British Army records on Ancestry

[Joan of Archives]

I haven't bothered with these until today as none of mine seemed to be on it, but they are now!
Just been looking at granddad's, then spotted his brother so had a look at those & not only was he held as a prisoner of war by the Germans, there is a copy of the death certificate for his son on there!

So much detail with addresses & everything, I didn't realise how good they were!

Are they still being added?

[Elaine ..Spain]

The last update was on 14th April. Not sure if they are all there now or if there are more to come.

[Peppie]

Joan if he was a POW, it's worth checking the NA site, as they has some records of POWs from ww1 there.

[Joan of Archives]

Really? Thanks Peppie will go & look now.

I didn't know that Elaine, although I still can't find my other granddad's yet.

I did find one chap with the similar name he was imprisoned for being a conscientious objector! Mind you he was 40 when he was enlisted.

I thought they put the place where they were born on these records?

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

I didn't know that Elaine, although I still can't find my other granddad's yet.

Which army records are you looking at? If it's the British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920....those are the ones where less than 50% survive, so you may not get to see everyone you are looking for :o

[Joan of Archives]

Ooo Merry yes I was ! Maybe that's why it isn't there then

The NA takes you back to Ancestry anyway for those records so that it much help really, lol!

;)

[Sue from Southend]

They now include surnames beginning A- H with others to follow eventually but as Merry said a lot of records were lost bombing raids in WWII (including my family's I think:()

[Janet]

Yes, about 40% were lost in the Second World War. I have found one Great Uncle on there with much detail, but can find nothing on another Great Uncle of the same family, so I can only assume that one lot survived and the other lot did not, such a pity.

janet

[Janet in Yorkshire]

Don't give up hope - one of mine eventually turned up, having been misfiled amongst someone else's papers and therefore not in the original index..

There were only about 4 sheets, one badly damaged, but it also contained one sheet that listed ALL immediate family, including my father, as a much younger half-brother. It was the best "find" I've ever had as it linked the possible medal card (unreadable) I'd found and also a very likely CWGC commemoration.

I'd been searching for info for over 20 years and had even had someone look at Kew about 10 years ago, to no avail.

Jay

[Janet]

Jay,

Thanks for the encouraging words. I have not givenup hope completely as I do keep looking and hoping there is some info out there somewhere. I have only been looking for two years for this particular person, so I have a long way to go!

Janet