Second World War personnel records are still under Privacy Act restrictions in this country: unless the applicant for access is the next of kin, the subject must be *provably* dead or 110 years old at the time of application. I can't believe the rules in Britain are much different.

Service members are mentioned and identified by name, rank and number in plenty of administrative records -- nominal rolls, for example -- but I'm sure Raggytash is looking for the disciplinary record, medical record and similar hot stuff.