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Could anybody please tell me how I would go about getting the attestation papers for my G Grandfather & Grandfather. My G Grandfather was b. 1856c, he is listed as a soldier on the 1881 census but not on his marriage certificate in 1882. My Grandfather was b.1895 and I believe he fought in ww1.

Many Thanks

Yvonne

Hi Yvonne
Have you tried the great war forum very helpful I got a lot of information about my grandfather hope that helps give us a shout if you need any more help
Lynne

The surviving service records are just being released onto Ancestry, many were burnt of course. At the moment only surnames A_C have been released.(having just checked, more letters seem to be there now) If he got a war pension, those are all on Ancestry,
post his name and I will look, or send it in a pm if you prefer

Linda

Hi Lynne

No I haven't looked at that site, I will give it a look, thanks for your help, I will let you know how I get on.

Yvonne

Hi Linda

Thanks for your offer of help, My Grandfathers name was Philip James Morgan b. 1895 and my G Grandfather was James Morgan b. 1856c both in Southwark, Surrey.

Yvonne

Hi Lynne

Sorry, not very good at all this, how do I get onto the great war forum ?

Yvonne

Try googling.........usually my first port of call when searching for websites.

Reg

No pension info on Ancestry for Philip

Reg

Hi Reg

I did try googling, but there were so many I wasn't sure which site Lynne meant, but thanks for the tip anyway.

Yvonne

Hi again

Thanks for looking up Philip on Ancestry for me. The fact that there is no pension details, does this mean he left before his time was up, ie. bought his way out or something ?

Yvonne

Hi Lynne

I googled the great war forums and found fourteeneighteen.co.uk, don't know if this is what you mean, but going to have a look anyway.
Hope you had fun shopping - not long til christmas now !
Yvonne

Hi Yvoone
Just google Great War Forum and its the first one it's a fantastic site. I got loads of information about my grandad I only knew his name at the time have fun I really hope you find everything you need to know. Don't hesitate to give me a shout happy to help. Yes loads of fun with mum's mum in law has got Alzheimer's to day she's convinced that she works for parliament bless her so she's trying to get me to take her canvassing at the moment more fun. Give me a shout if you get any problems and I will talk thread up for you if you like.
Take care
Lynne

Sorry, i have been out all day.
The fact that there is no war pension for them, just means that they were not injured in WWI so didn't qualify for a pension.

From the Ancestry website

Historical Background:

The British Army World War One Service Records are War Office (WO) records also known as the WO363 records and the ‘Burnt Documents.’ In 1940 there was a World War Two bombing raid on the War Office in London where the records were held. During this raid, a large portion (approximately 60 per cent) of the 6.5 million records was destroyed by fire. The surviving service records have become known as the ‘Burnt Documents’.

Although many of these records suffered water damage following the bombing raid, all surviving service and pension records were microfilmed by The National Archives, where both collections are held, as part of a major TNA conservation project.


It looks like only surnames A-C are there at the moment, with a few strays thrown in

Linda

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Hi Lynne

that would be great if you could talk the thread up for me.

Many thanks

Yvonne