First World War Wills go online

The last wishes of thousands of soldiers killed in the First World War are being made available online (subject to a £6 fee) reports the The Daily Telegraph
The hand-written wills of 230,000 British and Empire soldiers can be accessed using www.gov.uk/probate-search allowing families and historians to view them for the first time.

This will be a boon to local historians especially as they were written by the soldiers rather than officials, unlike in the case of census data or birth records.

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