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Soldiers wills . WW1.
« on: Sunday 28 October 18 10:59 GMT (UK) »
Hello all,Can anyone tell me how i may get hold of copies of W.W.1 wills for relatives who were killed in action,one relative was in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers the other was in the Royal Artillery would the records for these be in Ireland  for one and England for the other.
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Re: Soldiers wills . WW1.
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 28 October 18 11:30 GMT (UK) »
I obtained my grandfather's will from https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate and then select Find a soldier's will.

Sorry have no knowledge of Irish records.

Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
If you don't ask the question, you won't get an answer.
He/she who never made a mistake, never made anything.
Archbell - anywhere, any date
Kendall - WRY
Milner - WRY
Appleyard - WRY

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« Reply #2 on: Sunday 28 October 18 11:38 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: BumbleB on Sunday 28 October 18 11:30 GMT (UK)
I obtained my grandfather's will from https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate and then select Find a soldier's will.

Sorry have no knowledge of Irish records.

Use the website BumbleB quoted, it will be under UK Wills, Ireland was still part of the Uk.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: Soldiers wills . WW1.
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 28 October 18 11:40 GMT (UK) »
Doh - forgot about that, Jebber  :-[
Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
If you don't ask the question, you won't get an answer.
He/she who never made a mistake, never made anything.
Archbell - anywhere, any date
Kendall - WRY
Milner - WRY
Appleyard - WRY

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« Reply #4 on: Sunday 28 October 18 11:42 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: BumbleB on Sunday 28 October 18 11:40 GMT (UK)
Doh - forgot about that, Jebber  :-[

Easily done ;D
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: Soldiers wills . WW1.
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 28 October 18 11:57 GMT (UK) »
To complement the wills you may wish to see their entries in the Register of Soldiers' Effects on Ancestry (from the National Army Museum) which will show the details of the amounts left and to whom (and some other details besides often)

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I am Zoe Northeast, granddaughter of Maximilian Double.
 
It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

With deep sadness,
Zoe



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Re: Soldiers wills . WW1.
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 28 October 18 12:01 GMT (UK) »
Hi, Thank you all for the info i will look forward to finding out more from your kind help.
         With thanks Diarmuid.
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« Reply #7 on: Sunday 28 October 18 15:21 GMT (UK) »
National Archives of Ireland Soldiers Wills
http://soldierswills.nationalarchives.ie/search/sw/home.jsp

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« Reply #8 on: Sunday 28 October 18 15:50 GMT (UK) »
Sinann

That is a particularly useful bit of info.  The explanatory notes about the collection are worth a read.  The numbers suggest that one should, in the case of a soldier domiciled in Ireland, look in both that collection and the Gov.uk to be sure.

MaxD
I am Zoe Northeast, granddaughter of Maximilian Double.
 
It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

With deep sadness,
Zoe



Double  Essex/Suffolk
Randle/Millington Warwicks
Sokser/Klingler Austria/Croatia
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