HOW TO FIND OUT ABOUT A COURT MARTIAL

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Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 2 830 Send Message	Carter	Report	8 Oct 2007 11:12
	Hi i wonder if anyone could advice me if there is a way of finding out about a courtmartial other than by going to kew to view army records. My grandmothers brother was once a corporal but was court martialled and reduced in ranks to private. he served in the royal dublin fusiliers and he died in 1918 in belgium age 29 years. i cant find his pension records on ancestry but that is probabaly because he died in battle and i dont think he had any family. i have found his medal card on archives and that is how i found out about his court martial. thanks linda
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 2 779 Send Message	was plain ann now annielaurie	Report	8 Oct 2007 14:48
	As far as I know, Kew is the only place. But, if you contact the regimental museum for his regiment, they MAY have something.
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 2 830 Send Message	Carter	Report	8 Oct 2007 14:51
	thanks ann i have tried that but not luck . are you able to contact kew and see if the records you want are available. i live in the north west and it would be a long trip for me to find out the records are not there thanks linda
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 2 779 Send Message	was plain ann now annielaurie	Report	8 Oct 2007 14:57
	Linda You'd have to get someone to go there for you, I'm afraid. I can recommend someone if you decide to go down this road.