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WWI troop records are published
Thursday, 5 November 2009
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Army service records of more than two million British soldiers who served during the First World War were published online for the first time yesterday.
Ancestry.co.uk said full military careers from 1914 to 1920 are 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.
Details are also revealed of a soldier who enrolled under a false name to avoid being traced by his mother.
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