Just realised the other day that I know nothing (and neither does any one else in the family) know anything about my grandfather's war service in World War 1. I do know he did serve because I knew about his war medals being stolen. Can anyone advise me where to start? He would have been in the English army because he lived in Birmingham. Name of Thomas Eric HUDSON. Any help/suggestions gratefully accepted. Kind regards Sue & Evan Thomas Blackmore and Gibson historic cottages http://heritagenelson.co.nz/ - cottage accommodation in Nelson, New Zealand

Hi Sue As it is a Birmingham or British Army enquiry it might be better on a more appropriate list however There are no hits for a Thomas Eric HUDSON in the military records as far as I can tell and no obvious entries in the medal rolls either There are nine Thomas E HUDSONs listed So can you give some more detail, regiment or service number if known (I would guess not) Place of birth, year and parents/siblings It should be noted that approx two thirds of the service records were destroyed in WW2 so chances are slimmer for finding one But repost more detail and we can try again Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 16/05/2014 09:21, Sue & Evan Thomas wrote: > Just realised the other day that I know nothing (and neither does any > one else in the family) know anything about my grandfather's war > service in World War 1. I do know he did serve because I knew about > his war medals being stolen. Can anyone advise me where to start? > He would have been in the English army because he lived in > Birmingham. Name of Thomas Eric HUDSON. > > Any help/suggestions gratefully accepted. > > > > > Kind regards Sue & Evan Thomas

Sue, The British WW1 military records are on Ancestry. There are many Thomas Hudsons. Can you give more information to help narrow it down? Date or birth or at least the year of birth. Name of wife (if married then) or his parents? Regards, Paul >>> Sue & Evan Thomas <sueandevanthomas@gmail.com> 16/05/2014 20:21 >>> Just realised the other day that I know nothing (and neither does any one else in the family) know anything about my grandfather's war service in World War 1. I do know he did serve because I knew about his war medals being stolen. Can anyone advise me where to start? He would have been in the English army because he lived in Birmingham. Name of Thomas Eric HUDSON. Any help/suggestions gratefully accepted. Kind regards Sue & Evan Thomas Blackmore and Gibson historic cottages http://heritagenelson.co.nz/ - cottage accommodation in Nelson, New Zealand The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify Allied Telesis Labs Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender has the authority to issue and specifically states them to be the views of Allied Telesis Labs.