Genealogy Chat

sorry for the delay been decorating,
thank you for looking mr magoo,but this one is not my ggrandfather,
he was living in oldham,
nice of you to look though.

Hi Martyn....have a look at this record on Ancestry. It states that next of kin is his mother is Chalotte Edwards living near Wrexham (difficult to read the exact address).

Edit address.....Bryn Madog Bulchgwyn Wrexham.??


British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
about John Edwards

Name:
John Edwards
Estimated Birth Year:
abt 1872
Age at enlistment:
43
Residence:
900 Aston New Road, Clayton Manchester
Document Year:
1915
Regimental Number:
45??
Regiment Name:
Royal Engineers
Number of images:
21

Ann - military records are free currently on ancestry (during Remembrance time) :)

Joy,
I dont have access to ancestry unfortunatley but thanks anyway.
Ann

Ann - the burnt ones are on ancestry.

thank's ann

Martyn,
I'm having the same sort of problems.It is so frustating when you cant get answers.
I'm off to kew soon to see if I can get anywhere with the 'burnt records'.
Best of luck in searching,
Ann

thank's for trying

Sorry can't find anything even under intials.

not sure but another son was born in 1922

Joy has put the info up about the burnt records but when did you gt grad F leave the service as if it was after 1920 the last paragraph explains it.

thank you ever so much for trying,
it is very frustrating,i thought it was me as the medal record's were there.

I can't find a thing!!!!! How annoying.......................... :-|

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/military-records/british-soldiers-ww1-service-records.htm
"Unfortunately about 60% of the soldiers’ Service Records were irretrievably damaged or lost completely as a result of enemy bombing in 1940 during the Second World War. The exact number of serving British soldiers is not known because of the loss of the records.

However, about a third, approximately 2 million, were saved from destruction. These records are known as the “Burnt Records”. Officially they are classed as WO 363 records, which is the reference number given to them by the National Archives.(The “WO” in the classification code stands for “War Office”.) As a result of the loss of so many of the First World War Service Records, there is now only a 40% chance that the Service Record of the individual you want to trace will be available to examine.

The surviving 2 million “Burnt Documents” Service Records are for soldiers who were discharged, demobilized at the end of the war, who died between 1914 and 1920 and who were not eligible for an Army pension. Some soldiers who were in the regular army before the outbreak of war in August 1914 may, however, be included in this class of records.

The Service Records will not include soldiers who continued to serve in the military after 1920. Their records are not available for public access."

iron mouler

Do you know what his occupation was when he joined up?

the address on my grandfather's birth cert is,
20 taylor st, oldham,
he was born sept 1915

Do you know what his address may have been when he joined?

that would be just my luck

I do know that some of the papers got burnt during the war.