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Offline KleenaKleene24

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British military records
« on: Sunday 11 August 24 17:15 BST (UK) »
I  have a large military family and would like to get access to their records. Can any provide a link to personnel records for British subjects WW1 & Boer War. I have some regiment #'s and some just name & DOB I am i  Canada. Thanks in advance for any ideas!

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Re: British military records
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 11 August 24 20:35 BST (UK) »
Did they enlist in Canada or Britain?

Canadian records are fully digitized here:  https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/help/pffww
Less is better in the search form, start with just first and last name, and with/without reg. number and ignore the rest.

If they enlisted in Britain, Ancestry.com has some records, but trying to view most of them will send you to Fold3, another pay site.   FindMyPast has some as well.

Feel free to post names and numbers here, and we can take a peek of where they are, assuming they still exist.  Many of the British WW1 records were destroyed in a fire.

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Re: British military records
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 11 August 24 21:08 BST (UK) »
Nearly 70% of WW1 British Army records were lost in a fire in WW2. You will be lucky if you men’s records survive. If they died in service then their records are usually destroyed.

If you have a name and number for those that served in the Boer War you may find some interesting information on the following website. angloboerwar.com
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: British military records
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 13 August 24 21:57 BST (UK) »
Thank you for the information.  I have 1 UK service record & 2 Canadian so far.  I did hear that a lot of records were lost or are not available from that time frame.  I will give it a shot to see if I can find anymore of my families service records.
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