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Title: Ancestry - free to view Military Records?
Post by: Familysearch on Wednesday 10 November 21 10:55 GMT (UK)
Settled down this morning to take advantage of this offer.  So disappointing. Is it just WW records because of the anniversary this week?

I have already done these quite thoroughly, but wanted to go back to a relative, William Francis Tayler who was involved in the Boer War in South Africa. The record is indexed, but not accessible.

FS
Title: Re: Ancestry - free to view Military Records?
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 10 November 21 11:39 GMT (UK)
My email says UK records and when I click the link in it I am taken to UK WW1 & WW2 Wartime records.  I do only have a UK sub.
Title: Re: Ancestry - free to view Military Records?
Post by: Familysearch on Wednesday 10 November 21 12:25 GMT (UK)
Maybe I just misunderstood. 

He was with British Forces in South Africa, just as British soldiers were in France and Germany, yet their records are included. (I actually think I have his medal record for WW1, although I can't be sure.)

Thanks for taking the trouble to reply.

FS
Title: Re: Ancestry - free to view Military Records?
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 10 November 21 12:34 GMT (UK)
I think in previous years it has been a lot more free records than that for remembrance day.
Title: Re: Ancestry - free to view Military Records?
Post by: jonwarrn on Wednesday 10 November 21 12:54 GMT (UK)
Free records
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/uk_wartime_collections/

Virtually the whole UK site!
No free access to any images on Fold3 though.
Title: Re: Ancestry - free to view Military Records?
Post by: AllanUK on Wednesday 10 November 21 13:48 GMT (UK)
Was your man born circa 1879 in Lichfield?

Did he have a brother called Frank?
Title: Re: Ancestry - free to view Military Records?
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 10 November 21 14:03 GMT (UK)
Quote from: jonw65 on Wednesday 10 November 21 12:54 GMT (UK)
No free access to any images on Fold3 though.

Strange really that they give free access to Fold3 on Memorial Day but not on Remembrance Day, especially as there are a lot of records on that site from TNA.   

Good job my lot were all Royal Marines and available from Kew.  ;D
Title: Re: Ancestry - free to view Military Records?
Post by: rosie17 on Wednesday 10 November 21 14:36 GMT (UK)
Quote from: rosie99 on Wednesday 10 November 21 14:03 GMT (UK)
Quote from: jonw65 on Wednesday 10 November 21 12:54 GMT (UK)
No free access to any images on Fold3 though.

Strange really that they give free access to Fold3 on Memorial Day but not on Remembrance Day, especially as there are a lot of records on that site from TNA.   

Good job my lot were all Royal Marines and available from Kew.  ;D

Yes was hoping there was free access to Fold3

Rosie
Title: Re: Ancestry - free to view Military Records?
Post by: dsquared on Wednesday 10 November 21 18:57 GMT (UK)
I've found that with my FindMyPast subscription I can get the records for free that I would have had to pay for on Fold3.
Title: Re: Ancestry - free to view Military Records?
Post by: rosie99 on Thursday 11 November 21 12:21 GMT (UK)
Apparently Fold3 are also giving free access.
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=855230.

Title: Re: Ancestry - free to view Military Records?
Post by: Familysearch on Thursday 11 November 21 14:03 GMT (UK)
Just wanted to thank AllanUK for helping me out, and providing an answer.

FS