Ancestry - free to view Military Records?

[Familysearch]

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

[rosie99]

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.

[Familysearch]

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

[rosie99]

I think in previous years it has been a lot more free records than that for remembrance day.

[jonwarrn]

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.

[AllanUK]

Was your man born circa 1879 in Lichfield?

Did he have a brother called Frank?

[rosie99]

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. 

[rosie17]

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. 

Yes was hoping there was free access to Fold3

Rosie

[dsquared]

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.