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Title: WW1 Medical Records at TNA
Post by: Andy J2022 on Saturday 22 November 25 10:06 GMT (UK)
Description of the records held at TNA: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/the-collection-blog/tracing-medical-records-from-the-first-world-war/
Title: Re: WW1 Medical Records at TNA
Post by: martin hooper on Saturday 22 November 25 11:18 GMT (UK)
I like it! Looks very useful.

Thanks

Martin
Title: Re: WW1 Medical Records at TNA
Post by: Biggles50 on Sunday 23 November 25 10:11 GMT (UK)
Zero returns for everyone ofninterest in my tree.
Title: Re: WW1 Medical Records at TNA
Post by: Andy J2022 on Sunday 23 November 25 11:44 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Biggles50 on Sunday 23 November 25 10:11 GMT (UK)
Zero returns for everyone ofninterest in my tree.
As mentioned in this earlier video about the MH106 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDUa7HPKNS0) medical records, less than 1% of the original records have been retained. While that still amounts to a lot, when we consider that originally there were 275 tons worth of records,  a tremendous amount were sadly destroyed, not by enemy action as with the WW1 service records, but by archivists who thought that the records had no significant value! Compare this to the recent suggestion from the Ministry of Justice to destroy some original wills and probate records once they had been digitised.