WW1 heroes' tales go on the internet
Families across Britain will be able to uncover the wartime heroism of their ancestors today when the war pension records of more than a million soldiers wounded in the First World War go online.
Descendants of the war veterans will be able to read first-hand accounts about the horrors faced by their loved ones in the trench warfare of the 1914-18 war.
All First World War service records were destroyed when bombs wrecked the War Office in London during the Blitz in 1940.
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Descendants of the war veterans will be able to read first-hand accounts about the horrors faced by their loved ones in the trench warfare of the 1914-18 war.
All First World War service records were destroyed when bombs wrecked the War Office in London during the Blitz in 1940.