Yes Gary they are on film at the Nat archives at Kew... or were last year when I was there. a lot did not survive as you know and the burnt ones are in various disarray with chunks missing, sadly for me the most important bits. Good luck. Honor Please don't judge me on what I have achieved, but what I have overcome. Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive well preserved body. Rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" --- On Wed, 17/11/10, Eddie Tricker <etricker@ozemail.com.au> wrote: From: Eddie Tricker <etricker@ozemail.com.au> Subject: [SFK-UK] Service Records - World War One - "The burnt records" To: suffolk@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, 17 November, 2010, 3:28 G'day Folks My grandfather served in WW 1 and survived. An inquiry made by myself back in the early 1990's found that his service records were destroyed during the London bombings of the second World war. I was and am aware that the records people were putting the remains of the burnt records together and then scanning them, creating a digital record of the surviving documents.  It was still in progress during my last inquiry. I also realize by this time that such work must be completed and the results somewhere on-line for people to check if there any any "burnt World War 1 records" for their forebears. I do not have access to Ancestry, and am wondering if they are available from any other source, eg National Archives? Help and advice of this forum sought please. regards eddie tricker Australia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message