What a pity All I managed to get was Error #2032 C'est la vie. At 2/11/2012 11:50 PM, you wrote: Free WWI Records You can find your World War I heroes this Remembrance Weekend, with free access to many of our most revealing records. Our WWI Service, Pension and Medal Records are free from 9th-12th November*. *These records will be available to search for free from 12 midnight GMT on 9 November 2012 until 11:59pm GMT on November 12 2012. To view these records you will need to register for free with Ancestry.co.uk with your name and email address. -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WW1-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Linda Congratulations on your inheritance Ancestry are running a free access to some of their WW1 records but it finishes at 11:59pm gmt 12th November 2012 From there you will find that a medal card which states He was a Corporal in the Hampshire Regiment 491 And also in the Somerset Light Infantry as 29902 There is a second medal card for his silver war badge which states he enlisted 12th May 1914 and was discharged 3rd March 1919 Cause Discharged 392 (XVI) KR List C/1219/2 He also had a Silver War Badge issued as :- 29902 Corporal MARTIN Charles William Somerset L.I. B/163998 enlisted 12th May 1914 Discharged 3rd March 1919 para 392 (XVIa) K.R. whether served overseas = Yes age 22 The service records are in two batches and can be tricky to find people in as not every detail is indexed, I had a brief look but did not see him but there are quite a few so I would try a search for Charles William MARTIN and check each record to see if they tally with either regiment or service numbers Then try Charles W MARTIN , then Charles MARTIN and also William MARTIN As a last resort try just MARTIN with any address you may have for him as keywords It should be said that roughly two thirds of the service records for WW1 were lost in WW2, so there is a greater chance his were destroyed than they survive Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) PS the para 392 (XVI) = paragraph 392 Kings Regulations (xvi) No longer physically fit for service On 12/11/2012 00:01, LINDA MARTIN wrote: > We have just inherited the WWI medals of my husbands grandfather > Charles William MARTIN, b 1896, Basingstoke Hampshire and it shows > around the edge of the medals Cpl. C.W. Martin, 491, Hampshire R. He > received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. > > We understand he was in the Cycling Battalion and on his arrival in > France was transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry - does this > make sense? > > Where could we find more information regarding his service? He was > shot in the leg at the end of the war, pieces of shrapnel remained in > his leg and he eventually died of lead poisonomg in 1966. > > Thank you, Linda >

Thank you so much Nivard.  That certainly ties in with all that we were told.  We also inherited the bullet with which he was shot!   So would he have been transferred to the Somerset's because they needed more men?  Sorry, if that sounds like a stupid question!   I did try to find his records, but with no luck.  As you said, probably non existent.   Linda ________________________________ From: Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> To: ww1-uk@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 2:45:29 AM Subject: Re: [WW1-UK] Hampshire Regiment, Cycling Battalion Hi Linda Congratulations on your inheritance Ancestry are running a free access to some of their WW1 records but it finishes at 11:59pm gmt 12th November 2012 From there you will find that a medal card which states He was a Corporal in the Hampshire Regiment 491 And also in the Somerset Light Infantry as 29902 There is a second medal card for his silver war badge which states he enlisted 12th May 1914 and was discharged 3rd March 1919 Cause Discharged 392 (XVI) KR List C/1219/2 He also had a Silver War Badge issued as :- 29902 Corporal MARTIN Charles William Somerset L.I. B/163998 enlisted 12th May 1914 Discharged 3rd March 1919 para 392 (XVIa) K.R. whether served overseas = Yes age 22 The service records are in two batches and can be tricky to find people in as not every detail is indexed, I had a brief look but did not see him but there are quite a few so I would try a search for Charles William MARTIN and check each record to see if they tally with either regiment or service numbers Then try Charles W MARTIN , then Charles MARTIN and also William MARTIN As a last resort try just MARTIN with any address you may have for him as keywords It should be said that roughly two thirds of the service records for WW1 were lost in WW2, so there is a greater chance his were destroyed than they survive Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) PS the para 392 (XVI) = paragraph 392 Kings Regulations (xvi) No longer physically fit for service On 12/11/2012 00:01, LINDA MARTIN wrote: > We have just inherited the WWI medals of my husbands grandfather > Charles William MARTIN, b 1896, Basingstoke Hampshire and it shows > around the edge of the medals Cpl. C.W. Martin, 491, Hampshire R. He > received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. > > We understand he was in the Cycling Battalion and on his arrival in > France was transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry - does this > make sense? > > Where could we find more information regarding his service?  He was > shot in the leg at the end of the war, pieces of shrapnel remained in > his leg and he eventually died of lead poisonomg in 1966. > > Thank you, Linda > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WW1-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

