Chrissie wrote: > 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. Chrissie, I see that there is a READHEAD listed on the CWGC site... READHEAD, Ernest; Private; Service Number 25281; Died 18/10/1916; Unknown age; Norfolk Regt. See further details at: http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1550480 Could this be your great uncle? > 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. I presume you are looking for WW1 soldier's records at the National Archives in England. Have you tried searching for READHEAD at the National Archives? Bear in mind the fact that a large number of WW1 records were lost in the Blitz, in WW2. In some cases burnt records may survive, in other cases they were lost. (I cannot find my father's WW1 records. I now suspect they are amongst those lost, burnt records.) Perhaps others, more knowledgable than I will be of greater assistance. Denny (Perth, Ontario.)