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Ancestry.com. Exemple de documents militaires de l’armée britannique durant la Première Guerre Mondiale, 1914 à 1920 [base de données en ligne]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
Données originales : The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO).

War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO363); Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.

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 Exemple de documents militaires de l’armée britannique durant la Première Guerre Mondiale, 1914 à 1920

Près de 5 millions d’hommes ont servi dans l’Armée britannique durant la Première Guerre Mondiale. Cette base de données contient des exemples des états de services de trois hommes qui ont servi pendant la Première Guerre Mondiale mais ne se sont pas rengagés dans l’armée avant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale.

Approximately 5 million men served in the British Army in World War One (WWI). This database contains examples of service records for three men who served in WWI and did not re-enlist in the Army prior to World War II. You can call up records for any one of them by typing his first and last name in the search box:

  • Leslie Blacklock
  • Alexander Doherty
  • Alexander Dixon Geddes

These records are comprised of a variety of forms, from enlistment documents to medical forms. In these records, you might find

  • name of soldier
  • age
  • birthplace
  • occupation
  • marital status
  • regimental number
  • date of attestation
  • physical description

You can read more about or search the entire British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 here.