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Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 193 Send Message	Paul	Report	20 Sep 2007 20:37
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 193 Send Message	Can any one point me in the right direction . My grandad Henry robert Browning was in WW1 all i know is he was in the London rifles and lost a leg . Can any help me find his records our tell were to look. Regards Paul Browning
Member Since: April 2007 Posts: 505 Send Message	MellieMob	Report	20 Sep 2007 20:38
Member Since: April 2007 Posts: 505 Send Message	national archives is a good place to start
Member Since: December 2006 Posts: 1 973 Send Message	Newby CI	Report	21 Sep 2007 08:19
	Mowerman is right , If you are not a member of Ancestry pm me all the details you have and I will try and find a record for you . I have to go to work soon , but will be back this afternoon . Kim
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 9 Send Message	Steven	Report	21 Sep 2007 10:27
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 9 Send Message	I have just done this, looking up my Great Grandad - I have yet to get to the stage where I go to the National Archives in Kew (that's next month!) but am fairly certain I found his medal card online (costs £3.50 - which you don't need, it may just help as it contains number, rank and brigade). At Kew all records are on microfiche and are sorted alphabetically by surname so if your Grandad's record survived the bombing of WWII then it will be there.