WW1 records go online: Basil Rathbone, Noel Coward....

[Maurice]

Teletext:



The army service records of more than two million British soldiers who served during the First World War have been published online for the first time.



Ancestry.co.uk said full military careers from 1914 to 1920 were included in the collection, stretching to an average of 16 pages per soldier, including medical data and service history.



The records include details of famous names such as Basil Rathbone, the actor who portrayed Sherlock Holmes in 14 films, and playwright Noel Coward.

[Wee Sonny MacGregor]

In Coward's case, one could hardly call it a "War" record, more like a service record.

[Freddy]

Thanks for highlighting this Maurice, it will be interesting to many. How sad though that those immediate families who lost loved ones have now passed on.





FReddy

[CaptainWaggett]

Interestingly this chap waited until after the war to change his name

[Gerald Lovell]

Wasn't Basil Rathbone awarded the M.C.?

[CaptainWaggett]

[ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Famous-1914-1918-Richard-Van-Emden/dp/1848841973/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257436721&sr=8-2"]This book[/ame] has a chapter about Rathbone's wartime experiences. He did get the MC.