The WW1 army service records, from the National Archives WO363 'burnt' collection (due to being seriously damaged in a WW2 blitz raid), are now online, though only for surnames from A-H, with the rest to be added in due course. These are separate to the medal index cards and the pensions documents already available through the site.
Chris
WW1 Army Service records ('burnt' records) up at Ancestry
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Chris Paton
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WW1 Army Service records ('burnt' records) up at Ancestry
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Heather
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Chris,
I'm assuming you're referring to the Ancestry UK site. I'm looking and still only see letters A to C. If you're seeing them elsewhere can you please let me know where.
Anxiously awaiting letters "F", "L" and "M" ....
Best regards,
Heather
I'm assuming you're referring to the Ancestry UK site. I'm looking and still only see letters A to C. If you're seeing them elsewhere can you please let me know where.
Anxiously awaiting letters "F", "L" and "M" ....
Best regards,
Heather
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Chris Paton
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Hi Heather,
The following is taken from the sources information from the new database, as found on Ancestry.co.uk:
Approximately 5 million men served in the British Army in World War One (WWI). This database contains the surviving service records of non-commissioned officers and other ranks who served in WWI and did not re-enlist in the Army prior to World War II. With the second release, this database now contains records for surnames beginning A-H. Full surname range coverage will be realised with future releases. Names falling outside of this range that are presently included in the database come from records that were misfiled according to surname sequence.
Chris
EDIT:
You may be right Heather - the same point has been mentioned on another forum, and when I tried to find soldiers from Carrick-on-Suir (Ireland) the other night, most of the returns were from A-C. Assuming D-H do actually exist, why can't Ancestry be more honest about what they announce? They announced the launch of the complete medal index cards collection last week, but that was also innaccurate, as they only have a limited number of cards up just now, with the rest to come out over the next few months. Grrr...!!!
The following is taken from the sources information from the new database, as found on Ancestry.co.uk:
Approximately 5 million men served in the British Army in World War One (WWI). This database contains the surviving service records of non-commissioned officers and other ranks who served in WWI and did not re-enlist in the Army prior to World War II. With the second release, this database now contains records for surnames beginning A-H. Full surname range coverage will be realised with future releases. Names falling outside of this range that are presently included in the database come from records that were misfiled according to surname sequence.
Chris
EDIT:
You may be right Heather - the same point has been mentioned on another forum, and when I tried to find soldiers from Carrick-on-Suir (Ireland) the other night, most of the returns were from A-C. Assuming D-H do actually exist, why can't Ancestry be more honest about what they announce? They announced the launch of the complete medal index cards collection last week, but that was also innaccurate, as they only have a limited number of cards up just now, with the rest to come out over the next few months. Grrr...!!!
Tha an lasair nad anam aig meadhan do bhith
Nas làidir 's nas motha na riaghaltas no rìgh.
Nas làidir 's nas motha na riaghaltas no rìgh.
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