SurfaceAgentX2Zero
11:34 Thu Jul 27
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Here's a link to the search page. I presume he was your maternal Grandfather and you know his name...
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-medal-index-cards-1914-1920/
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
11:28 Thu Jul 27
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Northern Sold 2:02 Thu Jul 27
The National Archives have a section where you can look up soldiers' paybooks/discharge papers etc. I got a copy of my Grandad's WW1 paybook from there a couple of years ago in order to check what regiment he was in and what medals he got.
The catalogue reference for the old boy's papers starts with WO/ if that helps.
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BRANDED
11:12 Thu Jul 27
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Iron Duke. You and me the same. Probably will see you at the graveyard.
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BRANDED
11:10 Thu Jul 27
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He sounds like a psycopath.
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Northern Sold
11:07 Thu Jul 27
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chim chim cha boo 5:38 Wed Jul 26
Great story that…. Reminds me of an ol’ fella that used to be a neighbour of ours in the early 80’s… he knew I was into History and Campaigns etc and I’d gladly listen to him rattle on over the fence… one thing that came across was that he loved absolutely every minute of his soldering…. Joined up in 1915 and was a sniper… spent days all on his tod out in no man’s land picking off German’s… reckons he never got shot as he was so small (must have been about 5 foot when we knew him)… nearest he came to death he reckons was getting shot by his own side… said a few things that stuck in my mind… first was that he found the suffering of animals (Mules, horses etc) on the Western Front far harder to deal with than seeing people killed…. And the other was that during his early days he knew he finally got to the war when one his best mates got his head blown off… and then he laughed… different time … different breed
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Northern Sold
10:56 Thu Jul 27
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Cheers for the info Isca…. Done a load of investigation on a Gt Uncle that was at Gallipoli (Essex Regiment) and then fought and died at the Battle of Jerusalem (grave still there in a war cemetery at Raleh)… like you said it’s a lot easier finding the stuff out if they unfortunately died !! My Aunt reckons another couple of my Great Unc’s were in the Army during WW1 and survived so would like to do some digging…
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isca hammer
5:14 Thu Jul 27
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Northern Sold 2:02 Thu Jul 27
Just sign up for a free trial on ancestry.co.uk or findmypast.co.uk, between them they have a huge amount of military records searchable by name/regiment etc fella.
Alternatively, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ might help, searchable for free, and then a few quid to download the exact records in pdf.
I`ve found out so much about my parents/grandparents family and beyond.
Last year i laid a wreath at the war memorial in a little old village called Ide, just outside Exeter.......i got some crazy looks from people driving by, but i`ve learnt so much about a man who was a devonian farmer who chose to join the fight, and then joined the 9th Bn Durham Light Infantry (still not sure why) who were mostly miners, and then lost his life during the battle of Messines June 1917 (google it...it makes sense that miners were there)
I`ve found out a huge amount about another great great uncle who lost his life aswell, (Devonshire Regiment in Mesopotamia?) the records are there, and in this case i have found a picture of the man in a local history book.
Its a bit hit and miss, and unfortunately if a man died, then there is more chance of a record, but gimme a shout if you would like me to help hunt down any potential records mate.
Its fascinating and humbling stuff innit.
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Northern Sold
2:02 Thu Jul 27
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Anyone know of the best site (FREE) for looking up military records/History etc? Got a couple on the Family tree I would like to do some proper investigation
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Saul Bollox
12:09 Thu Jul 27
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Swiss. 5:59 Wed Jul 26
Fredericksburg was a stone wall rather than a trench but a similar set of events. Gettysburg was a brilliant defensive battle over three days, where the confederates had to attack and were well beaten. Same thing, always the defenders having the advantage
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
12:08 Thu Jul 27
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Far Cough 7:34 Wed Jul 26
He he! I was waiting for that. I'm a miserable sod, but stinting on poppies is one of the few things I can't be accused of. It did cross my mind though, that I have become a blind old cunt or possibly just totally inattentive. Or more likely I have early onset Alzheimers.
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Iron Duke
10:53 Wed Jul 26
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My Great Uncle died in the Battle of Poelcapelle (part of the Battle of Paaschedale) on 9th October 1917. I'm going there this October to pay my respects.
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TJ
7:40 Wed Jul 26
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My maternal granddad, was on the Somme and I believe at this battle too.
He was gassed on the Somme but survived somehow. He was also shot twice in WW1, once at one of the Ypres battles. He survived it all and fought all the way to the end of it.
He was only a little fella from Marylebone. Nothing of him. I remember him dying in 1965. I was about 7
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Far Cough
7:34 Wed Jul 26
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Does this mean Surf hasn't bought a poppy in the last 30 years?
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
7:27 Wed Jul 26
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Eddie B 6:23 Wed Jul 26
Thanks Eddie - delighted to be corrected on that.
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ironsofcanada
7:24 Wed Jul 26
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero 6:08 Wed Jul 26
Haig's name was dirty word amongst members of the Canadian military even 3/4 of a century after the fact (ie. when I started to get to know some of them.)
Had to have his symbolic victory.
The guys I knew where mostly from the Loyal Eddies of the PPCLI. One Eddie and one PPCLI received the VCs for their role in the final assault during the second battle.
All that said, avoid the eponymous movie, PC party of Alberta dumped a bunch of tax payer money into it and still came out a romantic mess.
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Far Cough
6:50 Wed Jul 26
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Gavrilo Princip, what a cunt
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The Stoat
6:46 Wed Jul 26
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My Grandad and Great Grandad both fought in Ypres
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=21jaykg&s=9#.WXi-aulGmUl
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BRANDED
6:42 Wed Jul 26
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Been over to Belgium several times since 2014. Will go again to see the grave of my Dad's uncle who is in a grave east of Ypres.
1914-1945 was the very lowest of the low for mankind.
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Eddie B
6:23 Wed Jul 26
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The poppies used to have his name on them (HAIG FUND) but not for about 30 years now.
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Helmut Shown
6:22 Wed Jul 26
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Menin gate fucking predictive text
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Helmut Shown
6:21 Wed Jul 26
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I was there last week. The sheer scale of the conflict is quite shocking. The Lenin gate is covered with 54000 names and those were the people missing in action and there are a further 34,000 on the memorial at the Tyne Cott cemetery. The whole region is dotted with graveyards with thousands of named graves and "unknown warrior" graves. I was lucky enough to find my great uncle's grave in the Lijssenthoek hospital cemetery. I am the first of my family to visit it in what will be 100 years in August. The graveyards are absolutely pristine and a great deal of respect is shown to the fallen
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