is there a website where you can trace

[stephen cartwright]

a family member, who served and died in the first world war?

hopefully a free one if possible

[Arkle]

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/mili...94&o_lid=45294

[socrates]

Originally Posted by stephen cartwright

a family member, who served and died in the first world war?

hopefully a free one if possible

there is I'm sure of it.

ihave a friend who just did it to trace a great uncle.

i'll give her a ring and see is she can help.

[Arkle]

The link above allows you 14 days free trial membership, I think. (that's to all of the site not just WW1 veterans).

[spitfire]

that commonwealth war graves site will give you a good start.

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

Originally Posted by Arkle

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/mili...94&o_lid=45294

That.

Unfortunately many of the WW1 paper records were destroyed in an air raid in 1942 so any site you use will be incomplete.

[stephen cartwright]

cheers all so far.

i have been on that ancestry site, a canny bit but with no luck as of yet.

cant believe how common my surname was back in the late 1800s and up to and including the 1st world war

[Berek]

I got a copy of my great grendads medal card from the National Archive

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

and The Long, Long Trail is a great source of info and help

http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/grandad.htm

[stephen cartwright]

Originally Posted by Berek

I got a copy of my great grendads medal card from the National Archive

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

and The Long, Long Trail is a great source of info and help

http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/grandad.htm

superb stuff Berek lad. cheers

my dad is through on sunday, so i can help him through these sites.

[Berek]

Originally Posted by stephen cartwright

superb stuff Berek lad. cheers

my dad is through on sunday, so i can help him through these sites.

heres a better link in the National Archive

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/r...on/default.htm