"Martin" wrote
after "someone" wrote:
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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You may or may not know I'm well into Family History and thought some
others may have had relatives in or killed during the First World War.
Ancestry.com are allowing free access to the War Records at this time so
you can look them up.
http://landing.ancestry.co.uk/intl/uk/worldwar1.aspx


My dad was in the ANZAC forces during WWI, would you know if they have a
similar site? I'd love to find out more about where his division went.

I found my grandfather and his brother on the site, but other than that
they
both fought in France and survived the war their wasn't much useful
information.
The record of my grandfather is incomplete. It's odd that the records
don't
include a soldier's date of birth.

I know what you mean, but you can get some information like army numbers,
regiment, etc from the Medals Rolls which will be a great help in taking
your research forward either at the National Archives at Kew or at the
respective Regiments archive. For Officers you can actually get to view
their Army file at Kew (not that any of our lot were officers). Mind you
about 70% was lost in WW2 so you have to be lucky.

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Regards
Bob Hobden