looking 4 world war 1 soliders records?

Question

LOOKING TO FIND WORLD WAR 1 WAR RECORDS OF SOLIDERS KILLED ?LOOKING TO FIND MY GRANDADS HISTORY ....NO SILLY ANSWERS PLESE

Answer 1

You might be able to get the information via the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at http://www.cwgc.org/

Answer 2

Not sure if you are British.
Most of the records for the First World War were destroyed in the Blitz. But you could check with the army records office at Kew in London. Failing that, if you have a name and regiment And/or Army serial number , try the medal roll office. Records office should point you in the right direction.

Answer 3

WW1 records are difficult to find in Britain, as an awful lot of them were destroyed by the Luftwaffe in the Blitz, My mum's been trying to find records of her Grandad and has really struggled. The war records were kept in a building that was destroyed in the Blitzkrieg.

Answer 4

The commonwealth war graves commission site is excellent, and I was able to trace the details of my great grandfather very easily, including where he was laid to rest in Northern France at the end of WW1.

The records show the regiment that the person served with, and if you contact that regiment with proof of reason for interest (I sent my birth certificate to show I am a descendant) they will quite often be able to supply details of the deceased's military record.

The blitz did not wipe out all records of WW1, as my discovery has proven.

Answer 5

Written Records beginning with the Mexican American War in the mid-late 1800's through WW II were returned to the soldier's home state. So, If your grandfather was from Virginia contact the State Department of Military Affairs or the state library. Most were converted to microfilm from paper in the mid to late 1970's. This should be the same procedure for each state. Most requests come back marked unable to locate, but I visited Virginia and manually went through the records and found every "unable to locate". Employees just do not care so you are most likely at a dead end unless you can visit that state's library and search for yourself. Employees can mark 8 requests each day as unable to locate - search time 8 hours, and then just draw a paycheck. I found these marked search records for my state and had the employees reprimanded or fired as I travelled hundreds and hundreds of miles to research for myself. Easy - go to ask.com and ask for contact for your state.

Answer 6

You used to be able to write to the Imperial War Museum in London, they had volunteers who will research it for you.

They don't do a huge amount of work per request as they get so many but they will help where possible.

I had some pictures of a relative but couldn't work out his cap badge, I took the pic in and they said what regiment he was in and pulled a few records out. It was more on the history of the regiment itself but there were references to my relative in a few notes. Even found one of those regimental pics of the soldiers on parade which I paid to get a copy of.

Good luck

Answer 7

Go to your local historical society, they should be able to help you get some infomation or give you ways to find information. Or try some old war sites search the web.

Answer 8

I doubt you can find records that far back, but here's a website not sure if it will help you or not but as the old saying goes... Can't hurt, might help.

http://www.thefew.com/

Scroll all the way to the bottom.

Answer 9

If your looking for US records try the US Archives here's their website that may or may not be useful:

Answer 10

AS PAUL B SAYS,A LOT OF 1ST WAR RECORDS WERE LOST IN THE LONDON BLITZ,BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR SEARCH