The Absent Voters List, is an important resource when it comes to tracing WWI ancestors. We've just uploaded the first chunk to the website, with 6 more to come.

There was a General Election in Britain in 1918. Details of men in the army were listed on Absent Voters Lists (see details below). These usually recorded the man’s regiment, number and rank at the time, as well as his home address.

The lists are not held centrally and are not 100% in existence. Luton is lucky in that we have ours intact. Thanks to Nigel Lutt formerly of BLARS for his help in obtaining the original source. Thanks to Project Volunteers and Ben Mango, for helping to get the lists digitised, sorted, and uploaded.