Hi Lorraine, Thanks for your reply to my question to the list. I do have his NZ WW`1 records already. I have still to obtain his British India Army records covering the period he was in India etc. I just wondered if he had to make a Will prior to being sent abroad from England in case of an accident while on duty. My grandfather died in 1951. The NZ Defence Dept was notified - and there is an official notification on his file which I have received. The Dept would have had to be notified as he was on a Service Pension. My query re a possible Will being made when he enlisted in the British Army followed on some other question to the British India list from someone else - hence my post asking if it was a common enough procedure for all service personnel when they were posted abroad and if so where would these have been kept? At the point of his enlistment in the BA he was in his teens and not married at the time. Given that he was not just a member of a Military Band but from my vague memories of his stories of the life in India he was also expected to take part in any military action the chance of a fatal wound would surely have meant these men had to have made some provision for their possessions and belongings - hence the idea of a Will or some documentation retained by the military so that next of kin could be notified in the event of illness or death. Thanks again for your reply, Cheers Ainslie