Genealogy Chat

Thanks for that Flick, I was beginning to think maybe what I'd been told wasn't right, but can see now that the records may not have survived.

Only a small percentage of WW1 records survived an enemy bombing raid during WW2

My uncle isn't on there - and I know he had a WW1 pension, as I sometimes went with him to collect it.

Thanks for that Jonesey. I will see if he is on there, I didn't know about the absent voters electoral register. I've not been able to find him anywhere on Ancestry but did find his brother though. I was always told he had silver kneecaps because of his injuries and that he learned to knit while he was in hospital. I would have thought he would have got a pension but there is nothing on Ancestry.

Apologies if this has already been asked but during times of war would soldiers away fighting still be shown on the electoral roll at their last address?

I am trying to find out other ways to indicate my grandad was in the forces in WW1 as I was always told. I can find no military records for him, even though he was shot in the knees.