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Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 5 733 Send Message	Sidami	Report	11 Aug 2014 15:13
	I have Bertie Handsley died 12/10/1915 Lincolnshire reg buried Loos, can any one find any more on ancestry about him please ie device records Thanks
	Researching: Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13 411 Send Message	Maddie	Report	11 Aug 2014 15:36
	???? British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 about Albert C Handsley Name: Albert C Handsley Regiment or Corps: Lincolnshire Regiment, Royal Sussex Regiment Regimental Number: 5154, 9/15436 Other Records: Search for 'Albert C Handsley' in other WWI collections
Member Since: August 2014 Posts: 6 166 Send Message	Jacqueline	Report	11 Aug 2014 15:46
	The greater part of WW1 service records were destroyed during WW2. About 70%, I believe, so there's only a 30% chance of your relly's records being there
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 17 958 Send Message	Chris Ho :)	Report	11 Aug 2014 16:08
	HANDLEY, BERTIE Rank: Private Service No:2711 Date of Death:13/10/1915 Regiment/Service :Lincolnshire Regiment 1st/4th Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 31 to 34.Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL http://www.cwgc.org/ Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 (Find My Past) First name(s) BERTIE Last name HANDLEY Service number 2711 Rank PRIVATE Regiment Lincolnshire Regiment Battalion 4th Battalion. Residence GRANTHAM Enlistment place LUTON, BEDS Death year 1915 Death day 13 Death month 10 (not above is it?) Chris :)
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12 338 Send Message	alviegal	Report	11 Aug 2014 16:14
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12 338 Send Message	Ah that's why I couldn't find him Chris. Well done! EDIT He had a middle name if this is the correct person. Or perhaps the B for Bertie has just been repeated. Name: Private Bertie B Handley Death Date: 13 Oct 1915 Burial Place: Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Inscription: Lincolnshire Regiment Note: 2711 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=HAN&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GScntry=7&GSsr=561&GRid=15346386&
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 17 958 Send Message	Chris Ho :)	Report	11 Aug 2014 16:35
	16 September 1916 - Grantham Journal - Grantham, Lincolnshire Handley - On October 13th 1915, killed in action, Bertie Handley, Lincolnshire Regiment, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Handley, Kettles Place, New Street, Grantham, aged 18 years and 10 months. Chris :) Births Mar 1897 (>99%) --------------------------------------------- Birkett Bertie Grantham 7a 514 Marriages Mar 1906 (>99%) --------------------------------------------------------- BIRKETT Philadelphia Grantham 7a 614 HANDLEY James Grantham 7a 614 1911 James Handley Head Married Male 37 1874 Engine Painter Lincs Grantham Philadelphia Handley Wife Married Female 39 1872 Bertie Berker Son Single Male 14 1897 Chemist Errand Boy Ida Handley Daughter - 12 1899 School James Handley Son - Male 8 1903 School William Handley Son - Male 4 1907 Arthur Handley Son - Male 2 1909 Address 8 Kettles Place New Street Grantham Parish Grantham Registration district Grantham County Lincolnshire Country England Years married 5 Marriage year 1906 Subdistrict Grantham North Enumeration district 1 Census reference RG14 PN19677 RG78PN1180 RD417 SD2 ED1 SN263
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 5 733 Send Message	Sidami	Report	11 Aug 2014 17:16
	Wow Thankyou so very much.
	Researching: Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.

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