correctly, during WWII a lot of records were lost when a German incendiary burnt down the building they were stored in.
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