Genealogy Chat

Ann, what WWl papers?

I'm intrigued.


M. Steer

Margaret

Sorry its definately 1899

I take it you're using Ancestry to look at this record

Go the the next page 3169 - by clicking on the next Green arrow

You'll get a discription of James

Age 20 11 month
5ft 4 3/4

and further down the page - the date again

3rd January 1899

Margaret

These documents are commonly known as the WW1 Pension records

Sorry

His age should be 20 10 months
height 5ft 4 8/10

etc...

Small brown stain left loin

Patricia, thankyou so much!

I've just been going through 'all the other pages', (finally found them) - fascinating!

He's obviously not my Gt.Gt.Gt.Grandfather. A relative, certainly.

I did think it odd that the 'enlistment form' kept referring to Her Majesty - if my history is correct there was a King in 1809, maybe I'm wrong.

Many thanks,

M. Steer

some Army records are available from the National Archives i got my grtx5 grandfathers records thro the site he was in the Army from 1825-1849 came out on a pension .so was a chelsea pensioner .

I put his name in search and up he popped. I requested an estimate for copies and paid the £10 min charge. an email comfirming the transaction took me to a link to confirm the order and about 10 days later I got a copy of his full Army career by post

Shirley

Margaret

Sorry it wasn't who'd you'd like it to have been.

If you look at the last page 3200 in the record you'll find names of his mother, brothers & sister; his wife and two son, date of marriage, church, names of witnesses.

James was well travelled, India, South Africa, France during WW1 - award at least four medals and a number of clasps.

The medical sheets are always interesting - GSWs, STDs

I just wish my ancestors had records as detailed as these

Good luck in your search

Thankyou all for your help and Patricia, particularly for her patience.

I was so desperate to knock down one of my brick walls that I got a bit carried away.

M. Steer