K1874M Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Hoping someone can help. I'm helping someone try to find info out about a family member who fought in the great war. He survived and we have pics of him and his regiment, we also have a birth cert. What we're looking to find out is his regiment and rank etc... something that no one seems sure about. We know he fought near Ieper (Ypres). This is all we have tho. I've used various sites that list those who lost there lifes but yet to find one that lists those who survived. Any help would be much appreciated. K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deevers Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Try the National Archive - they have details of all medals awarded during WW1.This would include campaign medals. Getting information on men who served during WW1 from the Ministry of Defence is more difficult - most of the service records were lost during WW2 due to the building they were housed in being bombed. The National Archive would be a good first port of call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 Try the National Archive - they have details of all medals awarded during WW1.This would include campaign medals. Getting information on men who served during WW1 from the Ministry of Defence is more difficult - most of the service records were lost during WW2 due to the building they were housed in being bombed. The National Archive would be a good first port of call. Thats great. Thanks alot mate, will report how we get on. After having a quick scan it does say its harder to find specific people without knowing there regiment but it can be done. Cheers Deevers. K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 National Archive is a good shout. I recently got my maternal Grandfather's Naval service record detailing all the ships he served on and when. The Central Library also had some books detailing the records of some of the Scottish Regiments, but mostly just mentioned officers. http://landing.ancestry.co.uk/intl/uk/worldwar1.aspx?o_iid=37264&o_lid=37264 Free search during November Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 Will be spending some time on it this week. Boris, how much info did you have on your Grandfather? This is actually for my bird and her mum to find more info on her great grandfather and as I say we only have a birth cert and we know he fought in the great war in France and Belgium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Will be spending some time on it this week. Boris, how much info did you have on your Grandfather? This is actually for my bird and her mum to find more info on her great grandfather and as I say we only have a birth cert and we know he fought in the great war in France and Belgium. To be fair it was my Uncle who researched it all for my Mum. He's into all this geneology malarky. But I think we had his DoB, Place of Birth, full name The birth cert should be enough to get you started, I would have thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 National Archive is a good shout. I recently got my maternal Grandfather's Naval service record detailing all the ships he served on and when. The Central Library also had some books detailing the records of some of the Scottish Regiments, but mostly just mentioned officers. http://landing.ancestry.co.uk/intl/uk/worldwar1.aspx?o_iid=37264&o_lid=37264 Free search during November That links great. Cheers Boris. Will get his D.O.B tomorrow and take it from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosanostra Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 As soon as I saw this thread I thought PMing Boris might have been a good idea. Good luck Kenny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 As soon as I saw this thread I thought PMing Boris might have been a good idea. Good luck Kenny. Cheers Cosa and cheers Leg for the PM. Ah... the joys of the JKB community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Cheers Cosa and cheers Leg for the PM. Ah... the joys of the JKB community. No problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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