Jump to content
The Great War (1914-1918) Forum

Soldiers and their units

Researching individual soldiers or their units in the Great War.

 

In grateful memory of Forum Pal Bob Coulson.


Before you ask about researching a soldier

BE SURE TO READ THIS

 

Members may NOT use the GWF as a platform to ask parties who are subscribers to various subscription sites to download material on their behalf or to post it on the GWF.



Members posting images or content from sources other than those of which they are the copyright owners, are required to make reasonable efforts to respect copyright. Under "Fair Dealing",  members posting images for example to request advice about the content, must always state the source, and not post  more than required and not more than 5% of any work by page count, word count or image count .       If in doubt please read the GWF Rules.  Posts deemed by moderators  to breach this guidance are likely to be deleted without notice or comment.

Before you ask a question about finding a soldier's service record or medal index card, please make sure you have first visited "Researching a soldier" at The Long, Long Trail website. The answer is there in 90% of cases. There's a link to it at top-left of this page.


105,311 topics in this forum

  1. George Henry Doe - RND

    • 22 replies
    • 1.3k views
  2. 4th Guards diary

    • 0 replies
    • 517 views
  3. Captain A L Gore

    • 4 replies
    • 582 views
  4. Searching for: PTE? C J Colbert From Wales

    • 7 replies
    • 552 views
  5. L/Cpl W J Turner - remembered on GWF

    • 2 replies
    • 623 views
  6. 9/R. Highlanders

    • 6 replies
    • 838 views
  7. Magnificent Moustache

    • 9 replies
    • 1k views
  8. Frederick Turley The Kings Liverpool Regiment

    • 1 reply
    • 616 views
  9. Highland Light Infantry/Labour Corps

    • 0 replies
    • 697 views
  10. Absent Voters Lists

    • 4 replies
    • 797 views
  11. Trooper Frank Dack

    • 7 replies
    • 1k views
  12. Walter Taylor RFA

    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
  13. The Guards

    • 4 replies
    • 730 views
  14. field hospital

    • 1 reply
    • 587 views
  15. 989 Area Employment Company

    • 1 reply
    • 561 views
  16. Lincolnshire Regiment

    • 2 replies
    • 737 views
  17. Somerset Light Infantry

    • 3 replies
    • 720 views
  18. Pte Charles lay 8th Bedfordshire Regt

    • 14 replies
    • 985 views
  19. 1/6th Bn London Regt / 47th Division

    • 4 replies
    • 572 views
  20. Second Lieutenant G W Fosbery

    • 4 replies
    • 751 views
  21. Major John Hamon Massie, DSO, RGA

    • 3 replies
    • 515 views
  22. Captain J Digby Wyatt

    • 10 replies
    • 1.1k views
  23. London Scottish

    • 12 replies
    • 810 views
  24. Help needed identifying medal ribbons

    • 12 replies
    • 604 views
  25. Albert Hill.

    • 3 replies
    • 1k views
×
×
  • Create New...