Some exciting news from the MoD.
Earlier this year the MoD visited us at the Crewe Research Centre and we helped them beta test an online system for ordering deceased soldiers records, in the same way as you can order RN, Royal Marine and RAF service records.
The MoD have informed me that this system is now live and you can now order Army and Home Guard records
This is an online replacement for the old postal application service and is not a searchable database or an index and does not give you instant access to the records.
Depending on your relationship to the deceased it may cost you an admin fee of ยฃ30, payable up front with no refund if no records are found.
๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ -
You can apply for a copy of someone elseโs service records if any of the following are true:
1 - You were their immediate next of kin when they died, for example their spouse, parent or child
2 - You have a family or general research interest - youโll only have access to limited information if they died less than 25 years ago, unless youโve got consent from their immediate next of kin
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ญ
Service records date from:
1750 for Foot Guards (not including Scots Guards)
1920 for the RAF
January 1921 for British Army soldiers if their service ended after January 1921
April 1922 for British Army officers if their service ended after April 1922
1926 for Royal Navy including Royal Marines
๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐:
Surname, first name, service number, rank and regiment or corps
place and date of birth
Date they joined and left the armed forces
Date of death, if they died in service
Good conduct medals
Details about their career, for example the units they served in
You can only get details about their career 25 years after the date they died unless you have consent from their immediate next of kin.
In some cases little or no information is available about someoneโs military service. For example, Home Guard records may only include their personal details from when they enlisted.
๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ;
Full name
Date of birth
Service number, if you know it
Death certificate
The link you need to start to apply is 
https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records/apply-for-someone-elses-records
https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records/apply-for-someone-elses-records