World War 11

[Rocky1]

Does anyone know if  there exists a list of all UK soldiers who served in WW11?

[apanderson]

Hi Rocky,

Is it someone in particular you're searching for?

It might be an idea to post a message on the Armed Forces Section (WW2).

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,398.0.html

Anne

Moderator comment: topic moved

[oly]

The answer is no due to the London Blitz although work is being done to collate from other sources in an attempt to replace what was lost.

Quote -
 " All British soldiers who served in the First World War had a personal file. Unfortunately, about half of these were destroyed in the first German air raid on London on 7/8 September 1940. Those records that survived were released to the National Archives of the United Kingdom: Public Record Office at Kew in November 1996 (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/). The original documents were so fragile that only microfilm is available for inspection. Whether an individual soldier’s file survived is entirely random."
- End quote
Other than above yes.

http://www.documentsonline.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.asp.
http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-people/research-family-story/731-tracing-records-soldiers-the-great-war.html

Regards Oly