Kate, The War Diary of 2Bn S.Staffs. Regiment has been digitsed bt The National Archives and can be downlaoded from their site. See [1]http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C4554513 The cost is £3.36, (free if you visit the archives, but I think you will not be doing that). It will probably not mention Thomas Boyington by name, but you will know what the Battalion was doing. I think you are right to be wary of some of the paying sites, they may have little more that his entry in 'Soldiers who died in the Great War.' regards, Dai On 03/02/2014 00:52, Kate wrote: Can anyone suggest a site that I could obtain a reliable military record for Th omas Alfred Boyington, 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. Thomas was killed 22.11.1916 and is buried at Etaples. We are very lucky in Australia to have all our WW1 records digitised and free t o view. I understand that many British records were destroyed in WW2 but accord ing to Forces War Records website they have information on Thomas, however I'm wary of paying for unofficial information and hesitate to subscribe. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards, Kate. Notts Surname List [2]http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [3]NOTTSGEN-request@roots web.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the b ody of the message References 1. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C4554513 2. http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html 3. mailto:NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com