General Chat

Just to let those of you who don't know....the documents have now been updated and are well past the letter 'L'

Susan
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i found my husbands great grandads

he went awol quite a few times

and when they asked him how many children he had he didnt know!

lorraine

i MANAGED TO FIND ONE OF MY GT GRANDADS BUT COULDNT FIND EITHER OF MY GRANDADS DESPITE EVEN HAVING REGIMENT AND NUMBER

I am on basic uk ancestry and I have access to them.

Awdrey................yes, some very kind people on here sent me one as a total surprise earlier this week!

I was and still am overwhelmed by their kindness :))))))

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Not sure if you saw this Link Awdrey.... It should work

http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1219&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0

hi
i'm on basic uk subs and i can get on to them
lynnx

I'm not sure Awdrey but would have thought as they are UK docs that the ordinary UK subs would be sufficient.

I may of course be wrong :-)

laura, and others who have found theirs.... Isnt it great finding even a snippet of informaton to add to the story of their lives. I know I am over the moon.

Not entirely sure about that Lynn, perhaps someone else will be able to answer.


Anybody??

yes iv'e found one
but were it tell's you about the next of kin there is a brother with a word in brackets next to his name
must go to specsavers havn't a clue what it says
could i ask please if someone died overseas would they be on pensions
lynnx

You wouldn't like the soup I made today..........Yuk!!

Tinned one instead..................but.........another successful loaf :))))))

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Hi Susan,
I can't find any of mine, I have grandad who was killed and his two brothers serving. I did find my cousins grandads brother and that was brilliant lots of detail, how tall he was , medical history, everything but that was from the Boer War.
Gill

Hello Awdrey!!!!

Long time since I've seen you around..............I found the records by going to
Home
Search
Under Military click on more
Records are 5th on the list

Good luck

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I don't think they are Lynda. I tried the letter G and only came up with two people. I had also put in my Grandfather's details a couple of weeks ago and nothing came up. It was a pleasant surprise to have found him yesterday.

This is a great! I've just followed your link & found pages of info on my grandfather,including letters from him & his wife & medal details & his regiment number etc.Thanks Susan

Also worth a try

http://www.britishwargraves.org.uk/

Have you all tried the commonwealth graves commission? It list the casualties from both wars.

http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp

Actually Kitty he was a bit of a "b" at times but I loved him. I am the youngest of his seven daughters and oh he was so strict!!

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What a lovely man he must have been Linda :)))

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I found my Dad and loads of info. I had discrepencies in his service record as he was in Army and Merchant Navy.

Joined Navy underage found out so joined Army seved with them until 1919 then rejoined Navy until 1923 and also had a stint helping in France with war graves. I believe he borrowed money to get to France to help build the cemeteries as he had lost so many friends on the Somme.

Found other rellies too. Able to print off their service records dads was 31 pages long! Also found he had been wounded and hospitalised.

Linda x

*hides h*****r*

I had a "quick" look half an hour ago and so far have found 2 of mine................must stop and get busy doimg my chores now! lol

Thanks for the thread :)))))

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