Hi Chrissie Firstly are you absolutely sure he is your man? Does your known information tally with the CWGC entry ? Name: REDHEAD, ERNEST Initials: E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Unit Text: 10th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 05/06/1917 Service No: 51949 Additional information: Son of Henry and Eliza Redhead, of Glenthworth, Lincoln. Born at Hemswell. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Cemetery: HEMSWELL (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD If this is definitely your man I have searched the surviving service records and do not see a record for him Approx two thirds of the WW1 service records were destroyed in WW2 so chances are more likely you won't find a record than you will for most servicemen The entry you quoted if from Soldiers died in the Great War which was compiled from various sorces and has quite a few errors in it You cannot change the entry, it was published long ago and someone along the line made an error with the entry, on findmypast there is a facility to send errors for correction but they will not change it as that is what is recorded On Ancestry you can enter a correction or variation yourself, I have taken the liberty of doing so for you so at least it should prompt the future researcher to look further (that will become available in the searchable index in a couple of weeks) Do let me know if you have not proved its the right man so I can alter the correction I made on Ancestry I take it you are aware his medal card is on Ancestry ? You could also check the war diary for the unit, some are available to download for a small fee from the National Archives While War diaries rarely mention individual men, they do give an idea of where the unit was at the time and what battles they were involved in Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Can anyone point me in the right direction. > > Is it possible to have a name changed for this only record I can find > of my great uncle Ernest REDHEAD. > Of all the army records that are around, I can't find anything > more. This is my great uncle, my grandfather's brother. In 1914 on a > Christmas card he signed as READHEAD as my grandfather also took. > Redhead and red hair, so my line had the E put in. There is a grave > for Ernest in Hemswell which I have seen and I would love his full > records if they were available but you just don't find anything under > Redhead. Where would I need to write to, to see if Ernest records are > available and have the name on findmypast and other sites changed. > > Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919- soldier details > Name: E. REDHILL > []