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LOST RECORDS When war broke out in August 1914, the
British army numbered just over 730,000 men. Unlike the other major European
states, where conscription allowed huge numbers of men to be rapidly brought
under arms, Britain relied on a small, professional defence force. But
the scale of the conflict between the Allies and the Central Powers demanded
massive increases in Britain's military manpower resources. Unfortunately, more than half of their service records were destroyed in September 1940, when a German bombing raid struck the War Office repository in Arnside Street, London. This means that there is a roughly 40%
chance of finding the service record of a soldier who was enlisted between
1914 and 1920. Servicemen below with no local information- |
If anyone can supply additional
information on these soldiers please us the CONTACT
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