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FORMAL WILL.
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Name
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Date of Death
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.Army Fvrm !1243.
FORM OF WILr_,, No. 1.
To be uml by a &ldia tlesiro1u 4f lea·cil!!l
tlic wlwlo (lj ld1 t:f!ccfl to one jJCl'IOII.
(4) The nam••
of the 110IUier to
be "rltt.n in full.
do bereuy revoke all former Wills by me
made, and declare this to be my last Will.
{&) J D I 0 r t
"friend," or i1 •
relative, ln what
degree.
(<) Th.o nawe
ID full.
(d) Inoe1t the
addr-, It known,
or other dc.scrlp·
tlon.
(c) It to a fa.
male, add
tho
word• [/01' hl.r 1ol•
Cll&d ceparate 1Ut,
Mr f"tetlpt alone
Mil" 4 cuJicivlt
.U..Aorge].
--
(!) The fnll
na.meo
ond
de-
ocri ptlons and
exB<lt Addresse•
ot
tile Executor or
lhecuwra obou!J
be raretully ot •1.611.
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After payment of my just Debts :uul
;:;. ~\ person to whom money, etc., is ld~ by tho \Viii, or th.,
hu~baud or wife of sue!, :"\ petson, 6hould not bo an a~t413ting
witn~s.~. for tJ,o gift would not Le g •od, but ho or Rl1e m~y
ue appointed an ex ·cutor.
G. J u Engli h law a Will is revoke< I by the marriage of the
tc t;Hor, and therefore a new Will ought to be made after ' mar.
riagc if cl~sit·eu. By the law of Scotland, the Channel Islands,
and tho I sle of Man, tho rights of the widow or children to some
p..'lrt of tho csti.\tc Cllllnot be defeated by a Will.
7. If auy alt ration is made in tho writing of a " ' ill, the sig.
natures of the tes tator and tho witnesses ought to be made in
th mMgin or other pnrt of tho Will, opposite to or ne.'lr such
nlterntiou, or nt th foot or end of, or opposi te to, n. memorandum
referring to such n.ltcmtion and wt·ittcn at th e end or some other
part of the \Viii.
S. Rut :m alterntion or addition mny bo made by a Codicil
(that is to say, by an 1\dclition to the Will), executed and witnessed in tho SMlc way as tho Will.
!J. When cngngcd in actual wat·faro, or when ho has been
placed umler ord rs for nctive senico, a Soldier of English,
Gucrn ·ey, or J\Ian~ domi cile is privileged (where circumstances
do not allow of these l •'orms being used) to record his \ Viii in
writiug without the attesting witnesses [see p:\ge provided for
tho purpose in Army Book 64 (Soltliet·'s Pay Book)], or to
dcclnro the snmo orally in tho presence of witnesses. A Soldier
of cottish, Jersey, or Guernsey domicile can make a written
Will without witne scs at any time, provided it is entircly in his
01vu hand IITiting aud thtcd and signed by him .
. 13.-Tho test.'ltor, if of English domicile, must be of the
ago of 2! yt•ars uule~~ he is on active servic·c or ltnd!'r orders for
n~ti,·o ~cnice. A 'cotsman cnn dispose hy ·will of
property (as distinguished from r a! proJ.x,rl)) 1\'
ngfl of fuurtct>n years.
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my bani.l
tlti; ....w......,.~
.A.D.
((!) Sohhel' to
bca·e, or, if bo
cannot write, to
make hie tnark.
~ igti
the same having b eo previously 1ead OYer
to )Jim a
aml for hi
last ll'il ., in the
pre cnec of ns, I resent at the sa ne time,
who, in his IJrcsence, at hi roque t, and in
the pre eucc of each other, have hereunto
(!.)
Wltoeues to
oigo hero.
(0 J-dd a!Uree8<·•
iu (nll.
•
•
JJccla?·ation of Ute ,lfl'dioal Otliccr.
I declare that I was present at the Kxeeulion of thi Will, und that _ _ __ __
________ the Te tator, was at tbe
time · in a fit state of mind to exc utc the
a me.
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FOilll OF WILL,
~o.
2.
'JiJ vc u. crl by a , oldier desirous (If lcaci''!l
J.c!}ncies tv .wmr one or moro persona, a111l
tlic 7'c~iduc to another, or otltcrs.
(rt) Tho nntucs nt
the wld•cr to bo
WJ'!Ltcn in fuJI,
J,(a) _ _
.
NL>. -
_ _ of
the _ _
•
ll <·gitucnL uf _ _ _ _ _ __
d o bCtl by rcl'oke all former \\' il Is hy
1t1 c
matlc, ~'\nu ucclare tb i to be my Ja,L \\'ill.
) NnUJothc perAft 1' payment
·son, :\.tHl tlc Ct iba t.•
lii 111 hy hi• 1nnk "t~ncral Expcn~cs,
or pt'ofl.!&i .. u, ref!'i·
011 , t.:e~,·~c of r ·
f.. inOBbip (il any), -
of my jm,L Debt
I g i\ c
to
(b)
ot· i ·• noy ocher (c)
wny. aml ..,tvo Ids
'- - - - -- - -atlclressin full. 11
t.<> n fcnu•lo. nl""
And I give to (b)-- - - - -
ad u tbo "onl• [.riJr
lu r ante ttnd ' "J)fl·
(c)-
i·atc tnl' , ht,· n csi pt
rtfou t. bri na a 11~(/i. ..
•
cit.,tt di.•rllcLrue].
· (c) Hero st.%e the
p:trticulnr l\t'ticlt!s
or lllOIIGY mtemlod
to be ghcn .
And
all
tb
l'l~t
of my
'E~tato
an t1
EJTccls, and C\"Cl'ylbing t hat I cnn gil'~
Ol
dbr. c of, I g h·c nntl bequ • l.J ab olulciJ
to (v)
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