Ww1 Records

[stewey]

A friend of mine's grandfather served with the 36th. Ulster Division and survived the Battle of the Somme and the rest of WW1. He asked me to ask on here what steps to take in order to possibly get a copy of his service records.

[emmie]

you could try here first, there are lots of ways,

http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/records.asp?SE=go&KW=first_world_war_service_records&cmp=B&AdGp=21&SC=PA&NO=3955&;gclid=CJTO2qiLkbgCFTIQtAodFXkArg

[albaqwerty]

blast, thought I'd bookmarked the info. Can only suggest you try National Archives.

[emmie]

some you pay for i believe, that first link i think it says it's free

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1219

[EdmundD]

I recently contacted my father's regiment to ask how I could get a full copy of his service record. I was told that I would need to submit MoD Form 1694 MOD_SAR - SAR stands for Subject Access Request. I haven't pursued it yet because the form indicates that if the request relates to a person other than yourself you need a Court Order and they will only deal with immediate relatives.

[stewey]

Thanks, all of you. I will pass your suggestions on to him.

[Barmaid]

I have retrieved full service records of a number of my relatives from ancestry.co.uk

[stewey]

How much, if anything, does it cost, Barmaid?

[emmie]

that first link i provided says its free.....

[Barmaid]

you can't get full records Em, unless you pay for a subscription. If you want to see the actual records you need to pay.

Sorry, Stewey, I can't help you cos I have a full subscription - there are cheaper ones that are on a PAYG basis.

The other place to look is FindmyPast.co.uk. I've got some amazing details off there.

Best thing to do it to go for a short term PAYG type sub and download all the records you want. Unless you are a nutter like me and spend a significant amount of time researching stuff, anything else won't be cost effective.

If you want to post your friend's grandfather's details, I'll have a looksee on ancestry and FMP for you. (I understand if you don't want to post personal details though).

[Barmaid]

Em10 - the search is free. It will return a number of results. If you want to access the records you have to pay.

[emmie]

so that is a misnomer, i looked at the site for a friends relative who died in ww2, put the name in, it came up, then asked me to register..

[stewey]

Thanks for the additional information, Barmaid. I will give him everyone's input. Have to go for a while now...Cheers.

[DJHawkes]

if you just want to look at the military records on ancestry i suggest you just take out the monthly subscription, it is £12.95 a month but you can cancel at any time. The military records site also has a monthly subscription offer but you can sign up and just do one month, i think i paud £7.95 or similar.

[stewey]

Thanks, Dot. I'll pass on your info too.

[DJHawkes]

alternativelt stewey ask your friend to email his grandfathers known details and i'll just look it up for him and send the info on
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[stewey]

I printed out your response, Dot, and will give it to him later this afternoon when I see him at you know where:)...Cheers.

[playersdigger]

I have a "Find my past" account and there I can type in the name of the soldier and real copies of their records are shown. I found my own Father ,and several relatives..This is unless the person was killed on active serve when it seems not to be available.? There are adverts on this page for companies that may do the same. If I may be allowed to say one has to pay to get what we want in life.