What do our clients say about fourteeneighteen?

Sandra Leavy wrote on 28 September 2011:

Thank you so much for the wonderful report you did for me on my father's military service history in WW1. My family and I have found it compelling and interesting reading, with so much detail to 'take in'. I imagine we will be looking through it for a long time. I have been trying to find information for years, with no luck, always told that the records were destroyed during the blitz. When I came across your website and applied I really didn't hold out much hope, so when I received your report, and so quickly, I was amazed. Thanks once again.

John Hayes wrote on 25 September 2011:

Thanks for the report you sent me for my late great uncle Joseph it was a very enjoyable read. I have since obtained copies of his war medals and a copy of his death certificate on your advice. I am so very pleased with your work on obtaining the facts for me.

Terry McCreary wrote from Dublin, Ireland on 15 July 2011:

All I can say is, Wow, Wow, Wow! The information is amazing. Reading through the war diary of my grandfather's regiment between 1915 and 1917 is like watching a 'BluRay Video' of World War 1 for the first time. It is unimaginable how my grandfather and everyone else could go through such things. All documents and reports supplied by you amount to a brilliant service!

John Murray wrote from Chryston, Glasgow on 15 July 2011:

Thank you very much for such a professional and detailed report on my grandfathers First World War experiences, fascinating reading for the whole family for generations to come, worth every penny.

Elizabeth Scarr wrote from Pontefract, W Yorkshire on 13 July 2011:

I can't tell you how thrilled I am with the research that you have done regarding my Great Uncle William. I have put a lot of effort in to researching what happened to him during the war but could only find so much information and eventually I hit a brick wall. I didn't think that I would ever know where he fought and how he died but you have managed to find all this for me and much more besides. Although there are some things which we will probably never know I'm content in knowing that I have enough information to pass on to my children and hopefully to keep his memory alive for many years to come.

Olwyn Shaw wrote from Southport, Lancashire on 6 July 2011:

Many, many thanks for all the interesting documents you sent, I've hardly slept since I received them. I did not know that he had been in the 15th as a Private, or that he had been wounded then. I had only known of him as an officer with the 20th, incidentally I didn't know that he had been married and also widowed (another line of enquiry.) What a long drawn out awful task for his poor widowed Mother trying to finally get probate. I really cannot thank you enough for all your help, it was worth every penny, just wish I had started with you instead of finishing.

Sue Byrne wrote from Croydon, VIC, Australia on 30 June 2011:

You say you have great pleasure in sending these documents, this would be a great understatement for me receiving the report and documents. I am so appreciative of the research you have done regarding my grandfather. I can now direct my reading to more specific areas of the war as noted in your report. I never knew my grandfather and could only rely on family hearsay, and now after reading your information, you have given me a little insight into the man I knew as my 'grandfather'. Thank you.

Paul Murphy wrote from Teddington on 28 April 2011:

I have just received your report on my grandfather. Thank you so much for your research, the report and accompanying documents are fascinating reading. As my grandfather's service record cannot be traced, it appears likely to be one of the many destroyed by fire during the blitz, when the records office was bombed. We are also limited by a lack of his unit's war diaries. Despite the limitations in this case, you have provided much useful and interesting information, and clear advice on how I might be able to discover more. Excellent value for money, I would happily recommend your services to others.

Malcolm Bradford wrote from Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, on 15 March 2011:

Thank you for the very excellent report on Albert. I knew that he perished at Passchendale as my son pointed out on the CWGC site a few years ago. My brother in law and I decided to pay a visit to the Tyne Cot Memorial a couple of years ago and found it a very moving experience. It was so quiet. I decided then that I must find out more about my great uncle and you have done a champion job for us.

Frank Lee wrote from Newtownards, County Down, on 2 February 2011:

I have just received the report back on my grandfather Alfred William Lee and would just like to take a moment to thank you and your colleagues for the outstanding work that you have carried out on my behalf. It goes above and beyond what I expected and I am delighted with the findings. I would be pleased to recommend your service to anyone desiring to retrace the steps of their family members during the First World War.

Paul Halford wrote from King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 25 January 2011:

I must say thank you for the excellent report I received from you on my great grandfathers military service. The data you included was very interesting, reading the regiments war diary gave some insight into life 'on the front'. The summary of his military service was more than I expected and I was most excited to read the hither to unknown details you uncovered. You provide an excellent service and I am extremely grateful for you efforts and so pleased I came across you in the first place.

Steve Clark wrote from wrote from Bournemouth, Dorset, on 4 January 2011:

I cannot thank you enough for all the work you must have put in researching my fathers military history. When he was alive he never spoke about it. When I started researching him I found too many gaps that I could not resolve. Chris, you have solved all the blank spaces. Thank you very much. If I get lost again I will be back.

