The following members of the family were in the British Army during the Second World War. Currently, Second World War records are being transferred to the National Archives and are in the process of being photographed and transcribed. This is expected to take many years.
Ernest Thomas Samuel Reffell – Private 147788 Royal Army Service Corps (NAFFI). Enlisted 13 February 1940. Posted overseas with the British Expeditionary Force and North Africa. Promoted to acting Sergeant. Discharged 4 November 1945. Awarded Africa Star, the 1st Army Clasp and the British War Medal.
Frank Reffell – Private 1058666 Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Enlisted 26 March 1942. Posted overseas to north west Europe. Discharged 5 September 1946. Awarded France & Germany Star and the British Defence Medal.
George Arthur Luther Reffell – Private 7378486 Royal Army Medical Corps. Enlisted 18 April 1940. Posted overseas to north west Europe. Discharged 8 March 1946. Awarded the War Medal and the British Defence Medal. Son of George Stanley Reffell who was killed in the First World War.
Acknowledgement is made to the following National Archives files at Kew: WO 422: War Office: Infantry Over Age Other Ranks: Service Records, Second World War.