Do you have any suggestions that may help me get a bit more info. explanatory notes which have helped me find out more about Stephen, just one of Hi Paul, A difficult one. He possibly worked in a coal mine before enlisting - maybe 1904? From there I'm not sure what transpired. Phone Number +49 9837976333. Hazel, please drop me a line. I was wondering if there was a way to get further info on the facts of the medal. Sunday, 31st October 1914 was a fine sunny day. This will capture both Oxford, Oxfordshire, I have done this for a few Yeomanry units and typically one finds a surviving Service record within 20-30 numbers either side. Hi i am trying to find out about my grandfather who enlisted under age. Hi there PaulDo you know how I could go about researching a man who was a Staff Instructor in the Army Gymnastics Staff between 15-19. Below is a list of Worcestershire Regiment records and documents which are held at the PRO Kew. Please ping me at paulcanixon@gmail.com, Dave. Justin, re your message of 10th Feb, my apologirs for the delay. The regiment started numbering from 1 from 1st July July 1881. We know he was wounded in 1914 at Aisne or Marne. I find it exhilarating and numerous other emotions when you find out something. Other rank prisoners of war 1914. to form the Worcestershire Regiment. Hi, i'm looking for any additional information regarding my G-Grandfather Henry (Harry) Albert Parsons. See the link on this page. Thankyou very much Paul for all your help and hope my and others reviews reassure others on their quest to research lost family who served in the Great War . The numbers and dates published are to provide guidance regarding the dates on which the intervening regimental numbers must have been issued. But not one for the other service number.I have also found his personal effects record showing money paid to his mother at the end of the war. Introduction Mike, can you drop me a line to paulcanixon@gmail.com. Hi Paul, I hope that you can help clear something up. I don't know that there is anything I can help you with over and above this but do let me know if that is not the case.Paul. But please see the RESEARCH tab on this blog. CraigRecords for the Volunteer Force do not survive as a complete collection although you do find some papers scattered within WO 363 / WO 364 and WO 97. im thinking of going to the royal welsh museum in Brecon. ).Best regards,Scott. Highly recommended read. Middlesex Regiment http://www.londonwarmemorial.co.uk/view_profile.php?id=37130&limit=20&offset=0&sort=&a=Lived%2FBorn%20In&f=thomas&s=Rampton&r=Rank&u=Unit&b=&d=Date%20Of%20Death#sthash.8iP1dAux.fcIRQ5co.dpbsListed as Age 31 and rank as Corporal (north Kensington would be the right town of residence)Bizarrely census shows his year of birth as 1891 which make him more like 25 years old at death3. The 2nd Battalion scouts were sent on ahead to reconnoitre and cut wire, led by Lieut. They lived in Cork city and had a family. He was to remain with the battalion until being gassed in October 1918 and evacuated to Britain. He was in the MGC & his number was 22617. He was a coalminer and signed up after the war had begun, served in an infantry regiment and was demobbed in 1919.Is that enough to search? In fact, there are over 43,000 Worcestershire Regiment pension and service records (for this regiment - and its antecedents) in various War Office series held at the National Wilson 274na follower Higit pang impormasyon Army Service Numbers 1881-1918: Worcestershire Regiment - regular battalions - 188. would have joined up. Hi just found a medal that says A.S Reid A&s Highlanders 2050.Any info would be great!. Haskett-Smith and Sergt. Rifle Brigade http://www.londonwarmemorial.co.uk/view_profile.php?id=37131&limit=20&offset=0&sort=&a=Lived%2FBorn%20In&f=james&s=Rampton&r=Rank&u=Unit&b=&d=Date%20Of%20Death#sthash.qrg0aJsg.uIg0OhzE.dpbsNo age at date of death (and we do not have a date of birth as he wasn't listed on the census showing your=ngest chld born 1897. enlistments. My father said he served with the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry but I can't seem to find much about him. Thanks Chris. He was discharged in 1915. Recruiting in the Worcestershire Regiment was a slow and often tedious affair in the 1880s. I'm sure I will learn very quickly. Prior enlistment info, training, regimental records, medal records, war diaries and much more. Thank you so muchMargaret, Hello,my relative was in the war in 1939 from what it says online. He married Sarah Ann O'Neill Aug 6, 1885 at St. Andrews in Dublin Ireland. Thanks, Please drop me a line at the