We have just inherited the WWI medals of my husbands grandfather Charles William MARTIN, b 1896, Basingstoke Hampshire and it shows around the edge of the medals Cpl. C.W. Martin, 491, Hampshire R. He received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.   We understand he was in the Cycling Battalion and on his arrival in France was transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry - does this make sense?   Where could we find more information regarding his service?  He was shot in the leg at the end of the war, pieces of shrapnel remained in his leg and he eventually died of lead poisonomg in 1966.   Thank you, Linda ________________________________        -------------------------------     To  unsubscribe  from  the  list,  please  send  an  email  to     WW1-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes     in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WW1-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

New website for the National Archives of Ireland http://www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie/ Including a large batch of soldiers wills http://soldierswills.nationalarchives.ie/search/sw/home.jsp -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

New release yesterday UK, Navy Lists, 1888-1970 Dates 1888 1890, July 1892, March 1894 1896, March 1897, June 1898, October 1900, February 1901, January 1901, July 1902, May 1903, May and 1904, October 1905, November, and 1906, June 1907, March, and 1908, September 1908, October 1909, July 1910, January 1911, March - April 1912, August 1913, October 1914, April 1914, November 1915, April 1916, October 1917, August 1919, January 1920, July 1921, October 1923, January 1924 1925, April 1926, January - March 1927, July 1928, January 1929, February 1931, July 1933, January 1934, July 1935, October 1937, July 1939, August 1941, April 1942, October 1944, February, Vol. I 1944, February, Vol. II 1944, February, Vol. III 1944, July 1945, January, Vol. I 1945, July, Vol. II 1945, October, Vol. I 1945, October, Vol. III 1946, April, Vol. II 1946, July 1947, July 1948, October, Vol. I - III 1949, July 1951, May 1954 1956, April 1958 1960, January 1962, Spring 1964, Autumn 1968, Spring 1970, Spring -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

About UK, Memorial Books WWI and WWII, 1914-1945 The three books in this database contain names of people from the University of London Officers Training Corps and the London City Council staff who served in World War I and residents from the Borough of Croydon who served or were killed in World War II. The volumes typically provide some biographical details for each person mentioned. Information provided varies, but you may find the following details: UK, Memorial Books WWI and WWII, 1914-1945 ...Croydon and the Second World War = 335 pages ...LCC Record of War Service = 218 pages (London County Council employees) ...Roll of War Service = 193 pages (University of London Officers Training Corps Roll of War Service 1914 - 1919) UK, British Officer Prisoners of War, 1914-1918 UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 I gather there are some more to come but what they are I don't know as yet -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

Moe thanks for useful information, Nivard. Will try and find a few things on there Marged Free WWI Records You can find your World War I heroes this Remembrance Weekend, with free access to many of our most revealing records. Our WWI Service, Pension and Medal Records are free from 9th-12th November*. *These records will be available to search for free from 12 midnight GMT on 9 November 2012 until 11:59pm GMT on November 12 2012. To view these records you will need to register for free with Ancestry.co.uk with your name and email address. -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WW1-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Free WWI Records You can find your World War I heroes this Remembrance Weekend, with free access to many of our most revealing records. Our WWI Service, Pension and Medal Records are free from 9th-12th November*. *These records will be available to search for free from 12 midnight GMT on 9 November 2012 until 11:59pm GMT on November 12 2012. To view these records you will need to register for free with Ancestry.co.uk with your name and email address. -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

Hi Marged and all I should have perhaps also mentioned that there is a lot of interesting information to be found on the CWGC from the home page (also at the foot of the same page of the newsletter) <http://www.cwgc.org/learning-and-resources.aspx> Such as under Histories http://www.cwgc.org/learning-and-resources/histories.aspx Well worth exploring Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 01/11/2012 09:20, Marged wrote: > Thank you for that, Nivard - I will certainly sign up for the newsletter > > Marged

Thank you for that, Nivard - I will certainly sign up for the newsletter Marged Hi all This is a link to the latest newsletter from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission <http://newsletters.wizontheweb.co.uk/t/ViewEmail/r/9015517D2368DCEC/75EC7964CE60FD456A4D01E12DB8921D> You can sign up for the newsletter at the foot of the home page -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WW1-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi all This is a link to the latest newsletter from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission <http://newsletters.wizontheweb.co.uk/t/ViewEmail/r/9015517D2368DCEC/75EC7964CE60FD456A4D01E12DB8921D> You can sign up for the newsletter at the foot of the home page -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

Greetings. It is a indeed a great site Nivard, thank you. Just to let you all know, I have praised you up hill and down dale to my Monmouthshire group. Hopefully you will get some new members :-) Cheers, Luned in Tasmania ________________________________   Hi all I would recommend taking a look at the following link where you will find a huge collection of stories, anecdotes and ephemera from the first war You can also upload your own Interesting that it covers both sides of the war http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-10-28/bring-us-your-ww1-artefacts/ -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) ------------------------------ End of WW1-UK Digest, Vol 6, Issue 38 *************************************

Hi all I would recommend taking a look at the following link where you will find a huge collection of stories, anecdotes and ephemera from the first war You can also upload your own Interesting that it covers both sides of the war http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-10-28/bring-us-your-ww1-artefacts/ -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

