tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post1025824389032923561..comments2024-03-18T18:08:58.999+00:00Comments on Army Service Numbers 1881-1918: 6th (City of London) Bn, The London Regiment (City of London Rifles)Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-19735755577296723812023-11-19T22:27:53.888+00:002023-11-19T22:27:53.888+00:00Hi, long stretch seeing as the comment is 10 years...Hi, long stretch seeing as the comment is 10 years old - but I’m also here looking for info on Thomas. Did you manage to find anything? I’m a descendant, not sure what exact relation though!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-70423649056755810072021-08-07T15:52:26.790+01:002021-08-07T15:52:26.790+01:00https://www.britisharmyancestors.co.uk/search-resu...https://www.britisharmyancestors.co.uk/search-result/?q=1853+boardPaul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-9031466388492302142021-08-06T21:32:30.319+01:002021-08-06T21:32:30.319+01:00Service number 1853 my great uncle died on 16th Fe...Service number 1853 my great uncle died on 16th February 1916 Albert George board do you have anything on himAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12609136644995937438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-38690406347708045152021-07-29T13:55:43.979+01:002021-07-29T13:55:43.979+01:00Nova thaqnks for posting and keep an eye out on my...Nova thaqnks for posting and keep an eye out on my British Army Ancestors site: http://britisharmyancestors.co.uk/Paul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-9753501751569958122021-02-17T11:08:57.815+00:002021-02-17T11:08:57.815+00:00Hello, my great uncle was service number 322040. K...Hello, my great uncle was service number 322040. KIA on 7.6.1917. Same 6th london batallion as a rifleman. Very sad they died so young. His name was Alfred William Morley. Regards. Nova Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03637259508766632640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-83098244924171640682021-02-17T11:06:47.035+00:002021-02-17T11:06:47.035+00:00Hello, just found this thread.
I'm researching...Hello, just found this thread.<br />I'm researching my family tree on ancestry site.<br />My great uncle served in the 6th Batallion rifleman london regiment. His no. Was 322040. He was called Alfred William Morley and sadly killed in action on 7.6.1917 in northern France. <br />I have managed to find the hand written war diaries online and read the diary for the day he died.<br />I would love to see a photo of him somewhere one day. I'll keep researching and looking.<br />Thanks. Nova Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03637259508766632640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-8324432498814235682018-08-26T13:20:01.024+01:002018-08-26T13:20:01.024+01:00My Great Uncle Harry Nokes KIA 13/8/18. 6th Batt. ...My Great Uncle Harry Nokes KIA 13/8/18. 6th Batt. Buried in MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT, just been to see my nan, who is 102, his name came up.<br />marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-60840514671136019822016-01-08T18:00:36.775+00:002016-01-08T18:00:36.775+00:00Please drop me a line via the research tab, Bill, ...Please drop me a line via the research tab, Bill, and I'll let you know how I can assist.<br /><br />PaulPaul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-41617361459633902442016-01-08T16:02:19.620+00:002016-01-08T16:02:19.620+00:00Hi Paul
I'm trying to find out where in Flande...Hi Paul<br />I'm trying to find out where in Flanders my Great Uncle died, I believe in late 1917. Albert Odell service number 320355. From your data and what I have found to date I believe he served in the 6th(City of London) Battalion (Rifles). I'm also trying to obtain a cap badge but am having trouble in recognising the correct badge. Could you help with advice in obtaining further details<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405130385571917670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-62736332531635351762015-11-18T13:16:39.528+00:002015-11-18T13:16:39.528+00:00Thank you for visiting this blog. Please note that...Thank you for visiting this blog. Please note that if your comment concerns research about a particular individual, you should read the RESEARCH tab at the top of the page.Paul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-75765237534069661142015-11-17T23:22:38.913+00:002015-11-17T23:22:38.913+00:00I'm trying to track down some of the movements...I'm trying to track down some of the movements of my wife's grandfather who ended up in the London Regiment with number 348496. He'd previously been 31453 in the Dorsets and 44958 in the King's Royal Rifle Corps. His transfer from 1st Bn. Dorsets to KRRC was part of a bulk move of around 140 men (120+ of whom are surname and service number sorted) which must have happened in/before March 1918 since soldiers in that range died as KRRC from 31st March through to 27th Oct.<br /><br />No service record or pension record exist, so dates are all very much a matter of reverse engineeering from deaths of comrades.<br /><br />We know he was wounded - is it possible that the transfer into the London Regiment (possibly the 6th from the number range) would have been on recovery?<br /><br />EricErkDerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333592453105099130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-9454987415747131152015-11-17T23:14:07.097+00:002015-11-17T23:14:07.097+00:00My wife's grandfather was 31453 in the Dorsets...My wife's grandfather was 31453 in the Dorsetshire Regiment, then transferred (in the middle of a batch of ~140 men) to the King's Royal Rifle Corps (44958). <br /><br />I've worked out that this must have been prior to the end of March 1918, since CWGC has deaths recorded against that block of numbers [44903-45097]. The deaths are scattered around the <br /><br />Somehow he ended up, with others from KRRC, in the London Regiment with service number 348496 (they all seem to be 348xxx). Is this a 6th London number, as indicated in the list?