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    If you suspect one of your ancestors were in the armed forces, pre WW1, where can you find out?

    Thanks

    Tracy

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    Hi Tracy,

    pre WW1 army records are held at the National Archives in Kew.


    researching Matchett, McFarland, Dick, Ewing, Koehler or Kohler, Nairn and Young.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Raven View Post
      Hi Tracy,

      pre WW1 army records are held at the National Archives in Kew.
      Thanks Raven...... just wish I didn't work full time...... and could get down there!!! LOL

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      • #4
        If your ancestor is not too ancient, it's worth checking the Ancstry WW1 records.
        I found one of gt granpa's brothers. He was born abt 1857 and it says that he enlisted in the Army Transport Corps in September 1888 (Army Reserve)

        Just had another look at his record ... it's a bit difficult and there's not a great deal of it but on another page it has him in 1876 and aged 19 yrs 6 months

        Not sure what letter of the alphabet they're up to (surnames)

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Rachel Scand View Post
          If your ancestor is not too ancient, it's worth checking the Ancstry WW1 records.
          I found one of gt granpa's brothers. He was born abt 1857 and it says that he enlisted in the Army Transport Corps in September 1888 (Army Reserve)

          Just had another look at his record ... it's a bit difficult and there's not a great deal of it but on another page it has him in 1876 and aged 19 yrs 6 months

          Not sure what letter of the alphabet they're up to (surnames)

          Hi Rachel

          I'm looking for the M's!

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          • #6
            The browsing initials go up to Y, so (theoretically) you're in with a chance.

            Christine
            Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...

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            • #7
              Really? I thought they'd only got up to H.

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              • #8
                It's only the missorts in the main series (WO363) which go to the end of the alphabet. They are a VERY small proportion of the records. The main series of WO363 only goes up to H so far.
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                • #9
                  I thought I'd posted something about this - must have been on the wrong thread! :o Or there's another thread about something similar.

                  I tried putting names in which started NEW* and NOR* and found that the only hits I got were for corrected names, where the original entry had had a surname starting with a letter no later than H - which was what I had expected.

                  Christine
                  Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...

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