Thanks for your help richard,i have tried looking on the national archives site but it just draws a blank everytime i search. I just wish that i had listned a bit more when i was younger , not that he said alot about the war but he did tell me some stories , they are all a bit vague now. I do know that he was born in 1899 and enlisted when he was either 15 or 16 much to his mothers annoyance, but what division he was in i have no idea. So if anyone can put me in the right direction it would be very much appreciated any little bit of help whatsoever. Thanks Thomas Smith