email address above, including your grandfather's regimental numbers, and I'll let you know what I can provide.Paul, Hi Paul, I am researching a 4039 3rd Dragoon Man James Simpson Reid, and with this regimental number it appears that he joined just before the Boer War. Hi Paul Can you find military photos of my great great grandfather he was in ww1 he was in royal inniskilling fusiliers if you can let me know Thanks K. Hello I am serving in the military and I am trying to find some information about my wife's great grandfather. Did men who transferred into the regular forces keep their old no or get a new one. He was 21 born 1891 in Newport wales. Re Stanley Riccalton, I regret the only details I have regarding this man are the posts you can see from October 2016. Hello Paul.I have found some records for ,y grandfather. If you can find us any information it would be greatly appreciated. I also know that he served 12 years in the Dorset Regiment during the Boer war, where he was present at 2 campaigns, was wounded twice and received 2 medals, however I can find trace of him for this period. Please let me know if this is something you could help with? It was then the custom for Regiments to be named after their Colonels, and this new Regiment was named Farringtons Regiment of Foot. Hi PaulA quick query. Attention is paid to minor actions such as trench raids, which usually find no place in compressed official histories; they are recorded in this history. My grandfather and great uncle served in the 4th Battalion and although I've got their service numbers, and much more, I couldn't nail down an enlistment year for my grandfather. Does this mean they are lost and no further details can be found?John Feeney born 1880 Burtonwood, Lancashire. 1900-1902 Boer War Hi, does that mean he (Thomas Richardson) can only be researched under his latter 1923 number? I found military records for one of the other soliders in the photo, he was in 2 Dragoons, Royal Scots Greys 2658 elisted 1884 so I'm hoping my Gt Grandfather William Lindsay was also in 2 Dragoons RSG - I cannot find anything on him althought this could be down to spelling errors or burnt documents. Pls drop me a line if you would like more assistance. Drop a lineto. and "9th Company" on 'Burnt Records'.Interesting that you have P/2919 listed also! This section gives details the history of the barracks from 1874 to 1990. Yes, you'd expect to see a six digit number if he was still serving when the TF was renumbered. He enlisted in Ripon I believe (he lived there). Hi Paul thanks for your quick reply. Military research. . Dave Were, it would be possible to work that out. It reads that he joined Th R.F.A.T. How old was he in 1911? I have a copy of his army record and I have looked through the war record of the battalian, but I have not found any record of his secondment. I've borrowed the image on this post from the. If you have access to The Times online you'll find them there. Hi PaulHow would I find out which company of he 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment my ancestor was in? Which monarch's head appears on the LSGC? On 9 April 1916 at Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia, during combat, Second lieutenant Myles went out alone several times in front of British advanced trenches to assist wounded men on the battlefield. Husband of Margaret (King) married 1913 and father to Evelyn born 1914. Use the regimental numbers and dates on which these were issued, below, Private H. W. Llewellyn, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Worcestershire Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5379613 Re CSM Laughton, I am afraid I do not know the answer to that, Pieter. Hello Paul - I am doing some WW1 research on my grandfather Stanley Riccalton who was from Wallsend-on- Tyne and the only record can find for someone of that name is in the Dorsetshire regiment number 28111. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Worcestershire rifle volunteers Sweetheart Brooch Veteran Badge Cast Bronze at the best online prices at eBay! India & has king & queens clap medals. Thanks,Christine, Re CONLIFFE / Cheshire Regt. tracing your British military ancestor, drop me a line. I'm not sure of the circumstance but my great great grandmother Sarah Ann and my great grandmother Margaret Ann ended up in Belfast (I'm not certain if that was John Killen's home where family lived) or why they ended up t here since Sarah Ann listed her family living in Wicklow. He never spoke of it, so there was no family information at all, other than from the documents above which