Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

Hi all haven't been on for a while.

Here's the link for the WW1 Soldiers Wills (that's if nobody has put them on yet)




https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/

Colette

Hi Colette

Good to see you back on the forum.

Regards,

Blue

Hi Colette, glad you have now got back in, thanks for the link.

Where all soldiers required to make wills?

I have just googled it and found out my own answer. Yes.

I have found a soldier John Brown correct date of death but with a different regiment number. Do these numbers ever change?

It depends on whether he was co-opted from another battalion, so yes they did sometimes have another number, usually you might find two numbers on a medal card if they existed.

More than one J Brown died on that date, it appears your John Brown only had the number 96752 on Medal Roll, Soldiers Effects, SDGW,

What's the number?

I'll got and check it out hang in there as hopefully I can buy both Brown wills tonight.

I did a search with just Brown no first name or initial and the date of 08 Oct 1918 no regiment number and it only came up with these 3.

BROWN EDWIN GEORGE 226378 08 October 1918
BROWN JOHN 14019 08 October 1918
BROWN WILLIAM THOMAS 14964 08 October 1918

Name:
John Brown
Residence:
Chorley, Lancs
Death Date:
8 Oct 1918
Death Place:
France and Flanders
Enlistment Place:
Preston
Rank:
L Corporal
Regiment:
Army Cyclist Corps
Regimental Number:
14019

Also had a number, 2094, his mother was Ann

Bertieone wrote:Name:
John Brown
Residence:
Chorley, Lancs
Death Date:
8 Oct 1918
Death Place:
France and Flanders
Enlistment Place:
Preston
Rank:
L Corporal
Regiment:
Army Cyclist Corps
Regimental Number:
14019

Also had a number, 2094, his mother was Ann

Thank you Bertie, you just saved me a tenner in my excitement to order the WRONG will. I can't believe there is no extra check like on BMD certificates, it should at least show you the Regiment or something to narrow things down, then again I suppose the government likes to get their greedy mitts from as many people as possible.

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx?cpage=1

Others.

p.s. How the heck did you find that information with just a regiment number?

BarbaraW wrote:p.s. How the heck did you find that information with just a regiment number?

Most of it is on Anc, I suppose its making yourself familiar with the records available.

Yes I think that's probably it I need to become more familiar with the ins and outs of all these sites!!

I have now ordered the will for the other one but the site has charged me for two duplicate wills. £20 they now have instead of £10, I've written to their customer service as well as my bank to inform them..........

BarbaraW wrote: I have now ordered the will for the other one but the site has charged me for two duplicate wills. £20 they now have instead of £10,

Always check your "Basket" before you hit the pay button, it's so easy for additional items to go through.

I am sure I posted a reply here yesterday about solders' numbers but cannot see it now.

Territorials all had their numbers changed in 1917. The whole army was renumbered after WW1, when they ceased to be regimental numbers and became a permanent army number.

D