07/07/2025
We love a challenge, and nothing makes us happier than helping to solve a long-standing family mystery.
“We’ve been searching for our grandfather’s military records for years! He had a common name, and that may be why we’ve had no success. We know he served in World War I. Can you help???”
My response? “Absolutely. We specialise in finding military records just like these.”
After extensive research, and more than a few twists and turns, we finally uncovered his service records. And with them, the reason the family’s search had been so difficult became clear.
Their grandfather had enlisted at just 16 years old using a different name: that of his deceased older brother’s.
Tragically, his brother had been killed only months earlier at the Battle of the Somme, one of the deadliest campaigns of the First World War. He was just 18.
Today, on 7 July, the anniversary of his death, we remember that brave and selfless young man.
I would like to thank my team for all their hard work. It makes us all happy that his story, once hidden, now lives on.
