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Topic: Why can't I find my family? (Read 238 times)
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sesd
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My Grandfather, James Young Stewart and his brother John Robertson Stewart, as well as my great Uncle Hywel Penry B Walters all served in WW1.
I Have found medal cards, death records for my uncles. (My grandfather was wounded but did not die.) But I cannot find their service records. I have spent hours scouring the Ancestry files, but come up with no service records. (James and John Stewart are not exactly rare names.)
Do the records not exist? Or am I missing something?
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jackski
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Hi
Not all the service records survive. I believe only about 30 - 40% survive, the rest having been destroyed accidentally in WW2. Your chances of finding any records are therefore not good I'm afraid.
Jacky
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sesd
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I looked just this week. Trying to find a J Stewart is as bad as looking for someone named Smith.
My Great uncle John Stewart was a Lieutenant with the Royal West Kent regiment when he died in Palestine. (I was fortunate to find this information in time to visit his grave. I suspect I am the only family member to do so.) The other 2 were privates, part of the time with Royal West Kent and part of the time with other regiments.
When you say "in person at National Archives," what is the procedure?
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scardoo
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hi take a look at the commonwealth war graves site and they will be able to help you they will be listed if they died in service good luck
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sesd
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Thanks, I guess that the National Archives is the way to go, since I am in Canada. I am disappointed that i probably won't ever find my grandfather's war records.
I have seen the information from the commonwealth war graves site. That was how I found the grave in Palestine.
I was very impressed by the graveyard in Jerusalem, both site and the way it was kept as well as the respect shown by the caretakers.
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