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army expert help needed please.
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Elizabeth | Report | 15 Oct 2006 22:39 |
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Paul The reason we believe it was war years was because no children were born between the years 1916 and 1919 then children came every 18 months or so.This was the only space in birth years of the children. regards Lizz |
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 14 Oct 2006 15:04 |
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Although the armistice with Germany took place in November 1918, British troops were engaged in the ultimately unsuccessful intervention in Soviet Russia for several years, so you could be looking at the early twenties. |
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Elizabeth | Report | 14 Oct 2006 12:17 |
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Yvette Thank you i will give them a go . regards LIzz |
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Yvette | Report | 14 Oct 2006 11:49 |
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Hi, if you do a google search on 'the long long trail' you will find a site dedicated to WW1 it is very informative, also has a forum in which you can ask questions, their are lots of experts on there and they helped me very much yvette |
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Elizabeth | Report | 14 Oct 2006 11:34 |
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Porkie No No children were born between the war years but they did have 15 children . regards Lizz |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 14 Oct 2006 11:29 |
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also did Walter Cox have any children born whilst he was a serving soldier, if so then their birth cert's may have his regiment and or his service number on them, this will help to id which Walter Cox is yours on the National Archives website Roy |
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Elizabeth | Report | 14 Oct 2006 11:25 |
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Nell Thank you for your help . I will get onto it straight away. regards lizz |
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Unknown | Report | 14 Oct 2006 11:17 |
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World War One You can see if you can find likely candidates in the WW1 medal roll index on the National Archives website. Approximately 2/thirds of the WW1 service records were destroyed in WW2, so you only have a slim chance of finding full records, but the medal card should give some idea of which regiment he was in. You can then find out more about where their regiment(s) were even if you can't find individual info. World War Two You need to have permission of next of kin to get these, there's a charge of about £25-30 and it takes a few months. See www.army.mod.uk/contacts/divisions/records.htm nell |
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Elizabeth | Report | 14 Oct 2006 11:14 |
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Hi I would like someone to point me in the right direction for these 2 individuals please. Walter Cox born Westminster in 1883 to robert and agnes cox. According to his eldest children (100) next year, he served in Russia for 3 years in WW1 and was bombed with mustard gas. Also my grandad Ronald Cox born Lambeth 1927 who served in egypt in WW2. Can anybody give me some advice about tracking there service records down and how to obtain them please. regards Lizz |
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