Tracing First World War ancestors

British Army Service Records Most researchers tracing an Irish First World War ancestor will start with the Army Service Records, the largest of all the British services. Their poor survival is one of the reasons we have no definitive figures for the Irishmen who fought in this war. In 1940–1 approximately two thirds of all ... Read more

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