Pauline Batty wrote from Stockport, Cheshire, on 1 January 2011:

Thank you so much for the report on my Great Uncle which I received yesterday. I haven't been able to stop reading it! I stayed in Ypres a few years ago and visited the battlefields and cemeteries. This was before I had started researching my family history and didn't know anything about John. We are hoping to visit again in April and your report and research will certainly put a different perspective on it. Having found the experience really moving last time I think it will be even more so. The horrors are unimaginable. Once again many thanks for all your hard work.

Cliff Sturman wrote from Newark, Nottinghamshire, on 4 December 2010:

Many thanks for your excellent report on the activities of Jeremiah Charles Sturman during the campaign. The insight and background information you have provided brings a renewed respect to the generation who fought for our freedom. All the documents you have sent will be added to the Sturman Family tree and be readily available to the next generation when the school curriculum covers this period in our history.

Emerson McCarthy wrote from Ireland on 21 November 2010:

Very many thanks for the report on my uncle Matthew. I am surprised and pleased to read how much information you have retrieved from the rather meagre records. I was very interested to read the history of his battalion, the 6th Connaught Rangers, during World War I and pleased that you decided to include it as additional information. All in all, a very professional report.

Helen Barson wrote from Sidcup (UK) on 13 October 2010:

Quite by chance I discovered “fourteeneighteen/research” on the web and I am so pleased I made such a discovery. The company were friendly, helpful and within the time they stated the search would
take, they sent me a beautiful presentation of my relative’s military history and much more. The amount paid was very reasonable when you take in to consideration the time and effort put into the search. Thank you fourteeneighteen. You did a great job!

Nick West wrote from Bournemouth (UK) on 8 October 2010:

Thank you so much for your efforts regarding the production of numerous document files, maps and others and especially your report; so fitting that this was being written on the anniversary of my Grandfather’s death.

Alan Blackman wrote from Croydon (UK) on 13 September 2010:

Just a note to thank you for the report which you recently sent me regarding my late grandfather John Blackman. I am very impressed with the information which you have been able to supply me with and would have no reservations whatsoever in recommending your services to other people.

Peter Hurdwell wrote from Mount Colah NSW, Australia, on 17 August 2010:

I have now had a chance to go through the copious information you sent me and am thrilled with the result. My friend and I are now in possession of a credible guide to where my grandfather fought.
We pored over the Intelligence Reports which were a great help and as a result managed to obtain typewritten copies which facilitated our reading. When we tour the battlefields of Belgium and France in October we will take with us a summary of your research which will be invaluable. Once again, sincere thanks for the tremendous effort you put in to shed light on my grandfather’s wartime service. I have been trying for years to find out more about him and regret tthat I didn’t contact your organisation sooner.

Peter Sheard wrote from Huddersfield on 29 July 2010:

Thank you for your research on Frank Shaw. I am extremely impressed with the professional presentation of his history. Your analysis has given the family a tremendous insight into his military career and filled in the missing years of which we had no idea.

Lynda Doig wrote from Canada on 23 July 2010:

Just wanted to thank you very much for the wonderful report on my grandfather Albert Edward Hunt, Warwickshire Yeomanry. I have just recently learned that he was my grandfather so of course I was very eager to learn about him. Your detailed report with not only his military records but personal information as well introduced me to him. I was very impressed with your presentation format and will be very pleased and proud to pass it to my son and grandsons.

Louise Watson wrote from Wolverhampton on 5 July 2010:

Many many thanks for the report and documents. It was really moving to know exactly what had happened to my grandfather during the war, and although he seems to have had it better than most, at 18 I can’t imagine what it would have been like! I have shared the information with my family, importantly his 2 remaining children, and all of us are very pleased with the work you have done for us. It has answered a lot of unanswered questions. Thank you so much for your help in helping shape just a fraction of my family history.

Ralph Surry wrote from Wellingborough on 4 July 2010:

Thanks to your research, William French is no longer just a name on the Arras memorial. Armed with the information from the regimental war diary, modern aerial photo’s showing old trench lines and a GPS, I could take my daughter to a field in France within feet of where her Great great grandfather stood before an attack at Noreuil. It was good to go to the village to pay our respects. A grave of ‘a soldier of the great war’ in the Australian cemetery at Noreuil has been adopted by her, to represent William where he fell. We have lain a wreath at the headstone of the grave, complete with photo’s of William and his descendants to her. It’s been emotional. Thanks.

Robin Gray wrote from Glasgow on 23 June 2010:

May I take this opportunity to thank you very much indeed for researching and presenting the story of my Great Grandfather, Charles Kirkcaldy Wells. It is a most fascinating story and I am most grateful to you for doing such a thoughtful and professional job. The whole family will be most eager to read it, and it will also serve as a most valuable dossier to future generations in enlightening them on what their ancestor did in the Great War. I am sure we will now plan to make a trip to the area and the setting of Charles’s conspicuous act of gallantry.

