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hi Pete thanks very much for all your help .....GARY....

The next problem you have is that his service records may not have survived. If they are available they are likely to be at the National Archive in Kew. Check out the National Archive website for details of the type of records they hold.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Pete

HI Pete thanks he didn,t have a middle name .......the last one left is the best possible match......GARY........P.S. it,s not easy any of this is it..........

So you can eliminate the first and last ones. Leaving:

Medal card of Darch, Charles L
Corps: Gloucestershire Regiment
Regiment No: 31200
Rank: Private

Medal card of Darch, Charles
Corps: Royal Garrison Artillery
Regiment No: 91744
Rank: Gunner

Now if you are confident about the lack of a second name then Charles L DARCH is unlikely.

hi pete afraid thats not him either he was born weymouth 1887.....GARY.....

The fourth one,

Medal card of Darch, Charles
Corps: Royal Garrison Artillery
Regiment No: 25516
Rank: Gunner

According to the database on Ancestry this one was born in Wellington Somerset in 1880

HI soph thanks for your help ....gary....

HI Pete he didn,t die during WW1 and he was in the home gaurd during WW2..........so thats one i can rule out..........GARY......

Gary,

Did your Charlie Darch survive WW1?

HI Reg i looked on the national archives but didn,t quite no where to start pete has just given me 4 possables but how do you find out wich one it is.....GARY....

HI Pete thanks very much ....how do i get to view these records prior to buying them to make sure that i have got the right person....GARY...

HI Steven thanks for your advice ....gary...

These are the possibles listed on the National Archive website medal card index

Medal card of Darch, Charlie
Corps: Royal Garrison Artillery
Regiment No: 96126
Rank: Gunner

Medal card of Darch, Charles L
Corps: Gloucestershire Regiment
Regiment No: 31200
Rank: Private

Medal card of Darch, Charles
Corps: Royal Garrison Artillery
Regiment No: 91744
Rank: Gunner

Medal card of Darch, Charles
Corps: Royal Garrison Artillery
Regiment No: 25516
Rank: Gunner

The first one listed is also recorded on the CWGC website as having died in WW1

Name: DARCH, CHARLIE
Initials: C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Acting Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
Unit Text: 322nd Siege Bty.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 05/05/1917
Service No: 96126
Additional information: Son of William Jesse and Mary Jane Darch, of Narracott, Winkleigh, Devon.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. H. 3.
Cemetery: RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY

Which sites have you looked at?

Reg

Hello Gary, you would try to get a LSD film to look up. Most of WWI documents were destroyed by WWII bombs. I have my great grandfather's WWI records that were survived.

You would loan a microfilm and print some records for few dollars/pounds.

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/printing/titledetailsprint.asp?titleno=3799&first=5501&last=5600

Box D-139 Darbyshire, John Thomas to Darbyshire, William; Box D-140 Darbyshire, William to Darch, Joseph - VAULT BRITISH Film [ 2081348 ]

You would order LSD film number at above from your genealogy club or LSD church in your area. It will take for few weeks.

Cheers, Steven from Australia.

My grandfather joined the army WW1 but i am having trouble finding any records of this his names was Charles Darch b1897 Weymouth dorset when he joined up he may have given his name as Charlie Darch as that is the name he was known by ....If any one gan give me advice or any other help i would be very greatfull..........