Help required with Lane & Topp

[vicky4987]

I am wanting to get a little help in researching into my Grandparent's military records.

I am unsure where to look for their military numbers etc. I have found my Grandfather & Grandmother's identity cards from the war, and there is a 'number' on there but I don't fully know what these mean.

I don't know if any of you can help? The names I am looking for are:
* Frances Harry Lane (born 20th October 1922, known as Harry to the family)
* Barbara Joan Bennett (born 1927, known as Joan to family)

* Gordon Topp (born 1930)
* Mavis Keeling (born 1932)

I know that Frances Harry Lane served with the 8th army, and served in Africa and we believe Italy. And Gordon Topp served at RAF Padgate as a 'dog hands mate'.

Any help would be amazing!

[MarkCDodd]

Unfortunately the British Army have the WWII service records locked up and not even indexed.

You have to prove your relationship to the serviceman and pay for a search fee for them to look for the records for you.

You are not guaranteed to get anything useful from their non-refundable search.

Compare that to Australia where you search online and if the record has already been digitised you download it for free. Otherwise you pay $17 and wait a week for it to be placed on the website.