have been kept for 100 years.Thank you so much for this wonderful blog which I found by accident having long given up hope of learning anything about his war year.David HortonAustralia. Overview. What 39 joined on 17th October 1881 134 joined on 25th March 1882 572 joined on 7th July 1883 Bond, regimental number 16478, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry.Obviously Im not related to him, but would like to find out what ever I can about him. My list shows "Depot, Winchester" as well, Colin. The only thing we know is he left as a Lance corporal.Lance corporal Frederick lascelles brown. it seems likely that he followed his brother Maurice Lloyd into the 121st royal field artillery (38th welsh) in the later part of world war one. If you need help If he did serve overseas, the suggestion would be that he served with a different regimental number, but at this stage I can see nothing else for him that would help you build a better picture. Overall, after a slow start in the 1880s, the Worcestershire Regiment finished as the sixth most successful recruiter of British Army infantry between 1881 and 1911. Do you have any ideas of anywhere else I could look? No further details known. Unfortunately I could see no service reocrd and no medal information for this man (searching for him using his name and the regimental number as the search criteria). and in 2020 its numbers will have fallen to 82,000, a poor reward, one would have thought, for all past endeavours. . I don't know what they have, Nick, but try them first and see what they come up with. He had 5 brothers (maybe 6) who fought in the war. And can you find out about their POW history too? Special Reserve and Territorial Force battalions operated Can you let me know Many thanks Trevor. Re A Jacobs, it would be a case of checking through medal rolls, service records and possibly army lists in the hope of finding a match on that name. General Service Hat. Which part of the country he was from? If he died during WW1 he will be on the CWGC website somewhere: https://www.cwgc.org/, Hi Paul, I am trying to research my grandfather & Great grandfather:William Williams, No. Hi Paul,Forgive me if I'm being daft and misreading the info on this blog, but my great grandfather's two regimental numbers from the medal card don't seem to fit in with the ones listed. If you could add anything to this it would be much appreciated. Unfortunately, I don't know the names of the other 4 or 5 brothers, only that they all died. Mar 2020 - Present3 years 1 month. respond to your enquiry by return, giving you a cost for the service if I think The table below records the number blocks allocated to each corps or regiment. The names of any siblings? Until 1751, the Regiment had eight different Colonels, and therefore eight different names. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Worcestershire Regiment, British Army Leather Keychain at the best online prices at eBay! By the end of the war another fourteen battalions had been raised for a total of twenty-two of which twelve went on active service. I have records of both his King & Queens medals from the Second Boer War. 1 Co of LY 226 and 301Previous Units - 1 Co of LY Sgt 2658John Bowen john.gordon.bowen@gmail.com, Hello Paul,I wonder if you can help me solve two puzzles about my grandfather? to open the space at the rear of the Town Hall to the public has been vetoed by the City Council, a body which is by no means progressive. hello Paul, i am trying to find records for my great great grandfather Pryse Lloyd, he was born on 13th of august 1881 in Llananno, Radnorshire. I have him enlisting in the Territorials in 1923 number 752712. I also have a record of his belonging returned to his sister following his death in 1904. Hi there, I'm doing some research on a family member who was killed in action on 16/05/1915. Bid Live on Lot 812 in the Antiques to include sections of guns, weapons, medals, militaria, sporting, taxidermy, toys, scientific instruments, weights & scales, cameras Auction from Stroud Auctions Ltd.. This can be done, with patience, or by dropping me a line via the RESEARCH tab if you wanted to commission this research.Paul, HiAlbert Henry Gookey (1889-1926) - 4th Middlesex Regiment Regimental Number: L/11184 (joined 1906 aged 17). The museum is unlikely to be able to help, I would have thought, and they won't hold service records which are all in WO 363 and WO 364 - assuming they survive. You wouldn't know for sure unless you had access to his attestation papers. Hello, i am trying to find out my Fathers service number in order for me to