Free Access to Ancestry's UK WW1 Military Records

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Currie
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Free Access to Ancestry's UK WW1 Military Records

Post by Currie » Fri Nov 05, 2010 6:16 am

From 7th to 14th November you can get free access to the following WW1 military records at Ancestry.

British Army WWI Service Records, 1914–1920
British Army WWI Pension Records, 1914-1920
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920

I saw it on Chris Paton’s Blog here http://scottishancestry.blogspot.com/20 ... itary.html

Don’t miss out,
Alan

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Re: Free Access to Ancestry's UK WW1 Military Records

Post by paddyscar » Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:20 am

Thanks, Alan. Will go in search of my grandfather Smith's records, now that I know he had a middle name, and co-incidently his name was Joseph Patrick which is the same as my husband's.

You can imagine how many hits Joseph Smith supplied the last time I looked!

Frances
John Kelly (b 22 Sep 1897) eldest child of John Kelly & Christina Lipsett Kelly of Glasgow