The Ministry of Defence (UK) has released indices of records held for personnel born before 1901. These give (post WWI) service numbers, name, initials, date of birth and sometimes the unit. The records can be accessed from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foi-responses-released-by-mod-week-commencing-1-december-2014 An explanation of the release is given in the eight item down which is then followed by eight attachments giving the data. Records for men and women who served during the Great War and then remained in the army after war should be included. Ann McDonald Corner ONS

I've spent about half an hour trying to work out how you can 'search' for a particular person - think you have to know their (approximate?) date of birth? It does not give full names, just initials, so rather a guessing game if you are looking for a common surname. From Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann McDonald via" <goons@rootsweb.com> To: <goons@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:16 PM Subject: [G] Index of Records held by the Ministry of Defence > The Ministry of Defence (UK) has released indices of records held for > personnel born before 1901. These give (post WWI) service numbers, > name, initials, date of birth and sometimes the unit. The records can > be accessed from: > > https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foi-responses-released-by-mod-week-commencing-1-december-2014 > > An explanation of the release is given in the eight item down which is > then followed by eight attachments giving the data. > > Records for men and women who served during the Great War and then > remained in the army after war should be included. > > Ann McDonald > Corner ONS > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Best entry noticed so far is 13038 XOR000038960 File NULL NULL HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH NULL 1900-08-04 Chris Broomfield Broomfield, Bromfield & Brumfield One Name Study

Thats a good one Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "broomfield-ons via" <goons@rootsweb.com> To: "Ann McDonald" <annmcd399@gmail.com>, goons@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 4 December, 2014 10:37:40 AM Subject: Re: [G] Index of Records held by the Ministry of Defence Best entry noticed so far is 13038 XOR000038960 File NULL NULL HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH NULL 1900-08-04 Chris Broomfield Broomfield, Bromfield & Brumfield One Name Study _____________________________________________ RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message