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[deborahrae]

Can someone help me please i want to have some information added to the GWGC Site however i have a problem first of all i cant use the National Archives search engine it just gets me so mad
Secondly i have all the details here of the two people i am looking to find the records for
Does anyone know how to search for them so i can order them
or does anyone go to the national archives please find the information below on the two peoples records or other information that might hold on them
Thankyou for you help
Regards
Deborah


JONAS, NOAH ROBERT
Initials: N R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Regiment: Royal Navy
Unit Text: (RFR/DEV/B/754). H.M.S. "Goliath."
Age: 36
Date of Death: 13/05/1915
Service No: 288255
Additional information: Son of Levie and Mary Jonas, of Higher Crabtree, Laira, Plymouth; husband of Elizabeth Jonas, of Wesley Place, Harberton, Devon.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 6.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL   

 
JONAS
Initials: S S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Unit Text: 2nd R.M. Bn. R.N. Div. 
Date of Death: 08/02/1917
Service No: PLY/1196(S)
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. D. 2.
Cemetery: LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILE   

 

[casalguidi]

Hi Deborah

You don't need to use the National Archives search engine because these records or indexes to them aren't yet online.  The Royal Navy records are in the process of coming online - Registers of Seamens' Services:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/

Read their information leaflets:

http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=39

http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=56

You need to visit in person to search for the records - the Royal Navy ones are easy to find - unless you wait for them to come online - I have never actually used the Marine records.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say that you want some information added to the CWGC site   I assume you mean that you would like to find out some more info about your relatives from the records at the National Archives mentioned above.

Best wishes

Casalguidi

[littlewild]

Deborah,
It is possible to get information added or amended by the CWGC.
It can however be a lengthy process and they require evidence that the new information you are offering is genuine. Even when, and if, the information is accepted there can be a considerable delay before it appears on the website.
I speak from experience having recently been involved in two such cases, one involving a change of headstone to show the correct regiment, and another to gain recognition for a forgotten QMAAC. It's well worth the effort though - both our cases had successful outcomes . . . I wish you all the best with your quest!

[alivicwil2]

My great-grandfather's CWGC information gives his age as 51. Our records (based on copies of his birth certificate) give him as being 54 at age of death.

What would be my first step to get this information amended?

[manmack]

dedorah,if the info you have posted is correct,then the cwgc wont change anything,they will only make changes if the man/womans details are wrong,they wont add any further information.
alivicwil2,i cant be sure about your g/gfather,they may change it but i have my doubts,go on the great war forum and give terry denham a shout,terry worked for the cwgc,he still has many contacts there,he will tell you if its worth pursueing,theres nobody else who is more knowledgable than terry,good luck,mack

[littlewild]

If you can provide them with sufficient accurate information the CWGC are willing to change information, even if you are not related to the individual in question.

I have experience of age and date of death being changed, changing of a headstone to one bearing the correct regimental badge, and the recent addition of a WW1 service woman to the Debt of Honour Register.

It is a lengthy process though!