Hi again,Thanks for the fast reply about Canadians.What I wanted to know was if a British born citizen who joined the British army was required to have a passport when travelling to France during WW1 or if they just had to show their army papers.  My ancestor, an arny officer,  went to France several times and not always with a regiment.ThanksLiz __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/

Hi Liza, I wouldn't think he would need a passport but hopefully a Brit will answer that one for you. Good luck Kathy On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:34 PM, liza stuart <lizastart@yahoo.ca> wrote: > Hi again,Thanks for the fast reply about Canadians.What I wanted to know > was if a British born citizen who joined the British army was required to > have a passport when travelling to France during WW1 or if they just had to > show their army papers. My ancestor, an arny officer, went to France > several times and not always with a regiment.ThanksLiz > > > __________________________________________________________________ > The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! > Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My best guess would be that the first time (WW 1 or 2) he wouldn't have had one, just his 'dog tag' or that type of info, likely some papers in case he got wounded.....but the other times if he was a visitor he would have had to have one. Goldie. ----- Original Message ----- From: "liza stuart" <lizastart@yahoo.ca> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 3:34 PM Subject: [ABERDEEN] passports and ww1 Hi again,Thanks for the fast reply about Canadians.What I wanted to know was if a British born citizen who joined the British army was required to have a passport when travelling to France during WW1 or if they just had to show their army papers. My ancestor, an arny officer, went to France several times and not always with a regiment.ThanksLiz __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message