Denise Depends what you means by complete. The whole set of records is online so it is complete in that sense. However is you mean are these records for every soldier who received a pension then the answer is no. Let me explain. These are the records held in catalogue class WO 364 at the UK National Archives. They were commonly known until recently as the 'unburnt' records in comparison to those held in WO 363 which were known as the 'burnt' records having been largely destroyed during the blitz in WW2. The term 'pension records' wasn't really used until these records went online and is misleading primarily because they are service rather than pension records. The reason that they survived the bombing in WW2 was that they were being held elsewhere because they were being used for pensions purposes. It is this which has led them to being mistitled 'pensions records'. The problem with this is primarily that; a) they don't include records for every soldier that received a pension. b) they include records for soldiers who made a pension claim which was later refused. If you cannot find a record for Edward Clayton it is likely that it does not exist amongst these records regardless of whether he received a pension. It could be that a service record survives amongst the burnt records in WO 363 though only some 30% of records have survived. The records in WO 363 are due to go online by the end of 2008. Do you know the unit with which Edward Clayton served? Regards Mike Shingleton -----Original Message----- From: denise <djervis@dodo.com.au> Sent Subject: [GREATWAR] Edward Clayton WW1 English pension record > Hello, > > Does anyone know if the WW1 pension records on Ancestry are complete?, I > have been having a devil of a time trying to find my Grandfather Edward > Clayton b 1884 Bollington, Cheshire. On his first daughters birth > certificate in 1917 his occupation is Munition worker, on his second > daughters birth in 1921 he is listed as Steam Pipe Fitter, Army Pensioner. > His address on both certificates was 17 Tennyson St, Salford. > > I have looked under every variation I could think of including his mother's > maiden name of Fannon. Does anyone have any other ideas? > > Kind regards > Denise > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message