Free Ancestry Access to WW1 Records, Remembrance Weekend (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, November 03, 2012, 00:29 (4406 days ago)

As anticipated, Ancestry website is offering free access next weekend to
"Our WWI Service, Pension and Medal Records are free from 9th-12th November", ONLY.

As with previous free access periods, there's no "catch" that I can see, no payment is required altho you do need to signup your name & email address. No doubt if you try to access non- WW1 data then they'll ask for payment. For most participants this huge database contains images of the basic but still very informative Medal Index Cards, whereas for some potentially far more detailed Service/Pension Records may exist, but remember 2/3 of the original Records were destroyed during WW2 and the remainder are often incomplete or damaged.
As a "signed-up" user but not subscriber of the Ancestry site for 2 years now, I can reassure you they don't send out pestering emails etc etc, just occasional informative email newsletters sometimes warning of free access such as this. Meanwhile I also benefit from their free search pages and their online family tree builder.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/category.aspx?cat=39

"These records will be available to search for free from 12 midnight GMT on 9 November 2012 until 11:59pm GMT on November 12 2012. To view these records you will need to register for free with Ancestry.co.uk with your name and email address."

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"In Flanders"

I'm homesick for my hills again -
My hills again!
To see above the Severn plain,
Unscabbarded against the sky,
The blue high blade of Cotswold lie;
The giant clouds go royally
By jagged Malvern with a train
Of shadows. Where the land is low
Like a huge imprisoning O
I hear a heart that's sound and high,
I hear the heart within me cry:
"I'm homesick for my hills again -
My hills again!
Cotswold or Malvern, sun or rain!
My hills again!"

by F. W. "Will" Harvey (of Hartpury, Minsterworth and Yorkley)

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=7769
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