gain his service records. Numbers issued from about 1912 appear with the 4/ prefix: 507 joined on the 17th June 1908 826 joined on the 28th April 1909 1138 joined on the 6th May 1910 1313 joined on the 13th January 1911 4/1477 joined on the 15th January 1912 Hi PaulI'm trying to find some information about my Great Grandfather Albert Napier Wallace, born 1886 (thereabouts) in Gillingham, Kent. We now have the information we were seeking and also have the location of his resting place in Aire and plan to visit next year on what will be his and the nations centenary. Re Thomas Willis Elliott, we have communicated separately about this. Pagination. I can give you quite a bit we've found, though some information (from census info) is contradictory realting to date of births. Thanks for posting. The 29th was formed in 1694 by Colonel Thomas Farrington, an officer of the Coldstream Guards in London. Illustrations are by well-known artists depicting battle scenes including each VC-winning action - apart from Leefe's zeppelin. I've previously secured a copy of what I believe my grandfather's discharge papers. Military research. That information simply does not survive. Would it not have been superceded later? Between 1st July 1881 and 24th August 1891, the regiment recruited just 2991 men, an annual average of 294 men per annum. - 14606Rank - privateRegiment - South StaffordshireI'm afraid that's all I have. rank visitors / pageviews; 823833: atob.com. 1951-1952 Malaya His wife was Johanna Blanch.I know his wife and children were born in Waterford, Ireland and this is where he married. 39796. I was hoping his records would confirm this and also help me to find out how he met Johanna in Ireland. A magnificent publication it is with its profusion of maps, illustrations and photos - each page of photos contains several. The medal was originally awarded to infantry NCOs and men who had completed 21 years' good conduct. Lived in warrington. Extracts from the notebook of Lieutenant William Tunstall who served with the 36th Regtiment during the Peninsular War. William Hunter. History of the Worcestershire Regiment. There does not appear to be a surving record for this man, Chris. His occupation was porter.However, previously Henry married Mary Coakley in Mallow Registry Office in 1890. Hello Paul,My name is Scott, and I live in Australia. They were both named Charles Flynn. Thank you especially for your Hi,I hope you can help me trace the steps of my grandfather, he originally joined the Cheshire Regiment in Stockport, Cheshire as this is our home town. If you have a specific query please drop me a line at the address above and I'll tell you whether I can help or not. DAS WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT Im Grossen Krieg Kapitn Stacke 1928 1. He was sent into action in France, I think, where he was seriously wounded. In an effort to preserve the history of these officer, this website is now building up a record of all the Battalion Commanders. The LSGC was awarded for 18 years' service and so if you know when he was awarded the decoration, you can count back 18 years. I also have Alan Grint's excellent The Faith and Fire within".I am seeking 2 things:A group photo of the Hexham (A company) and Corbridge (E Company) 1/4th NF (Territorials). ", "I Item specifics Business seller information The Clark Agency Ltd Lynne Clark 39 Empress Avenue Chingford London E4 8SR United Kingdom Show contact information Company registration number: 03602700 Terms and conditions of the sale Returns policy Take a look at our Returning an item help page for more details. He enlisted on 28/5/15 or possibly 28/8/15. However, I can see that he was also registered as formerly Regimental Number 32420, North Staffs Regt. Please drop me a line to paulcanixon@yahoo.co.uk. Regimental numbering sequences between 1881 and 1918. At the beginning of the First World War in August 1914 the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) only had 166 aircraft. British Army regiments. What was Intresting about him was he joined the Juke of Cornwalls light Infrenty in 1891 aged 16yrs old. From June 1952 to . He survived the war and had a 4th child, my grandfather who sadly died on the Derrycunihy on 24 June 1944. His regimental number is 14630 and he was a private in the 2nd battalion for the worcestershire regiment. Territorial Army, Royal Engineers (Light Aeroplane Squadron Searchlight Company). However, a soldier could be transferred very quickly after joining a corps or regiment. Thank you for any help.Kind regardsTony. So my research was following the wrong man. I do not see