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Please could someone kindly (try and) have a look for my grandfather's World War One war records: CHARLES WILLIAM ROE b19/02/1886 Norwich, Norfolk Severly wounded & ended up in a spinal chair I am told. I really dont know where to start with this one, is it impossible with such little info to start with. Janice --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SORRY His full name was CHARLES WILLIAM ROE but he went by the name of WILLIAM.

Had a quick look but nothing coming up with right name and age, sorry. Mary

is this his medal card Description Medal card of Roe, Charles William Corps Regiment No Rank Royal Engineers Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Captain Date 1914-1920 Catalogue reference WO 372/17 Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War Piece Ridley C - Shacklady T Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection Number of image files: 1 Image Reference Format and Version Part Number Size (KB) Number of Pages Price (£) 69168 / 6985 PDF 1.2 1 330 1 3.50 from http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/power-search.asp?searchType=powersearch Roy

Thank you this sounds as if this is his but is there anyway I can be sure. I have been told he was a soldier which means he may have been more than a private. Would his home address help in this search?

Not sure what you mean by he was a soldier so would be more than a Private. Most soldiers were Privates unless they were promoted up the ladder to the next level. The main fighting troops were privates. The record found was for a Lieutenant so may be him. You may need to splash out the £3.50 to download it to see

His address at the time of joining the army will be on his sevice record, the problem is that most ww1 records were destroyed in a fire in ww2 so only a small chance that what you are looking for is their, to search for soldiers records for ww1 you need to go to kew or pay a researcher to look for you Officers or Soldiers whose regular or reserve service ended before 1921* The National Archives Ruskin Avenue Kew Richmond Surrey TW9 4DU Telephone 0208876 3444 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Roy

Sorry Shirley, what I really mean is that someone on GR who is related to him by marriage told me that he was a regular soldier. Meaning she said, may have made it a career. Im new to this side of things so I havent a clue how to find these records but with the help of the kind people on here Im sure I will.

Thanks for your help Porkie, without it I wouldnt know the way forward. I will do as you sugest, Thanks again, Janice

Do you have access to the WWI records on ancestry, they are pension records but many contain a huge amount of information on when and where a person served, injuries, medals and awards, addresses next of kin ect. They have just been updated and are well worth a look x

Thanks Sharon, I havent but I might just do that.

If your man was an officer, his records won't be on Ancestry.

Thanks Ann, yes you are right, Im afraid Ive already looked If you have any suggestions where I should look, I am well & truly stuck. Janice.

Officers WW1 records are name searchable in the National Archives website. You need to search WO 339 and WO374 - just put the surname in. Unless your man was well to do, I think it's unlikely that he was an Officer - more likely to be 'other ranks'. That would mean searching the records which aren't on Ancestry yet WO363, at Kew, although if he was severely wounded as you say, then really he should be in the WO364 series on Ancestry. But then LOTS are missing - I know for a fact that my Grandad had an Army pension from WW1, but his records aren't there.