Genealogy Chat

Hi Your posting reminded me to have another look at my great uncle's record on the site. I am pleased (and a bit proud) to be able to say that the information I provided to the CWGC about his age has made its way onto the site, in a recent update, and he is no longer shown as "age unknown". Christine

I found details of a G.uncle who had gone to N.Z , but none of my cousins knew that he had become a N.Z citizen. and that he came back serving in an Auckland Regiment. Put out a query on the Record site and recieved details of his Will archived in Wellington .N.Z . Thankyou about the civilian registrations ,which I had missed. Jane

It is a very useful site, but does anyone know when the info about addresses etc was added? I am assuming sometime in the 1920s (for WW1 I mean) as the wife of soldier killed in my tree had remarried by the time the info was put in. It says on the site that relatives had to return info to them, but not when. Anne

I found this to be a useful site. I found my Grandfather, and one of my Great Uncle's.

I've used it to find info on relatives and discovered that my great uncle, who according to family memory & the local war memorial, was missing in 1915 fighting for the 8th Yorks was actually killed on the Somme in July 1916 with the 10th Yorks and was buried in a war cemetery in France. On several visits to the battlefields in the past, I'd looked for him on monuments for the missing but now I'll be able to go and see his grave. Jack

Most older members of Genes probably know about this sight, but I thought I'd mention it for people that haven't. The Commission was established by Royal Charter in 1917. Its duties are to mark and maintain the graves of the members of the forces of the Commonwealth who were killed in the two World Wars, to build memorials to those who have no known grave and to keep records and registers, including, after the Second World War, a record of the Civilian War Dead.The information displayed by the Debt of Honour Register is all that the Commission holds for that particular casualty. The Commission is concerned with the upkeep of records detailing place of commemoration. The Commission does NOT have service records or Regimental histories. For a typical trace, casualty details will include Rank, Initials, Surname, Forenames if they are known, Unit, Regiment, Service Number if known, Age if known, Date of Death, Grave or Memorial reference and the name of the Cemetery or Memorial. I originally found my grandads' brothers' details on the site, I knew he had died on the Burma Railway but didnt know where he was buried. Yesterday I found my hubbys' grandmother, uncles and aunt. They died in the Stainer Street Arch bombing. I didn't realise they commemorated civilians. Sorry message is a bit long, but the site may be useful to someone. www.cwgc(.)org remove brackets Kerry .