After a bit of digging His service number was *7086* His medal card records D of W 3/7/16 But this appears to be a clerical error as all other records state *1915* UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 about George Wood Name: George Wood Birth Place: Stepney Residence: Sheerness Death Date: 3 Jul 1915 Death Location: Gallipoli Enlistment Location: Hounslow Rank: Corporal Regiment: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Battalion: 2nd Battalion Number: G/7086 Type of Casualty: Died of wounds Theatre of War: Balkan Theatre Source Information: Military-Genealogy.com, comp. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: British and Irish Military Databases. The Naval and Military Press Ltd. Description: This database contains information extracted from 81 volumes of soldiers that died in World War I. It includes over 703,000 individuals. Information listed about may include: name of soldier, birthplace, enlistment place, residence, number, decoraton, rank, regiment, battalion, type of casualty, death date, death place, and theater of war served in. Learn more... ============= From the CWGC Casualty details WOOD, G Rank: Corporal Service No: 7086 Date of Death: 03/07/1915 Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Grave Reference IV. C. 7. Cemetery PINK FARM CEMETERY, HELLES Additional Information: ============= GRO War Deaths indexes GEORGE WOOD Year: 1915 Soldier Number: 7086 Rank: Corporal Unit Or Regiment: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Volume: I.81 Page: 73 Does that help to identify him ? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 21/10/2012 10:41, Ashton April wrote: > I have seen from emails that the letters on medal cards in the Roll and Pages Columns have some significance; can someone therefore inform me what the following means:- > > TP/104 B4 Page 308 > TP/ 63 B2 Pg 108 > > This entry is on the medal card of a George Wood who died of wounds 3/7/16; he was in the 2/ R Fusliiers- Cpl 786; it would appear that his service record has not survived. > I am keen to know if there are any other details available as I believe he was cousin to my father and they enlisted at the same time. > > Than you, > April Wood Ashton

Hi April The previous conversation about letter prefixes was to do with the service number which may give a few clues as to the unit etc In your case the letters are nothing to do with the service number but are the medal rolls reference number See http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/medal-index-cards-ww1.htm In particular often a roll reference that can be used to consult the medal roll in series WO 329 which may reveal the specific battalion, brigade or battery in which the individual served And The original medal issue and medal receipt may also be noted. However, most of the cards record medal entitlement rather than the awarding of medals. If you want to check whether a person received a medal, you can consult the original medal roll in series WO 329, which should be annotated with pencil ticks. Can you repost the details you have of the man you mention including the date of death as I cannot replicate the mans death on the 3rd July 1916 His service number and other details please Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 21/10/2012 10:41, Ashton April wrote: > I have seen from emails that the letters on medal cards in the Roll > and Pages Columns have some significance; can someone therefore > inform me what the following means:- > > TP/104 B4 Page 308 TP/ 63 B2 Pg 108 > > This entry is on the medal card of a George Wood who died of wounds > 3/7/16; he was in the 2/ R Fusliiers- Cpl 786; it would appear that > his service record has not survived. I am keen to know if there are > any other details available as I believe he was cousin to my father > and they enlisted at the same time. > > Than you, April Wood Ashton

I have seen from emails that the letters on medal cards in the Roll and Pages Columns have some significance; can someone therefore inform me what the following means:- TP/104 B4 Page 308 TP/ 63 B2 Pg 108 This entry is on the medal card of a George Wood who died of wounds 3/7/16; he was in the 2/ R Fusliiers- Cpl 786; it would appear that his service record has not survived. I am keen to know if there are any other details available as I believe he was cousin to my father and they enlisted at the same time. Than you, April Wood Ashton

Michael, Can you throu any light on these ? I know the number was allocated after the soldier was accepted as a recruit, and that it was simply the next number of the Regimental list, and that the soldier retained the number whilst he was in that regiment. However what is the significance of the letter before the slash. For instance Thomas Burns, Private, Reg. no L/7621 in Royal West Kents - I have found his medal record. What did the "L" indicate ? Regards William Thorne

Hi William The prefix can give some clues as to the unit but not all do See http://www.1914-1918.net/prefixes.html For many of them Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 19/10/2012 08:05, William Thorne wrote: > Michael, > > Can you throu any light on these ? I know the number was allocated > after the soldier was accepted as a recruit, and that it was simply the > next number of the Regimental list, and that the soldier retained the > number whilst he was in that regiment. > > However what is the significance of the letter before the slash. > > For instance Thomas Burns, Private, Reg. no L/7621 in Royal West Kents - > I have found his medal record. What did the "L" indicate ? > > Regards > > William Thorne

Hi On these forms are a series of questions. Question 16 is the one in which I am interested in learning more. It states "Did you receive a notice, and do you understand its meaning, and who gave it to you?" I have thought up to now that it was a conscription form until the soldier I am researching attested to the magistrate or attesting officer on 5 September 1914, i.e long before Conscription was brought in. Could you please explain what the form was ? William Thorne