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Hi Lesley
My Uncle George Ernest Lewis Russell joined the navy in 1916 at the age of 18. He signed on for twelve years but he was taken ill and died in the Royal Naval Hospital Chatham in 1924.
I found his service record on line but I wonder if you could find his medal records or anything else.
He was born in 1898 Mile End London.
His parents were Alfred and Annie Russell

Thankyou
June

Jo-anne

Only the Medal Rolls I am afraid.


British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
about Charles Woolley
Name: Charles Woolley
Regiment or Corps: 6 N Staff R, 11/London Rgt, London Regiment, Nigerid R
Regimental number: 1477, 6004, 6004, 6004

His rank was a Seargeant in the London & Nigeria Regiment.

He was awarded the British & Victory Medals and also the 1915 Star.

He first went overseas 05th March 1915 to France.

His address where his medals were sent (he applied for them on 6th Feb 1920) was 15 Churchill Street, Winshill, Burton on Trent.

Lesley

Hazel

There are 104 George Pope's in the Medal Rolls however if he came from Edmonton North London then he most probably would have joined the Middlesex Regiment - there are 2

George Pope 1st Middlesex Regiment L/8857

George Pope 1st/7 Middlesex Regiment, 1st/7 Middlesex Regiment 2096, 200316

I have checked the Pensions & Service Records and there is nothing that jumps out there.

Do you know if he had a middle name?

Lesley

Will look up the Pension records & medal records. Please give as much detail of the person as possible ie Approx Year of birth & place and spouse/parents details.

Taken from National Archives 2008

'Burnt documents'
Although five million soldiers from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales fought in World War One, around 60 per cent of the service records for these soldiers were destroyed during a German bombing raid on the War Office in London in September 1940.

The originals for all surviving records, many badly damaged during the bombing raid, have been conserved by The National Archives and comprise the two collections to be made available online for the first time by Ancestry.co.uk, fully indexed and including original images

If the name you are searching for is a familiar name please give me as much details as you can and bear in mind these take a little more research.

Lesley