UK, Sample of British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920

Source Information

Ancestry.com. UK, Sample of British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.

Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO).

War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO363); Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.

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About UK, Sample of British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920

Approximately 5 million men served in the British Army in World War One (WWI). This database contains examples of service records for three men who served in WWI and did not re-enlist in the Army prior to World War II. You can call up records for any one of them by typing his first and last name in the search box:

Leslie Blacklock
Alexander Doherty
Alexander Dixon Geddes

These records are comprised of a variety of forms, from enlistment documents to medical forms. In these records, you might find

name of soldier
age
birthplace
occupation
marital status
regimental number
date of attestation
physical description

You can read more about or search the entire British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 here.

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