WW1 Death - how much can I reasonably expect to find? Advice please.

[Trekker]

British War Graves Commission keeps a full record of casualties for WWI along with the cemeteries they were buried in.
Of special and very personal interest you might also want to check Pierre:
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Incidentally, no one was restricted to any particular regiment purely because of residence.  My uncle, who was KIA shortly before the Armistice, belonged to the Essex Regiment, even though he was a native of Madeley, Cheshire.  He had also served in a Derby regiment.
Just type in the info about your relative on the British War Graves Commision form and they will post a result immediately. You access it by typing: British War Graves Commission.

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[ainslie]

This is the basic information on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Debt of Honour Register:
GREEN, THOMAS
Initials:    T
Nationality:    United Kingdom
Rank:    Private
Regiment/Service:    Yorkshire Regiment
Unit Text:    2nd Bn.
Age:    20
Date of Death:    10/05/1918
Service No:    33707
Additional information:    Son of William and Mary Green, of 213, Steelhouse Lane, Wolverhampton.
Casualty Type:    Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:    II. C. 6.
Cemetery:    ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY

Here is the website for CWGC, where you can search on the cemetery name and find more about it:
http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp

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[COMEONFRANK]

I used a website called fourteeneighteen and they compiled a  complete record of my Grandfathers service in WW1 , as already discussed some  War documents are missing but  I found it really interesting to find out where his regiment went at which times.
You will have to pay for them to research but I think it is worth it especially if you are a bit of a novice

[scrimnet]

I used a website called fourteeneighteen and they compiled a  complete record of my Grandfathers service in WW1 , as already discussed some  War documents are missing but  I found it really interesting to find out where his regiment went at which times.
You will have to pay for them to research but I think it is worth it especially if you are a bit of a novice

I think most of the int that they will dig up, has already been dug up or pointed to by these good people, and its much more fun to do oneself, esp now as you know where to look!

[COMEONFRANK]

I prefer to let the experts help , there is always someone else with more knowledge than ones self

[scrimnet]

I prefer to let the experts help , there is always someone else with more knowledge than ones self

Youd be surprised what expertise there is here! And what some of us do /have done for a living!!