1. I have now identified the medals awarded to Grandad, so my job now is to put that information in a compact form – more on that later.

2. I tried again today to order Grandad’s service record online from the National Archives UK site, but had no success. When I tried to put in payment details I was warned (in big red letters) that I was already in the process of ordering the record or in the process of attempting to pay for it. It gave me no hint as to how I could clear the record and start again, so I gave up.  I have now asked Susan if she will do the job for me by going to Kew where the National Archives keep their records and accessing the record there.