Genealogy Chat

hi kate. i am not sure all the ones that were relevant had middle initial on his death and marriage certs ther is no middle name so i am going to send for his birth cert to find out thanks love linda x

Linda, were those 'National Roll of the Great War' entries on 1837 online no help, then? Kate.

thanks everyone for all your help it seems a lot of military records were destroyed in a fire in ww2 but the remaining ones are a kew. i cant get to kew i live in lancashire so if anyone is travelling there and could do me a look up that would be great. thanks again love linda x

Miners were used on the front line to tunnel under opposing defences to plant explosives. I don't know if they were enlisted or not, though.

Linda, Don't know if he had a middle name but you can search the National Archives for WW1 medals: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=10&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1 Rose

Lindy, I don't know if it's the same in the UK, but my grandfather was in WW1. He was an ANZAC form New Zealand. For $20 (a few years ago)I got his entire service record. It had everything on it. Where he went, when,etc. All his medical stuff. It was really interesting.

kate i was typing at the same time as yours thanks a lot for that i will give it a try love linda x

Linda, did you see my reply above yours, or were you typing yours at the same time I was typing it? Kate.

well seeing as you put it like that i can understand why. its a shame then that he ended up with this terrible complaint through the effects of mustard gas. love linda x

Linda, there is a database on 1837 online called 'National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918' which contains details of some soldiers who served in WW1 and unlike most databases, it is not just soldiers who died! There are 5 matches for R. Barlow: BARLOW R II - London: (West, Central & North London) VIEW BARLOW R XI - Manchester VIEW BARLOW R XI - Manchester VIEW BARLOW R XIV - Salford VIEW BARLOW RA XI - Manchester VIEW You would have to pay to look at them. Maybe you will be lucky enough to find that one of them is yours. Maybe not. By the way, those Roman numerals just tell you which volume of the 'National Roll' each area was covered in, it is nothing significant about the person. Anyway, it might be worth a try. Kate.

Lindy Because Coal Miners were physically strong and usually were pretty adept at handling explosives etc. OC

why is that paul ? love linda x

If he was a coal miner he is most likely to have joined the Royal Engineers.

nudge for an idea

no mum was the eldest and then she had a sister but she died. and yes it does say about cause of death could be caused by mustard gas love linda x x ps you helped me with the richards sister !!

Thank you! I don't know what I did??!! So you have his marriage cert and your mum's birth cert?? Did they have any other children before 1918? I ask because if you are lucky, his army number might be on a cert during those years. Merry

Oh, I thought the mustard gas was mentioned on the death cert? Merry

his name was robert barlow he was born in tyldesley lancashire and when he got married he lived in leigh lancashire i have looked on archives for medal cards and there are loads of robert barlow so i dont know which one. any ideas merry ps you have been a star today love linda x

He could have volunteered - plenty did out of patriotism. Re his cause of death - he could just as easily have ended up with that little lot as a result of being a miner - even today miners have chronic bronchitis and emphysema as a result of the dust underground.

Man were being conscripted by 1916. (though wasn't mining a reserved occupation?) Anyway. What was his name? Merry