<br /><br />If so is it likely they were transferring into the 6th London after recovering from wounds? <br />ErkDerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333592453105099130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-90281376198066581752014-08-17T11:59:06.017+01:002014-08-17T11:59:06.017+01:00It's possible isn't it? None of the men ar...It's possible isn't it? None of the men are named though and so you'd be relying on a face match against another photo.<br /><br />PaulPaul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-11034303954709830232014-08-10T21:43:49.862+01:002014-08-10T21:43:49.862+01:00My Great Grandad (Alexander Edwin Richard Hirst) d...My Great Grandad (Alexander Edwin Richard Hirst) died on September 15th 1916 while serving with the 6th London rifles. Could he be in this photo I wonder?<br />Joe Hirst :)Joe Hirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17855563606425187872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-22825234793443367162014-06-10T22:24:32.005+01:002014-06-10T22:24:32.005+01:00Hello Ian
I couldn't find papers for him eith...Hello Ian<br /><br />I couldn't find papers for him either so we must assume these were destroyed by enemy bombing in 1940. The 4th Beds was the Extra Reserve battalion and he probably did what a lot of men did and that was to turn up at another recruiting office and sign up without declaring any health issues. The rigours of medical examinations did vary and his heart disease would not have been picked up. If it had been, he would almost certainly have been rejected. Despite the needs for men, men with obvious defects - even bad teeth - were rejected as unfit.Paul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-47177594977193985462014-06-09T11:13:54.379+01:002014-06-09T11:13:54.379+01:00I am researching Albert William Vicary who was kil...I am researching Albert William Vicary who was killed in action 15th Sept 1916 in High Wood. He was with the 6th Lindon Regiment. I have his medal record and soldiers will but there are no enlistment papers. His number was 4822/322126 which indicates he enlisted July/August 1915. Strange thing is he had previously been discharged from the 4th Beds Regiment on 1st Jan 1915 as medically unfit due to valvular disease of the heart.<br />Are the enlistment papers available and how did he pass his medical second time round ?<br /><br />Ian Vicary<br />vicary@one-name.org ian S Vicarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-41447439798346387292014-05-18T08:17:20.363+01:002014-05-18T08:17:20.363+01:00Re Richard Lyus.
Very interesting. This man was a...Re Richard Lyus.<br /><br />Very interesting. This man was a volunteer with the 2nd London Rifle Volunteers in 1900. He was discharged in February 1900 in order to re-enlist with the regular forces and he then joined the KRRC, serving with them in South Africa until he was discharged in June 1901. So yes, at the time of the 1901 census he was a serving soldier with the KRRC albeit his term of enlistment was "for a term of one year, unless the war in South Africa last longer than one year...". He has a surviving service record in WO 97 (accessbile on findmypast) and there will be a medal roll entry for the QSA (available on Ancestry) which I have not checked. <br /><br />His number with the 6th Londons indicates that he was serving with the VF again before the VF became the TF in 1908. So he really appears to have been a dedicated volunteer soldier. His medal combination of a QSA to a volunteer with the KRRC and the BWM and VM for WW1 will be uncommon.Paul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-52833346225739127352014-05-17T13:20:36.711+01:002014-05-17T13:20:36.711+01:00very interesting site . my family member Richard L...very interesting site . my family member Richard Lyus in the 1901 census gives his occupation as private in 1 KRR by 1902 he is a paper warehouseman his army number was 244 he was killed in 1915 whils a member of the 6th<br />David LyusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-32604293549839833162013-03-26T21:39:06.747+00:002013-03-26T21:39:06.747+00:00No, I'm afraid I don't.
1364 Sgt Thomas P...No, I'm afraid I don't.<br /><br />1364 Sgt Thomas Peile was a pre-war enlistment and he joined in Jan1913 and so is possibly in this photo. There is a book on the 6th Londons, re-published by Naval and Military Press, which would give you an overview of the actions in which the regiment was involved.<br /><br />PaulPaul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-67349946700220942882013-03-21T16:55:11.507+00:002013-03-21T16:55:11.507+00:00Do you know the names of any of the men in photo, ...Do you know the names of any of the men in photo, My great uncle Thomas Peile was killed at High Wood and finding details of service is impossible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-61598827409047195332011-03-02T20:23:09.677+00:002011-03-02T20:23:09.677+00:00the Cast Iron 6th according to the regimental hist...the Cast Iron 6th according to the regimental history adopted the Church of St James on St James Rd Croydon and donated a simple white wooden cross. this church was derelict for years and vandalised, the church officials in croydon say the cross was possibly lost during this period and they have no records about it. i bet the WW1 soldiers wouldnt have thought it would be lost and forgotten even in the same century they made that committmentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com