is he a fake???

[KEITH]

Hello. ive come to this forum cos i cant find the info anywhere!!!!!
My little sisters boyfriend has said that he is an ex marine and joined in the mid to late 90's. he's shown me a dog tag with bits and bobs on it, with a service number of 'PO65238D'. can anyone tell me if this would be an accurate service number for someone who joined in the mid to late nineties?? or if he has had one of those 'dog tags' made up for him on the net!!!

cheers

keith

 

[dhoby_bucket]

Mid to late 90's...... I'm sure if he did join up he would remember the exact date...

 

[whitemouse]

And that particular range of numbers would have been issued about 40+ years ago anyway ...sounds a little dodgy ?
:neutral:

 

[JunglyDaz]

Ask him who he served with, which commando company etc. What shape are the dog tags?

 

[polariod]

And that particular range of numbers would have been issued about 40+ years ago anyway ...sounds a little dodgy ?
:neutral:

That number looks very RN to me not RM, though I stand open to correction.

I joined the RN in 1964 with the number P084*** which was then changed, at a much later date to P084***Q.

Pol

 

[KEITH]

HE SAID HE JOINED IN 98. WHAT SORT OF SERVICE NUMBER WOULD HE HAVE FOR THAT TIME OF JOING....I CAN QUIZ THE ****** IF I GET THIS INFO...

 

[whitemouse]

Agree that it looks more RN, also, in addition, the only tags we had that I recall were the round red fibre thingys attached to the antigas respirator.

 

[polariod]

Agree that it looks more RN, also, in addition, the only tags we had that I recall were the round red fibre thingys attached to the antigas respirator.

Ditto

Pol

 

[JunglyDaz]

Have you tried posting on 'The Corps' forum. They may give you a straight forward answer.

 

[ex_wasp_L2]

yep WM I remember having those red fibre taks they exploded when got wet

 

[JunglyDaz]

I'll bite. We now get issued 2x round metal tags on chains. One for your neck, one for your big toe.

 

[rosinacarley]

No no JD they are getting on a bit, they really mean what they are saying!

Humour them!