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From: "John Wilson" <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] Records of soldiers
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 17:00:46 +1300
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Lesley:

The CD-ROM "Soldiers/Officers died in the Great War" and the Commonwealth
War
Graves Commission website both cover only those who died in the Great War,
and you
need to look elsewhere for survivors of the War.

NB: The CWGC site has WWI & WWII deaths for dates:
WWI: 4 Aug 1914 to 31 Aug 1921
WWII: 3 Sept 1939 to 31 Dec 1947
www.cwgc.org

The Public Record Office (PRO) London is releasing WWI British Army records,
and these will be finished by the end of August, 2002.
The service records are now avaliable for surnames A-F & L-Z.
The others are now due by:
G July 2002
H May 2002
I January 2002
J January 2002
K November 2001
Mis-sorts August 2002
See:
www.pro.gov.uk
On new items at beginning: go to "soldiers records"
Or go to "Research" then "Family History" then "Popular Topics"
for table of releases etc.

Yours, John Wilson (Wellington, New Zealand)


----- Original Message -----
From: Lesley <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2001 02:31
Subject: [WW1] New Subscriber Interests


> Hi Listers,
>
> 1st silly question coming up -
>
> How do I go about finding out which regiments my 2 Grandfathers were in?
>
> Neither of them appear in the CD of the National Role of the Great War -
> Salford (where they were both living at the time).
>
> Both grandfathers - James DARLEY and Charles CLARKE, lived in Salford,
Lancs
> & would have joined up from there. James DARLEY in Seedley and Charles
> CLARKE in Pendleton (Regent Road/Trafford Road area).
>
> I know Charles CLARKE was in a mounted regiment, as he used to tell me how
> short of food they were, and on the day they had to eat his horse, he went
> without! I also have his spurs.
>
> James DARLEY was in a foot regiment and was in Belgium somewhere. I have
a
> photo of him with the rest of his battalion, marching across a very ornate
> bridge (similar in looks to Tower Bridge, with crenellated towers at each
> end). Unfortunately there is no indication of which regiment it is and
the
> photo was taken from too far away for the badges to be identifiable.
>
> Both survived the War and were awarded the usual two medals, so I assume
> nothing of note would have been recorded about them.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you
>
> Lesley Baxendale
> Colwyn Bay, N Wales
>

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