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
Hi Eddie I presume your man was in the British Army and not the Australian ? If the British Army you are right to recheck as the process of digitising and indexing the surviving records will have unearthed parts in the wrong place Finding somewhere with Ancestry access would be the easiest way The LDS FHS used to have Ancestry but am unsure if thats still the case, perhaps someone can clarify the present situation Failing that they do have a pay per view subscription and a 14 day free trial (just cancel a day or so before the end of the 14 days) They are of course available at Kew If he is a Suffolk lad why not post his name here? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > 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