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Research options
Summarised table of charges:
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Research type
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Research from my archives
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T.N.A. Search and collect only
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T.N.A. Search, collect and
report
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Comprehensive
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Other research
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| Notes |
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| Fees |
£10 |
£35 |
£60 |
Variable - £90 to £150
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| Suitability |
Ideal as a starting point
from which to conduct further research, or to learn what
is available from the comfort of your PC / laptop without
detailed investigations. |
Ideal for those who are
comfortable interpreting raw data. |
Ideal for those who would
like a basic interpretation of the raw data but would prefer
to research the detail surrounding specific events (such
as battles) themselves. |
Ideal for those who prefer
to be presented with the entire story in it's complete form. |
For those looking for
information outside of the Great War, or the Regiment. |
My archives search.
I collect and interpret information as opposed
to being a medals or memorabilia collector. As a result of this
I have assembled, indexed and interpreted a wide variety of
information and am happy to search through my own collection,
indices and archives for your relative for a small, flat fee.
I have information on around 60,000 servicemen who passed through
the regiment in some shape or form, although only around 55%
are indexed at the moment so some will take longer to search
for than others!
The information held in my own archive (over and
above the war diaries and other such information on the website)
is far too complex to record in detail here but can be generally
split into the following categories:
- Tens of thousands of Medal Index Cards.
- The complete Great War Medal Roll collection for the entire
Regiment including Star, Victory and British War Medals, Silver
War Badges (around 85% complete), TFWM, Long Service and Good
Conduct Medals, and including Queens and King's Medals from
the South African Wars as well as other campaign medal rolls.
- Thousands of newspaper articles from dozens local papers
from the time (Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire
and Cambridgeshire) and covering the entire period of 1914
to 1919.
- Many hundreds of articles and biographies from publications
as I have come across them.
- The entire collection of the limited number of regimental
books available.
- Commissioned Officers Army Lists of the regiment throughout
the war (in addition to many from pre and post war era's).
- Almost a thousand grave photographs, in addition to photographs
of the regimental panels on each of the memorials to the missing
from the Western Front and elsewhere.
- Details of the thousands of gallantry medal winners from
the regiment, including citations (where available) and other
interpretations, such as where the awards were won.
A token £10 charge to cover the time it
would take to have a look through my own archives, collate what
I have available and help to make sense of it, would be most
welcomed. However if you can genuinely not afford it I will
still happily look through for you as making the information
available to those who need it is important and something I
will continue to do for as long as I can.
The National Archives (T.N.A.) search and collect
only.
As I visit the National Archives and various
other sites at least weekly, I can conduct a search on your
behalf for documents relating to your ancestor. There are a
specific collection of Great War documents I will search for
within the set fee but more items can be added if you wish.
Naturally, the more time spent on looking for specific documents,
the more the charges will be.
This service is ideal for those who do not need
any assistance interpreting the information and applies specifically
to service during the Great War, unless agreed otherwise.
This search for the essential information available
is undertaken for a fixed £35 fee, which includes
delivery of the information electronically. Printed copies
are available on request and attract an additional charge, based
entirely on the volume of printed material required.
The search will look for and provide copies of
your ancestor's:
- Medal Index Card.
- Medal Roll pages (Star Medall, Victory / British War Medal,
Silver War Badge, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal).
- Gallantry award records, if applicable and available.
- Service Record (if it has survived, although only around
one in three of 'Other Ranks' from the Great War period
have).
- National Roll of Honour entry (if applicable, as these
were created by subscription so are not guarenteed to have
existed in the first place).
- Any additional information I can provide from my own archives,
such as newspaper articles (this only applies to those papers
I have already searched and which are within my own archives
already).
If your ancestor was a commissioned officer, I will also
search for and provide copies of any announcements in the
London Gazette, in addition to their entry in the Army Lists
of the time.
If your ancestor was killed, wounded or taken prisoner during
the war, I will also provide copies of:
- For those killed; the Commonwealth War Graves Commisison
database entry for the individual.
- For those killed; a copy of the information provided
in the volumes of 'Soldiers died in the Great War', which
typically includes where they were born, where they enlisted
and where they lived at the time of their enlistment.
- For P.O.W's; any documents that have survived from the
interviews conducted after their repatriation.
- The period from their battalion's War Diaries (even
if outside of the Bedfordshire or Hertfordshire Regiment)
when they lost their lives, or from when they were wounded
(if the date is known).
- In the event I have visited your ancestor's final resting
place and have a photograph of their grave or the panel
that shows their name on a war memorial, I will naturally
include that in the report.
Please note:
- This research applies to those who served during the Great
War, unless otherwose agreed.
- The documents and information are passed onto you in their
raw form so you can interpret it and expand on what has
been collected in your own time.
- Service in any branch of the Royal Navy or Royal Flying
Corps / Royal Air Force is not included in this service.
The National Archives (T.N.A.) Search, collect and
report.
Once the information has been collected (as detailed
above), I can interpret it, report on what it all means, incorporate
other available information into it and produce a report on
what has been completed and learned. The resulting report is
usually between five and ten A4 pages (plus any documents collected),
depending on what has happened during the research and is presented
on a Word document.
The report includes:
- A record of the collections searched and the results of
those searches.
- Additional, specific sources it may be worth searching
to expand your research in the future.
- Electronic copies of those documents found and the report
produced.
The base charge for the search itself and producing
a report which identifies and highlights the essential elements
is £60, which includes delivery of the information electronically.
Printed copies are available on request and attract an additional
charge, based entirely on the volume of printed material required.
Comprehensive service.
If you would prefer, I can go further and produce
a personalised story on your relatives' service in the war to
save you researching in more detail.
This would include the research, copies of documents,
and the report detailed above, but would include the addition
of:
- Accounts of any battles they would have been involved
in (from the perspective of your ancestor and his battalion
rather than from a broader viewpoint such as that produced
in an official history).
- Time they spent on the front lines.
- Their movements around the army.
- Other such events that formed part of their lives during
the war.
- Where available, area and trench maps can be produced
to provide visual assistance and to pinpoint the exact area
any event(s) occurred.
As I have already researched the events in depth
before - especially if they served in the Bedfordshire or Hertfordshire
regiments - I am able to produce a detailed and personalised
story relatively efficiently.
I am also able to research and incorporate information
if required, such as copies of their Birth Index, Marriage Index,
Death Index and census records (between 1841 and 1901 if applicable).
You will need to contact
me for more details on the additional 'story' level
of research as it can be as simple or complex as you would like
so several options are available to you.
Pre war service - 1760 to 1920.
I can search the National Archives' service records
for your ancestor's record from 1760 onwards.
In addition, I can also search for and collect
copies of the pages on which any campaign medals would have
been issued during their service as well as checking through
the regimental casualty registers, muster and pay lists (1767
onwards) and any other surviving sheets, lists or records that
were produced at the time.
Fees for this degree of research typically range
from £15 to £60 depending on what is required
and what is available from the archives, but would be mutually
agreed before the search starts.
Other archives searches.
Searching local or regional archives on your behalf
are all undertaken according to your own specific requirements
and are bespoke. Contact
me for further details.
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