Comments on: forces-war-records.co.uk – misleading search results entice signups

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:07:34 +0000

Was seriously thinking of subscribing as get E mails from them every couple of days.However after reading the dozens of comments from unhappy subscribers I have decided against it.
Thanks for all your comments & I hope you manage to get refunds. Good Luck.

By: Liz Halkett

Liz Halkett — Tue, 05 May 2015 15:17:19 +0000

Tried to cancel monthly subscrition ended up paying yearly subscription. Mystery to me. Tried to contact them but website kept coming up “Not Responding” Scam do you thimk?

By: Barbara Watson

Barbara Watson — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 00:35:45 +0000

I was researching an uncle killed in World War 1. When I checked this site there was his name and HIs Infantry Company so I signed up.
I paid for one month with option to cancel.
When I got on the site It would give me no information
and no option to cancel as they said I could.
I have called the bank and will dispute the charge and
they have stopped any future payments.
Definitely a scam and a company to stay away from.
Barbara Watson

By: Mr Worried & fedup

Mr Worried & fedup — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 19:34:46 +0000

Subscribed for what I thought was one month after seeing tantalising information regarding my fathers service in RAF, paid for one month, received the information which transpired my father had given them (Freely I’m sure) on a previous occasion, oh well that’s life. Oh no, they kept taking unauthorised payments, sent an e-mail, no response, cancelled, no that didn’t seem to work either, now instigated full refund with bank and sent another e-mail which I’m sure will go unanswered again (too late anyway). I wonder how many people simply don’t know or can’t get the payments stopped, good game on their part and surely unethical.

By: Vic Moss

Vic Moss — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:36:06 +0000

In reply to Chris. I can't believe there's not been any other complaints about this company since Chris's on July 8 this year. Really???????????????

By: Chris_s

Chris_s — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 11:52:26 +0000

This outfit is a joke, I’ve tried contacting them after my 1 month subscription seemed to continue rolling over to another payment… I’ve tried contacting them via email several times … No response … I can’t find a telephone number to call them on so that I can complain direct… Oh and when I log in I apparently don’t have an account… How very convenient!!! Rip off website, stay clear!!!

By: Colin broadley

Colin broadley — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 20:04:21 +0000

I requested in August this year to take advantage at the price of £5 to have access to records of my grandfathers army service . Since checking my September and October bank statements I have found two unauthorised deductions of £8-95 by Forces War Records. I will endeavour to have this situation put right with a complete reimbursement of money’s. I will also add that I gained no new knowledge about my grandfathers service. I will no longer avail myself to any other such appalling service.

By: June

June — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 20:23:32 +0000

I’m helping someone out re a red dog tag from WW1. I couldn’t get further than the date the soldier died. I know his name rank and serial number and regiment, all I need to know is possibly the place where he died and his age and any next of kin. I’m not into paying £8.95 just for that one-off information. All those sites are a rip-off even Family search puts you on to Ancestry who are the worst for asking for money. I’ve also tried Commonwealth War Graves Commission who used to be free but not now. Spitting mad really. How can they say their site is free, then they ask you for money. I backed out of Mocavo too because of that. It’s too expensive to do a family search nowadays.

By: caroline

caroline — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:35:33 +0000

In reply to Jon.

I tried three times to connect to the [email protected] the page could not be brought up. I also sent emails direct to stop the payments, but they continued. Eventually rang my bank and they cancelled the next payment. A very unrewarding and expensive experience. Beware

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:11:30 +0000

Just came across this site.
I recently did subscribe to Forces War Records as they had a 70% off offer (related to 70 years since D-Day). This was thus £25 for one year, which seemed OK-ish, especially compared their regular £9 approx. a month! Anyway, having been able to log into the system, I’ve found like so many others above, that the data is either not there, or, if there is some data, there appears to be no way to validate that it is the person is the correct one. In fact, in order to do so, you would need to know the items of information that you trying to find out!! All in all a great disappointment – especially compared to Ancestry, which I’ve found very useful. I’ve now made sure that the “Autorenew” setting is Off, so won’t waste more money next year.

By: Sarah smith

Sarah smith — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 09:12:45 +0000

Please see this link on moneysavingexpert site

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=4332219

It would be good to add your comments to that

By: Dave Cleverley

Dave Cleverley — Tue, 20 May 2014 11:54:14 +0000

I wish I’d come across this blog 2 days ago before I coughed up my cash.
I’m old enough, and should be wise enough, not to be taken in by these kind of sites;luckily I only signed for 1 month.
Other sites that charge, such as Ancestry, Findmypast etc, give a decent amount of images for you to see for yourself whether their the transcription is acceptable. Others like IGI don’t charge fees but still have some images you can access. FreeBMD’s transcriptions can be 100% checked against their images and they don’t even ask for membership let alone money! Yet this Forces crew want you to hand over your cash and trust their version of the records.

I’ve learned something new today – as you do.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 16:55:38 +0000

In reply to Mark.

Nooooo Mark, those weren’t replies to your comments… but you can see what happened with a few early commenters from what I said in my reply! Yes, the company itself was placing comments on my blog, and complaining to my ISP from the same IP addresses. Then they got their solicitors to write me a threatening letter citing the very comments the company had planted! Bullies never impress me… I dealt with far too many at school to ever be bothered by them again. Silly buggers. 🙂

In the meantime I’ve switched on threaded comments which clears up the context of my replies nicely.

By: John Philips

John Philips — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 07:20:47 +0000

I have jut read this blog with interest as I am about to subscribe.

For all of those of you disappointed at not finding your on records, I’m summing they informed you when you contacted them service records post 1922 are still restricted and ONLY held by the MOD, and you will need to contact them to get them.

From their collections I do note they have other records post 1922 but not service records, neither will anyone else.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:44:14 +0000

https://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudications/2013/2/Forces-Reunited-Ltd/SHP_ADJ_211686.aspx

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:41:06 +0000

Jon

Which comment are you referring to?

Not mine I hope as I have a genuine grievance against this company and have written replies from The Advertising Standards Authority AND Graham Stringer which I can forward to you if you like?

I am based in Manchester by the way.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:02:59 +0000

In reply to theo. Comments such as this one from Forces War Records personnel which seek to incriminate this blog would be viewed as perjury by any judge in any court of law. So when you next get your solicitors to send me threatening letters citing comments you've posted yourself, from IP addresses you've used to send emails threatening our ISP, make damn sure you're not standing on quite such rocky ground.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:02:40 +0000

In reply to John Somers. Comments such as this one from Forces War Records personnel which seek to incriminate this blog would be viewed as perjury by any judge in any court of law. So when you next get your solicitors to send me threatening letters citing comments you've posted yourself, from IP addresses you've used to send emails threatening our ISP, make damn sure you're not standing on quite such rocky ground.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:02:28 +0000

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:02:15 +0000

In reply to ali ponson. Comments such as this one from Forces War Records personnel which seek to incriminate this blog would be viewed as perjury by any judge in any court of law. So when you next get your solicitors to send me threatening letters citing comments you've posted yourself, from IP addresses you've used to send emails threatening our ISP, make damn sure you're not standing on quite such rocky ground.