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From: "gypsys_genealogy" <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] WW1 Army Records
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:20:35 +0800
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G'day Roger

Well that cleared something up for me as my Grandfathers medal record that
I've just located has him in 3 regiments with 3 different numbers - I didn't
realise they moved around - was this generally because they were wounded?

I've found him in W Yorks, Military Police & what looks like a cycle corps?

Also a bit surprised being an Essex lad that he ended up in W Yorks

So much to learn :)

Hooroo!

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Partridge [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, 5 September 2009 12:35 AM
To: Essex post
Cc: ; ; George Carter
Subject: Re: [Ess] WW1 Army Records

Hi, Teri, Diana, George & Listers !

The other important fact to remember is that the WW1 Army records were
very badly damaged in an air raid during WW2 and about 50 - 60% were
badly burnt or completely destroyed. The National Archives have done
their
best to rescue as much as possible and microfilm them, but for many WW1
soldiers all you will ever find is their Medal Record card - they can
tell you
quite a lot in many cases:- I only knew that my late father-in-law
had served
in one regiment until I found his card which told me of the two other
regiments that he had been transferred into after being wounded ! Each
time he was transferred across he had a new regimental number.

Good Hunting ! Roger.
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On 4 Sep 2009, at 15:59, George Carter wrote:

> 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
>
> ________________________________
> From: "" <>
> To:
> Cc:
> 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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