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Title: SERVICE RECORD LOOK UP PLEASE / completed thanks
Post by: the raven on Friday 15 June 12 15:13 BST (UK)

hello
i was wondering if any kind person who has access to the ancestry records (i  no longer have a subscription )
im after a look up for any service or pension records for  a william lewis royal welsh fusiliers his victory medal has the service number 3447 , i have down loaded his medal index card from the na  and it gives  a further 2 service numbers  12789 and 203389  .
he may have been born or lived in holyhead anglesey north wales ,
so any help would be much appreciated

thanks
leonard

Title: Re: SERVICE RECORD LOOK UP PLEASE
Post by: susan hemmings on Monday 18 June 12 11:41 BST (UK)

Hello Leonard,
Checked with ancestry for you.
No pension or service records for either of the three service numbers you have given for William Lewis.  There was a Wilfred C Lewis RF came from Stafford.

Regards,

Susan

Title: Re: SERVICE RECORD LOOK UP PLEASE
Post by: nanny jan on Monday 18 June 12 12:18 BST (UK)

Hi,

Unfortunately around 70% of WW1 army service records were lost in the Blitz in WW2.


Nanny Jan

Title: Re: SERVICE RECORD LOOK UP PLEASE
Post by: the raven on Monday 18 June 12 17:53 BST (UK)

thanks  susan and nanny jan ,
well another hero of the great war remains a mystery .

thanks
leonard