Hello, I am trying to find out more about my grandfather 1889-1961, I have found his name on the medal rolls index,1914-1920, but this is all I can find out, apart from regiment and his number, I would like to get a better idea what he did where he went, Also this may confirm that I have the right person! as my sister says he was never in the military, any suggestions? thank you
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Primrose
Do you, or anyone in the family have medals left by your grandfather - they will have his regiment and service number engraved on them.
If you are lucky and can find a service record or pension record on Ancestry they will usually contain the name of a parent/wife or other next of kin which will confirm you have the right man. Sadly many service records don't survive, and many soldiers didn't qualify for a pension. If he was an officer - their service records do mostly survive (at Kew)
The Medal Rolls Index is exactly what it says....ie. an index . Next to the mention of each medal you will see a long reference number. They vary from regiment to regiment but will be something like:
RAMC/4A 267
Using that number you can look up the entry in the medal roll itself, which is just a big register of everyone in a particular regiment who qualified for the issue of a medal - and usually that will tell you the Battalion (or unit) your grandfather served in. Once you know that , you can look up the War Diary for the battalion and that will give a day by day account of the places the battalion was stationed and what they were doing.
The war diaries are now starting to become available online through the National Archives website, but the medal rolls aren't at the moment. So you will have to go and look up the document, or get the TNA or a researcher to do it for you.Last edited by AntonyM; 23-06-13, 15:54.Retired professional researcher, and ex- deputy registrar, now based in Worcestershire. Happy to give any help or advice I can ( especially on matters of civil registration) - contact via PM or my website www.chalfontresearch.co.uk
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Originally posted by Elaine ..Spain View PostHave you checked on Ancestry to see if his WW1 service/pension records are available?
If you want to give some info - name, year/place of birth, regiment no. etc. I will take a look for you.
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Originally posted by Val wish Id never started View Posthttp://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/24...l=ReturnRecord
wonder if this is him ?Last edited by AntonyM; 25-06-13, 08:54.Retired professional researcher, and ex- deputy registrar, now based in Worcestershire. Happy to give any help or advice I can ( especially on matters of civil registration) - contact via PM or my website www.chalfontresearch.co.uk
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Here's the only Philip Evernden coming up on ancestry http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...=&pid=10131267
born c1890 living with aunt and uncle in 1891.
MargaretLast edited by margaretmarch; 25-06-13, 12:55.
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Here's the same Philip again in 1901 but now showing as adopted http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...=&pid=21529975 by the aunt and uncle.
Margaret
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