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Hi I have just found my grandads record,in ww1,on National Archives[Documents on line]I am still in shock.You can view then pay for the download.Good Luck Lucy Its a great fereling to learn about him at last

dear lucy what a wonderful site , thankyou so much brenda x

Hi Lucy, when you say record...do you mean the Medal roll index card.

Hi Chris,I got access to his promotion from W.O. to Capt,service No and length of service,to get medals etc I have to pay £3.50 which I will do tomorrow

Hi Brenda,Yes I am really chuffed,I only met him twice,he died when I was 13,so it means a lot.Lucy

dowloaded my record of my gt uncle today (wonderful thing switchcard)however there were 5 other james griffiths on the same page all cheshire regiment. 25864 9467 45330 9949 4744 all private james griffiths. so ive got them to spare. brenda x

what website for this?

I've recently downloaded my great uncle's medal roll index card from the National Archives. Does anyone please know how to get details of his service record? Are they available online? Lilian

i put in a google search for national archives online. it was the first one in the list. brenda x

Hi Brenda, Sorry if I appear thick but what info did you put into the National Archives search? Did you get his medal card index or his army record? Lilian

WO 363 contains records for ordinary soldiers in WW1. These are the “burnt documents” or what survive of them. They have been microfilmed because the originals are too fragile and are available at Kew. They are in roughly alphabetical order, but are unindexed. The National Archives website does provide more information on these and other records. Another Brenda!

Many thanks, Brenda(s). Best wishes, LIlian

hello again , i got his medal card index. he was killed in action in 1915 in turkey. from the CWGC site i had printed a remembrance cert for him , on there it had his regiment and service no. this was invaluable info in two ways . it had his mothers name which i knew to be sarah ann griffiths. on there it said wright (formerly griffiths. never knew she had remarried. The other to put into the archive site on the search otherwise i might still be there looking for records of a james griffiths. brenda x

hi please help a real thicko, i,ve found my uncles (frank bunch) medals but cannot find his army records, can you tell me step by step please marcie

Marcie, Brenda and others: (This is just about WW1). Medals will have the serviceman's name, rank, regiment and service number around the rim, which will help you identify the correct records. The National Archives on-line service is just for the medal roll index, not service records. The index cards may hold some information, but quite often they just give name, rank, unit and medal entitlement. The service records for WW1 army personnel are held by the National Archives, and are open to public search, but as has been stated here many times, only about one third survive. They are not searchable on-line and it requires a visit to Kew. If the serviceman was killed or died in service then the Commonwealth War Graves Commission will have some details, and the list of casualties for both wars is searchable on-line. In addition, for the WW1 army personnel, there is a CD with searchable database - Soldiers Died in the Great War. This gives quite often the place of birth, residence and enlistment. If you have a query you can post the name and other details on here and usually someone will do a look up for you. If you want to look into the history of the person's unit then it is usually not hard to find out exactly what his unit were doing on the day he died, either from regimental histories in libraries, on-line info, and more specifically the battalion war diaries, also held at Kew. Try: www(dot)1914-1918(dot)net for a good site that will explain a lot of what you want to know. Ian

hi ian many thanks for that, i,d rather thought that was the case, i,ve just found my relative in the boar war on asplins site, bit of excitement, will go to kew one of these days marcie x