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Susie

Susie Report 7 Jun 2007 15:08

Hi, another question... How do I find records of relatives who were in the military, for instance: Alan George Bryson b 1913, served in the Royal Navy WWII Victor Jenkins b 1925, served in the Royal Navy WWII Captain Edward Robert Amor b 1875, Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy WWI & WWII Jared Graham Walton b 1881, served in the British Army? WWI Douglas D Hunter b 1918, served in the Canadian Airforce? WWII I want to know what they did, where they went - surely there must be some good sites? Thanks! x

Alison

Alison Report 7 Jun 2007 15:55

I've had military searches done for me, the records are in the National Archives. Some of the records of WW1 were destroyed unfortunately. If you can't get to the National Archives then paying a researcher is the way. If you go to the website of the National Archives it will direct you to which batch of papers your ancestor's records might be in and then you would need to search.

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 7 Jun 2007 16:19

There is this on the national archives site Description Medal card of Edwards, Robert Amor Corps Regiment No Rank West Yorkshire Regiment Lieutenant Date 1914-1920 Catalogue reference WO 372/6 Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War Piece Denham W - Everitt H Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection Number of image files: 1 Image Reference Format and Version Part Number Size (KB) Number of Pages Price (£) 209301 / 25321 PDF 1.2 1 251 1 3.50 Total Price (£) 3.50 Roy