Army Service Records of the First World War (Public Record Office Readers Guide)

Simon Fowler, William Spencer, Stuart Tamblin

ISBN 10: 1873162553 / ISBN 13: 9781873162552

Published by PRO Publications, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Army Service Records of the First World War (Public Record Office Readers Guide)
• Publisher: PRO Publications
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1873162553
• ISBN 13: 9781873162552
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Good

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Synopsis

Series; Public Record Office readers' guide ; No. 19. Physical description; xii, 77 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 25 cm. Notes; Previous ed.: 1996. Bibliography: p. 75-77. Subjects; Great Britain. Army - Records and correspondence. Great Britain. Army - History - World War, (1914-1918) - Sources. Great Britain. Public Record Office - Guidebooks. Great Britain. Army - Personnel records. Great Britain. Army - History - Sources - World War, (1914-1918). Scottish Record Office - Guidebooks. Public Record Office. Army. Great Britain. Army - Studies. World War, (1914-1918) - Sources. World War, (1914-1918) - Registers. Soldiers - Great Britain - Registers. museums, libraries and archives. biography, collective. genealogy. Great Britain. UK. libraries, archives and museums. histories, annual reports and guides to collections. exhibitions, exhibition catalogues. collective biography. biographical dictionaries. general guides. chronologies. official publications. theses. First World War, (1914-1918). army personnel. Genre; Illustrated.

Synopsis

This revised edition offers an introduction to the surviving service record for World War I non-commissioned officers and ordinary soldiers. It includes the 1998 release of service records for officers, with detailed explanations and illustrations of the most common forms to be found among the records. It reveals how to search the Medal Rolls for awards for gallantry and for service, as well as describing other sources that can be used to track and illuminate an individual's war service, notably war diaries, trench maps and major collections outside the Public Record Office. The records are brought to life by case studies of two ordinary soldiers and one notable officer - Lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon.