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Can you order WW1 records?

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Dawn

Dawn Report 3 Dec 2007 22:17

Hi

Does anyone know if you can order WW1 records like you can WW2 or are they only available by going to Kew in person?

I would love to get my G Grandads army records but there is no way i'll get to London in the foreseeable future.

Any advice would be gratefully received.

Many Thanks

Dawn

Researching:
Shepherd, Lawrence, Grayson, Hughes, Golden, Beavers, Debnam - mainly York & St Pancras, London

Heather

Heather Report 3 Dec 2007 22:18

What is his name, dob and place of birth - he may be on the WW1 Pension records on ancestry.

Dawn

Dawn Report 3 Dec 2007 22:53

I have already checked them thanks Heather. As I understand it the pension records are for those who were discharged early. My G Grandad William Victor Lawrence enlisted in 1907 and left the army in 1919.

I did manage to find my other G Grandad in those records though, which was a bonus. He was discharged after about 80 days for his poor eyesight.

I am curious to find out where he was during the war and if he ever came home as there was a son born and died during war time, when he might have been in France.

Thanks

Dawn

Researching:
Shepherd, Lawrence, Grayson, Hughes, Golden, Beavers, Debnam - mainly York & St Pancras, London

Dawn

Dawn Report 3 Dec 2007 23:00

I also have his medal card and thanks to a kind gentleman on the ww1 forum I have details of the battle when he was awarded his military medal.

I ordered my Grandads WW2 records and it is great to see all the places he went to etc, especially as he wouldn't talk about it when he was alive.

I am really curious what William Victor Lawrences file would tell us. I know he was injured and I have a photo of him in hospital (I think maybe in France) and I know about his MM but i'd love to know more

Dawn

Researching:
Shepherd, Lawrence, Grayson, Hughes, Golden, Beavers, Debnam - mainly York & St Pancras, London

Dawn

Dawn Report 3 Dec 2007 23:07

Sorry I have confussed things.

While William Victor was serving in WW1 his wife had a son Thomas who was born Dec qtr 1916 and died March 1918. I am curious if he was back home at any point (I am still waiting on the birth cert for Thomas).

Researching:
Shepherd, Lawrence, Grayson, Hughes, Golden, Beavers, Debnam - mainly York & St Pancras, London

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 4 Dec 2007 08:50

The trouble is that a child born to a married woman was presumed to be her husband's....whether or not that was fact.

Look to see who registered the birth. That might give a clearer indication.


Gwyn