Check your system clock, Judy. Its not Saturday. lol I don't know how I'd find Charles Middleton's army number. I suppose his record can be found without it? Sharon --- Judy Acaster <jude.a@iinet.net.au> wrote: > Hi Sharon, > > As a new Lister, I have been 'lurking' and learning > from this lively List. > > I recovered my g.grandfather's army record and it > was well worth having. > Lots of information and exciting to see his > signature, physical description > etc. Of course I did have to travel to the UK from > Australia to do this, > but the cost of a researcher is a tad cheaper! > > Having his Army number was a huge help and I was > able to go straight to the > request desk and then wait for the file. However > it is possible to obtain > the number with a little bit of research. > > Good luck! > > Judy......Perth. W. Australia ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
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. Good luck Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon" <ssusmol@yahoo.ca> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [MORAY] Army Records > Check your system clock, Judy. Its not Saturday. lol > > I don't know how I'd find Charles Middleton's army > number. I suppose his record can be found without it? > > Sharon > --- Judy Acaster <jude.a@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> Hi Sharon, >> >> As a new Lister, I have been 'lurking' and learning >> from this lively List. >> >> I recovered my g.grandfather's army record and it >> was well worth having. >> Lots of information and exciting to see his >> signature, physical description >> etc. Of course I did have to travel to the UK from >> Australia to do this, >> but the cost of a researcher is a tad cheaper! >> >> Having his Army number was a huge help and I was >> able to go straight to the >> request desk and then wait for the file. However >> it is possible to obtain >> the number with a little bit of research. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Judy......Perth. W. Australia > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > If you need to unsub for your holidays, change your email address, or > report anything to the admin of the list - all this information can be > found at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/MORAY.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >