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Title: Soldiers wills . WW1.
Post by: noxas on Sunday 28 October 18 10:59 GMT (UK)
Hello all,Can anyone tell me how i may get hold of copies of W.W.1 wills for relatives who were killed in action,one relative was in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers the other was in the Royal Artillery would the records for these be in Ireland  for one and England for the other.
  Regards , Diarmuid.
Title: Re: Soldiers wills . WW1.
Post by: BumbleB on Sunday 28 October 18 11:30 GMT (UK)
I obtained my grandfather's will from https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate and then select Find a soldier's will.

Sorry have no knowledge of Irish records.

Title: Re: Soldiers wills . WW1.
Post by: Jebber on Sunday 28 October 18 11:38 GMT (UK)
Quote from: BumbleB on Sunday 28 October 18 11:30 GMT (UK)
I obtained my grandfather's will from https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate and then select Find a soldier's will.

Sorry have no knowledge of Irish records.

Use the website BumbleB quoted, it will be under UK Wills, Ireland was still part of the Uk.
Title: Re: Soldiers wills . WW1.
Post by: BumbleB on Sunday 28 October 18 11:40 GMT (UK)
Doh - forgot about that, Jebber  :-[
Title: Re: Soldiers wills . WW1.
Post by: Jebber on Sunday 28 October 18 11:42 GMT (UK)
Quote from: BumbleB on Sunday 28 October 18 11:40 GMT (UK)
Doh - forgot about that, Jebber  :-[

Easily done ;D
Title: Re: Soldiers wills . WW1.
Post by: MaxD on Sunday 28 October 18 11:57 GMT (UK)
To complement the wills you may wish to see their entries in the Register of Soldiers' Effects on Ancestry (from the National Army Museum) which will show the details of the amounts left and to whom (and some other details besides often)

MaxD
Title: Re: Soldiers wills . WW1.
Post by: noxas on Sunday 28 October 18 12:01 GMT (UK)
Hi, Thank you all for the info i will look forward to finding out more from your kind help.
         With thanks Diarmuid.
Title: Re: Soldiers wills . WW1.
Post by: Sinann on Sunday 28 October 18 15:21 GMT (UK)
National Archives of Ireland Soldiers Wills
http://soldierswills.nationalarchives.ie/search/sw/home.jsp
Title: Re: Soldiers wills . WW1.
Post by: MaxD on Sunday 28 October 18 15:50 GMT (UK)
Sinann

That is a particularly useful bit of info.  The explanatory notes about the collection are worth a read.  The numbers suggest that one should, in the case of a soldier domiciled in Ireland, look in both that collection and the Gov.uk to be sure.

MaxD
Title: Re: Soldiers wills . WW1.
Post by: noxas on Monday 29 October 18 07:52 GMT (UK)
Hello Sinnan.
Thanks for the information for Irish research on this subject.
       Regards Diarmuid.