Family History Guides

WW1 Army Service Records

Much like today army recruits in World War 1 had to fill out a service record form providing some person details. These are now available online via ancestry.co.uk.  

Sadly many of these records where burnt in WW2. 

How can they help?
If you are lucky enough to find your ancestors WW1 service record it will tell where he/she was living at their time of enlistment, age and other personal details.  It will also list where your ancestor served, in which country and if he/she was promoted or demoted.

Article ID: 24

Article Section: WW1 Records

Written by: James