Were any of your relatives awarded the DCM during WWI. If they were, you can find their Medal Card and the citation for the award on Ancestry.co.uk
e.g. 315253 L/Cpl P Farquharson, 13tn, R Highrs. For fine leadership and good work. During the advance the company became very much scattered owing to the mist and heavy fire….He was instrumental in enabling the company to advance succesfully and reach its objective.
We may not always agree with the ‘closure’ rule but the Government are about to reduce the 30 year closure for many documents to 20 years.
Some of you may not like this reduction as it will allow records to become more available about the living, but on the other hand, family historians and thoset wishing to do nothing more than learn what their family members did, were like and how they lived their lives.
Like with anything there are always two sides who have to be kept happy or if not happy content with how information is held and viewed.
Those of you will Android ‘phones can now take advantage of the new App from The National Archives – to read more follow me here
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I found this in the news – a couple remarried after 57 years of divorce – how would you put that on your family tree?!
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