No, he was well before WWI. He died in 1854, so his military service was early, to mid 1800's. Sharon --- Ray Hennessy <ray@whatsinaname.net> wrote: > Hi Sharon > > If your ancestor was in WW1 he should have a > campaign medal at least. > If so and you have name, regiment and date of birth, > you should be able > to get an image of the Medals Record Card from > > http://www.documentsonline.nationalarchives.gov.uk/medals.asp > This will give you a service number. You would then > have to visit the > PRO at Kew to see the service record - or get > someone to do it for you. > Can be frustrating as so much is missing - as we > found out when we went > there > > The images only show the front of the card and the > MoD are talking about > dumping the cards as they "have the images on line". > Since the reverse > of the card sometimes shows additional details and a > huge proportion of > WW1 Military Records were destroyed by incendiary > bombing in WW2, the > destruction of such valuable material is a disgrace. > I'm not sure of > the actual situation on the Medal Cards but some > charitable concern was > attempting to get them. Maybe some other lister > knows what the current > position is on this. ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

Hi Sharon, I found The Great War Forum site to be very helpful. You will find it at http://1914-1918.org/forum/index.php Perhaps you might find just something, as there are many interested and knowledgeable contributors to the site. Good luck with your search, Dorothy