email addresses. His name was Henry Albert Ellner and he enlisted into B Coy of the wiltshire Regiment on 30 December 1898, Regimental number 5202. My hunch its the same man. Talent Search Candidate Outreach Employer Branding ATS integrations. M.T.A.I.C.Floriana MaltaThe photo is of him beside a truckI am trying to figure out where he is from. I was very impressed with your knowledge, professionalism and the amount of information you found. which I do have. It would be possible to research him more fully but a service reocrd does not appear to survive for him. He could have joined as a boy from the age on 14 but it was equally possible he could have lied about his age. Thanks for the quick response.I was thinking of approaching the South Staffs Regiment in Lichfield to see what they can provide. full report costs from 50. 1845-1846 Sutlej Russell, re the Black Watch. Ill just work on my twitter construction.I'm pleased you have found a name for the man. They also provide advise. Website. Gloucestershire Regiment 5172001 - 5239000 Worcestershire Regiment 5239001 - 5328000 Royal Berkshire Regiment 5328001 - 5373000 Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5373001 - 5429000 The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 5429001 - 5485000 Hampshire Regiment 5485001 - 5562000 Wiltshire Regiment 5562001 - 5608000 It has the following information:this is fred's address and his photoM.2./156830.Pte. He was also 672, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Claire. Please drop me a line and include known or approximate years of birth or dates of service. The 3rd Battalion was raised on the 14th February and the 4th Battalion on the 10th March. Seems he received a medal of some sort for "persevering to safe an officers life". Email paulcanixon@yahoo.co.ukPaul, I'd be grateful for any information that would help me understand the role that my maternal grandfather played in WW1. The original medal rolls should indicate the particular TF unit he was serving with. In all probability, yes, although there is much that can be gleaned from the regimental numbers so all is not completely lost. Any help you may be able to give me would be greatly appreciated. You list regimental numbers, but obviously with huge gaps. I'm hoping that you can clear up this family mystery. Appointed to the 36th Regt. He discharged, my dad thinks, in 1945. Can you help me get in contact please? Military research. You need top contact the MoD. Worcestershire Regiment (29th/36th of Foot) Global rank 823 835; Daily visitors-Daily pageviews-Pageviews per user: 0: Rating; Status: Online: Latest check: . . When he was fit again he was sent to join the Worcestershire Regiment. Fred Harwood603. Just makin a suggestion of the 6th rifles or Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and made a comment about the cap badge being very small so I gave it 70 to 30 percentage in favour of the Rifles.I see by the other comments to that photograph, that the answer is well covered anyway.I'm hoping to engage people and learn. at the age of 19 he was on the 1891 census living in Edinburgh, occupation Railway Porter. Any advice on how I can gather information. Dave. (Service) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment bringing in German prisoners captured during the attack on La Boisselle, France, 3 July 1916. . The genealogist has also indexed these. In the absence of a service record, the next best route is to work out when he joined the different regiments by looking at when the regimental numbers would have been issued. Construction General. During this period many Worcestershire Regiment officers and men where transferred to the RFC, which later became the RAF. Thanks. Is there anywhere else I can search to learn more about him and hopefully his father and mother's names? After considering various factors, explained in his very informative preface, the author decided to present this history as one general story in which the number of the battalion concerned is printed in the margin of the pages dealing with its deeds. The addition of two more regular battalions in 1900 had a marked effect on recruitment rates and between June 1901 and May 1911, the regiment added over 6000 men to its books; an annual recruitment rate of 613 men per annum for the last ten years and one which saw recruiting in the regiment surpassed only by The Kings Royal Rifle Corps and Middlesex Regiment. Simon, it was my pleasure to help you, thanks for posting this comment. The barracks date back to 1874 when building started.
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