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« on: Saturday 07 January 17 16:26 GMT (UK) »
Hi ,  I wonder if anyone can offer advice on where is the best place to find info on a ww1 soldier , in free searches , ive found a lot of places where they offer searches but would like to know which would be the best . thanks  troy

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« Reply #1 on: Saturday 07 January 17 16:27 GMT (UK) »
Hi Troy..If you post his details such as date and place of birth plus any regimental info you have you will get help on here.
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« Reply #2 on: Saturday 07 January 17 16:53 GMT (UK) »
First World War army service records (other ranks, not officers) are online at www.Ancestry.co.uk and www.Findmypast.co.uk. They may also be on Fold3, which is owned by Ancestry, and is a dedicated military site. Records of the Household Cavalry are online at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/household-cavalry-soldiers-service-records-1799-1920/ There are free indexes on www.familysearch.org but not digitised images of the documents.

Other sites may have useful additional material, but ONLY Ancestry and Findmypast have the main collections of service records, and only about one third of them survive. For anyone who died in the war, start with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org which is free, and to help you understand the context of records when you find them, www.longlongtrail.co.uk is incredibly useful.

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« Reply #3 on: Saturday 07 January 17 16:58 GMT (UK) »
wow ! That was quick , Thank you treetotal , I have his name George Thomas , I think he started off in the 8th regiment royal welsh fusiliers , he died at ypres and his name is on the menin gate memorial , he died I think on the 2nd of march , his number was 15680, im thinking of trying to see if I can get his war record but it might of been destroyed in the second world war , I know when he was married but was hoping it would tell me where he was born and his age , that part of the family are all but gone now , no-one to ask , my gran re-married in 1919 and left his photos etc at the old house ( he was a bit of a bad lad) tho he wrote a letter from the trenches to apologise , but I have no idea if my gran wrote back to him , tho she was a very gentle lady , I have no idea of his life before they married , but I think he might of signed up at porth south wales , any help would be appreciated been searching for years  :)


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« Reply #4 on: Saturday 07 January 17 17:05 GMT (UK) »
Hi,

Can't see that a Service record has survived however this could be of interest -

GEORGE THOMAS
Rank   PRIVATE
Regiment   Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Battalion   10th Battalion.
Birth place   - DOWLAIS, GLAM.
Enlistment place   - PORTH, GLAM.
Death - 2 Mar 1916

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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 07 January 17 17:13 GMT (UK) »
Thank you both mean_genie and jjen , the information is great and I think jjen that could be the right George , so I will delve in deeper thank you both

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« Reply #6 on: Saturday 07 January 17 17:20 GMT (UK) »
I know when he was married but was hoping it would tell me where he was born and his age

CWGC has his age at death - 40 years. Therefore born c. 1876

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1626153/THOMAS,%20GEORGE

Hopefully now you have his date and place of birth you should be able to locate him on the 1911 and work back from there.  :)

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« Reply #7 on: Saturday 07 January 17 17:54 GMT (UK) »
Troy, here are some census records for you.

1881
1891
1901
1911 (married to your gran)

His birth is:

Births Jun 1875
GEORGE    Thomas        Neath    11a   672


His parents were Francis George and Mary Richards.

Thomas married Mary Price in 1901:

Marriages Jun 1901
GEORGE    Thomas        Neath    11a   143


Hope that helps your search.
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« Reply #8 on: Saturday 07 January 17 17:55 GMT (UK) »
He has come up before on this Forum

At the very end of this thread someone called Danzine posted a photo which they had labelled as being him. I queried the cap badge but Danzine did not engage in the query. Is this photo known to you?
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=491220.36


In this thread you state died 4 4 1916. Two posts later Hiraeth says he is 15680 George Thomas RWF. The death date is different. Is this your identification that your George Thomas is the RWF casualty or do you have family held documents/medals etc  i.e conclusive identification not 'possible' ones?
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=331489.msg2115798#msg2115798