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Christine

Christine Report 19 May 2008 22:28

Hi all
Just wanted to share this. Having not looked at ancestry for a while, I had a dip into the military service records for WWI that seem to have appeared. I was pleasantly surprised to find my grandfather there but couldn't believe it when I came across a letter from my great grandfather asking the powers that be to let him know my grandfather was still alive, as he'd had no word since he landed in Egypt.
This was in his own hand and dated 90 years ago. I admit I did shed a tear,
Chris

Heather

Heather Report 19 May 2008 22:53

My goodness, what that was on ancestry? Blow me, worth the sub just for that wasnt it :)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 19 May 2008 23:21

What a wonderful find, Chris! Wish I could get so lucky.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Cheshiremaid

Cheshiremaid Report 20 May 2008 00:42

Apparently Ancestry are adding WW1 service records, slowly but surely, in alphabetical order for the records that survived the WW2 blitz....I think that I have it correct!

I know how you feel Chris....I found my gt grandfather's a couple of weeks ago and I too shed a tear especially when it listed his 10 surviving children he was leaving behind, my granddad being the eldest. Thank goodness my gt grandfather survived.

It was a surprise to find that he served with the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers.... seeing that we come from Cheshire!! They arrived in France in1916.

Linda

Ingrid in Oz

Ingrid in Oz Report 20 May 2008 02:24

Know how you feel Chris. I have just helped a friend find her Grandfathers records. We have uncovered hand written letters from him and his wife also a description on him when he enlisted. Happy we are as have no photos of him. He was in The Australian Forces in France.1916-1918.

Cheers
Ingrid

Christine

Christine Report 20 May 2008 08:15

Silly question, and I know I should know the answer, but where did you find the WW1 records and is there an extra sub to pay to view these aprt from the yearly one ??

Chris

Heather

Heather Report 20 May 2008 11:44

No Chris, its on ancestry.co.uk - do you have a sub already? Then just go there and look at all the records you can see, theres lots more than just the census and bmd.

sadly, all mine were navy in WW1 so nothing on the war records for me yet.

faerykingdom

faerykingdom Report 20 May 2008 11:51

I can’t wait for mine to be on there! The surnames only go up to about G or H at the minute and all my main surnames start from K!

Vicky X

Sue in Somerset

Sue in Somerset Report 20 May 2008 11:53

Great

I just found my great grandfather's war record.

Thank you for pointing that out.

Sue
x

♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥

♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥ Report 20 May 2008 16:59

Vicky...............the WW1 army records go up to at least Y, just found some Youngs on there.

Potty

Potty Report 20 May 2008 17:17

The pension records are complete (for those that survived). It is the service records which are still being update. Although they are called pension records, not all of the men received a pension. My uncle is on there and he was medically discharged within a few weeks with no pension. He was short sighted - wonder how they missed that in the medical!