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From: "gypsys_genealogy" <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] WW1 Army Records
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:13:43 +0800
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Thanks again George! I will have a look though as you never know



Hooroo!



From: George Carter [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, 4 September 2009 11:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ess] WW1 Army Records



One thing to remember is that not everyone got a pension. Anyone who had
served I think 12 years or was injured while on active service would get a
pension but they weren`t freely handed out. My grandfather who was shot
through the knee and eventually lost his leg while on the Somme got a
pension but when he died in 1926 it wasn`t passed on to my gran. Because of
a seven year clause, plus they reckoned his heart attack had nothing to do
with his injury, despite having to have 19 operations on his leg

George Carter in Whaley Bridge



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Sent: Friday, 4 September, 2009 3:47:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Ess] WW1 Army Records


There are two types of military records for World War 1 - the medals record
which don't really give much information and the pensions war record which
are quite detailed. Search for your ancestor on Ancestry then search in
the military section and find the British world war 1 pensions record.
They
are very detailed if you can find one.

Regards

Diana

In a message dated 04/09/2009 14:47:39 GMT Daylight Time,
writes:

Hello

I've found my Essex ancestors WW1 record on Ancestry & then checked on
National Archives & also found a record for him

My question is, would the NA record show anything extra than Ancestry?

The Ancestry record just has his Regiment & Regiment Number then Victory,
Roll & Page

Also, on the Ancestry record under British, it has a squiggly line - does
that mean he wasn't British?

I've never seen one of these records before & I don't really understand
what
I'm looking at

Thanks for any help
Teri



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