‘WAR RECORDS IDENTIFIED MY GRANDMOTHER’S SECRET BOYFRIEND’
The War Office Record Store in Arnside Street, Walworth, London, held the records of millions of First World War soldiers until they were destroyed in a fire resulting from a German bombing raid in September 1940. Their loss means that searching for details of a relation’s service can be immensely frustrating.
Fortunately the records that survived the fire are now available via a number of websites. They can hold vital clues for family historians, including attestations (a form completed on enlistment), medical details, home address and