Robert Johnson wrote from Manchester on 15 June 2010:

I can’t thank you enough for the work you have done on my Great Grandfather, it brought tears to my eyes reading it. How awful the War was, I cannot imagine the gallantry and bravery of those fallen men. I was in the Royal Air Force myself, so I can kind of empathise with it, but not to the horror of “No Man’s Land”. It has made me even more determined to visit the resting place of James and his comrades. To salute him and his colleagues, and to give them the respect and honour that they all deserve. I want to take this opportunity to wish you a wonderful future, and if there is anyway that I can be a reference for your work, then I would be more than happy to.

Kevin Drane wrote from Cambridge on 14 June 2010:

Absolutely thrilled with your report about my great grandfather William Gibbs.You will definitely have some more business coming your way from me in the future, as I have a few more ancestors that served in the army during the first world war. Thank you very much.

Tony Reilly wrote from London on 7 June 2010:

Many thanks for the fantastic work you have done on researching Grandfather, after many, many, many months of frustrating negative results with our own efforts you have been able to provide the family with a fascinating insight into our “unknown” warrior. There are also other leads (names and dates of other family members) within the report that will allow us to expand the family tree further.

Paul Smith wrote from Rathfarnham near Dublin in Ireland on 16 May 2010:

Just downloaded your report / research documents on my Great Uncle Edward Dunne. Fantastic work, thank you so much, a job very well researched and presented.

Karen McKenna wrote from Essendon in Hertfordshire on 6 May 2010:

Thank you very much indeed for the report on my great-uncle, Charles Luff. I have found it fascinating reading and am extremely grateful to you for explaining and illuminating his Great War service. I found it surprisingly moving to read the battalion’s diary and to look at the maps trying to imagine what he must have witnessed and endured. It’s amazing how it touches and humbles you even at the distance of a couple of generations. The smallest detail you explored such as how his physical build measured up to the standards of the day was a wonderful insight as is the narrative backstory on his enlistment, training and discharge which you brilliantly filled in. I do wish there were other services across the world of genealogy that could offer the same. I will settle payment today and thank you very much for the discount. The integrity of your service is very obvious and may I say sadly unusual in today’s world. Thank you for your kind assistance and your excellent service.

Alex Atkinson wrote from Ballyclare in Antrim on 5 May 2010:

Thank you very much for the expert report prepared for me regarding my cousin’s grandfather James Moore who fought at the Somme during WW1. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised and delighted with the professional layout, content and easily readable interpretation of the available documents on James’s Military Service History. The reconstruction of his Service History displayed the depth of the investigation and the expert opinion applied in compiling the report. Many thanks – your efforts are appreciated very much

Stuart McAlister wrote from Paris on 27 April 2010:

Thank you so very much for the well-presented file you sent me regarding my grandfather, William Cooke McAlister. Since I was a youngster, I’ve heard many different stories about him which, over the passage of time, became ingrained in my memory. Now for the first time, using your evidence and other documents, we can unravel and tell the true story of his life. The results of your search gives a ‘colour feeling’ to the story for which I am most grateful.

Pearl Severinski wrote from Australia on 16 April 2010:

Thank you so much for the research and personal information you were able to send me on John, who, before now, I only ever knew of as “Granny’s brother who died in the war”. Your research turned him into a real person for me. I did not know he had ever married, it was heartbreaking to think his wife probably never saw him again after they married whilst he was on leave. Also his link to Australia was of great interest, working on the Aquitania, and serving the Gallipolli route. As you will know Gallipolli plays a big part in Australian war history and it is one more way he is bought closer to us. I am absolutely rapt with all the work you have done. Thank you also for the photo of his grave. My payment for work done has been sent and I hope to be in touch again soon with another research project for you to do on my behalf!

John Beech wrote from Stapleford, Notts, on 9 April 2010:

Can I take this opportunity to thank you for the support that you have given and the prompt response to my query. Your service, as usual, is excellent and with Edward’s records arriving this evening, I can see a weekend assimilating all this information lying ahead!!!. I will send payment for Edward’s file later today. I have recommended your services to others and will continue to do so.

Mark Oldmeadow wrote from Horsham in Sussex on 28 March 2010:

I have now had three reports done for my ancestors that fought in WW1 and would like to thank Chris and his team for all their hard work in putting these reports together. They have all been very well researched and give a great insight into the trials they all had to go through. It was of great interest to learn of the battles they fought in and the medals that they were awarded. I would recommend fourteeneighteen to anyone that has an interest in discovering what their relatives got up to in the Great War, and shall definitely be using their services again.

Joseph Payne wrote from Sutton (Surrey) on 25 March 2010:

I’ve read your report with great interest and I’m pleasantly surprised at the amount of detail that you have managed to uncover. I’m sure the rest of the family will be interested to learn of James’s service history and the insight your research has been able to shed on his family life. I would happily recommend your services to anyone researching relatives who served with the British Army in the Great War.