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The Ministry of Defence has released an aid for the files they hold for service personnel with a '''birth date prior to 1901''', which contains name, date of birth and service number. Numbers with a P prefix are believed to designate officers.<ref>Underdown, David [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/221706-index-to-be-released-of-pre-1901-dob-service-records-still-held-by-mod/?do=findComment&comment=2196454 Index to be released of pre 1901 DoB service records still held by MoD] ''Great War Forum'' 05 December 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2018.</ref> The aid is in the form of a letter of advice and eight attachments in MS Excel Spreadsheet format, which may be found in [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foi-responses-released-by-mod-week-commencing-1-december-2014 FOI responses released by MOD: week commencing 1 December 2014].
<br>'''Update''': 2017, April. This MOD database is now available on Ancestry as [httphttps://searchwww.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=collections/61448 / UK, Military Discharge Indexes, 1920-1971], although Ancestry does not advise only implies the source source. (Located in the Military category, and otherwise appears unclassified. If locating through Ancestry Search, use the card catalogue with search term Discharge). Also available as a free dataset on Forces War Records as [https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/collections/180/preservice-records-index-of-those-who-served-both-in-1921wwi-modand-retentionafter-1921 Service records/ Pre index of those who served both in WWI and after 1921 MOD retention records], (seen 2018, May).
<br>'''Note''': It appears that this database aid is not 100% accurate, as there is a known instance of a file which the MOD subsequently located, which was not included in the provided database.<ref>Dragoon [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/255470-soldiers-records-after-1918/?do=findComment&comment=2584570 Soldiers Records after 1918?] ''Great War Forum'' 20 November 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2020.</ref> The release (in January 2022) of the 1921 England and Wales Census has also revealed some discrepancies.
