Brian Lummis wrote: > See BBC News article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23861821 > Unfortunately the payment gateway was not working when I tried to obtain a copy. > Brian Interesting - it must be for other ranks only. There was a copy of his paybook will in the Army Service record I got from TNA for a 2nd Lieutenant who was killed in 1916 but he doesn't come up on a search of the Probate Service site. -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

Anne Chambers wrote: > Brian Lummis wrote: >> See BBC News article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23861821 >> Unfortunately the payment gateway was not working when I tried to >> obtain a copy. >> Brian > > Interesting - it must be for other ranks only. There was a copy of his > paybook will in the Army Service record I got from TNA for a 2nd > Lieutenant who was killed in 1916 but he doesn't come up on a search of > the Probate Service site. > Also have seen some before. Possibly in Ancestry WWI Service Records. Can't check since it wasn't one of mine and don't recall name. ecunningham@att.net

On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:32:00 -0400, ecunningham <ecunningham@att.net> wrote: >Anne Chambers wrote: >> Brian Lummis wrote: >>> See BBC News article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23861821 >>> Unfortunately the payment gateway was not working when I tried to >>> obtain a copy. >>> Brian >> >> Interesting - it must be for other ranks only. There was a copy of his >> paybook will in the Army Service record I got from TNA for a 2nd >> Lieutenant who was killed in 1916 but he doesn't come up on a search of >> the Probate Service site. >> Bearing in mind this is being done by HMCTS it possibly only deals with soldiers domiciled in England and Wales. I've just tried MacDONALD in 1915 and the matching CWGC details all give English addresses and/or regiments for the deceased. >Also have seen some before. Possibly in Ancestry WWI Service Records. >Can't check since it wasn't one of mine and don't recall name. >ecunningham@att.net

Charles Ellson wrote: > >> Anne Chambers wrote: >>> Brian Lummis wrote: >>>> See BBC News article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23861821 >>>> Unfortunately the payment gateway was not working when I tried to >>>> obtain a copy. >>>> Brian >>> >>> Interesting - it must be for other ranks only. There was a copy of his >>> paybook will in the Army Service record I got from TNA for a 2nd >>> Lieutenant who was killed in 1916 but he doesn't come up on a search of >>> the Probate Service site. >>> > Bearing in mind this is being done by HMCTS it possibly only deals > with soldiers domiciled in England and Wales. I've just tried > MacDONALD in 1915 and the matching CWGC details all give English > addresses and/or regiments for the deceased. > He was a Londoner born and bred.... -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com