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TIP re military records free this weekend

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Rambling Report 21 Jul 2017 15:45

Looking for military records on the free weekend on Ancestry, I had happened to leave it as "all collections" rather than specify UK and Ireland, this brought up records I had not found before :-)

example these records only show when applying "all collections"

UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949
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NAME: James Whetman
MILITARY: 1895 - India
UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949

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NAME: J Whetman
MILITARY: 1896-1898 - Sudan
UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949

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NAME: James Whetman
MILITARY: 1899-1902 - South Africa

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