foulds army pay book

[susan patch]

I am hitting my head against a brick wall with regrds to tracing my family roots I have a soldiers service and pay book for Arthur Foulds Num.14702648he is listed as a driver technician enlisted at Gravesend on 20.1.44 wife listed as Mrs Ida Foulds 23 Raymond Rd Northenden Manchester Can anybody let me know of the next step to trace his life and my late mothers . I was born in 1949 inSale Cheshire on 5th May I loved my father dearly and we were very close right up to his death in 1974 but he never told me about any of his family or my mother in fact the lady i thought of as my mother only told me after my fathers death that she was in fact my stepmother and my mothers name was Ida .I woiuld dearly like to know more about Ida and also my fathers faMILY.