WOW, STAN! Thank you very much! ;-) Brian In a message dated 6/28/2008 11:38:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, stan@stanrosefamily.com writes: John The original book was published by The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd. in 1922. Edited by Rev. Michael Adler.D.D.S.,S.C.F., B.A., and organised by Max R.G.Freeman. Just 3000 were printed - I have a numbered copy, signed by the Joint Managing Director of Caxtons. The Alphabetical Index of Nominal Rolls lists 106 separate regiments and then there is a further list of names that were received too late for classification. These also include the Royal Navy and Royal Air force (Royal Flying Corps) The Nominal Rolls (regimental lists) only give the soldier's number, rank and name, no other detail except for those who lost their life, indicated by an asterisk. Such persons are also listed separately, together with the name and address of the next-of-kin. There are also lists of persons who were awarded medals for gallantry, as Bryan Diamond has already said. The Rolls list the names in alphabetical order of the initial letter, but thereafter they are not, so that Barnett, where there is more than one, may be well mixed randomly within the 'B's'.. Furthermore,the book does not list EVERY Jew who served in the armed forces in WW1. Many of my own family are listed, but some are missing from the book. Your Jacob Barnett way have enlisted in a local regiment for local recruiting was often the responsibility of local personalities. But there was also much movement between regiments due to losses. There are very many Barnetts listed of whom there are 25 with the initial J. and three of those have an additional initial. These are the J.Barnetts who survived the war. The book does contain some double entries and a possible example is in the Training Reserve where there is No.38644. L/Cpl/ Barnett.J. 111th Btn. and 33644 L/Cpl Barnett.J. 111th. Btn. which seems to be an error in transcribing the soldier's army number. This shows how careful you have to be in researching. Quite frankly, I feel that you should do all you can within your own family first of all, to find out as much as you can about Jacob's army service (if any), before you spend many hours finding a copy and then researching. Once you have his number and regiment, then go to the UK National Archives in Kew (London) to find his medal roll details. (There should be two medals or possibly three). The following list should get you started: 234954 Pte.Barnett.J. R.F.A. (Royal Regiment of Artillery) 1280 L/Cpl. Barnett.J. Royal Engineers 457650 L/Cpl Barnett.J. Royal Engineers 19994 Cpl. Barnett J. 2nd. Bn. The Queens Royal Surrey Regt. 65665 Pte. Barnett.J. 9th.Bn. The King's (Liverpool) Rgt. 4820 Pte. Barnett.J. 2/5th Bn. The Suffolk Regt. 203942 Pte. Barnett.J. 1/5th Bn. The Hampshire Regt. 22313 Bglr. Barnett.J. 2nd.Bn.Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. 5987 Pte. Barnett.J. 2/9th Bn. The Highland Light Infantry. 9979 Rfm. Barnett.J. The Rifle Brigade. Rfm. Barnett.H.J. The Rifle Brigade 173798 Pte. Barnett..J.V. Machine Gun Corps. 12505 Pte. Barnett J.S. Training Reserve. 441299 Pte.Barnett.J. 833rd. Lab.Coy. Labour Corps. 120048 Pte. Barnett J. 14th Lab.Bn. Labour Corps. 498089 Barnett.J. Lab. Centre. Labour Corps. 177570 Pte. Barnett.J. 170th.Lab.Coy. Labour Corps. 79330 Pte. Barnett.J. 133rd. Lab.Coy. Labour Corps. 54622. Pte. Barnett.J. 7th.Bn. London Regt. 4472 Pte. Barnett.J. The London Regt. 5602 Rfm. Barnett.J. 1/17th Bn. London Regt. SS/803 S/Sgt. Barnett.J. 14th Div.Train. Royal Army Service Corps 169148 Dvr. Barnett.J. Royal Armey Service Corps. These should keep you busy! Anyway, I hope this helps. They are all the Barnetts with the Initial J. Stan Rose. Bucks. UK. **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)