tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post1107184333874933420..comments2024-03-18T18:08:58.999+00:00Comments on Army Service Numbers 1881-1918: The Leicestershire Regiment - 1st & 2nd BattalionsPaul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-3577701281163930742017-09-12T15:03:48.904+01:002017-09-12T15:03:48.904+01:00Thank you Paul, most helpful and kind of you.
Tim...Thank you Paul, most helpful and kind of you.<br /><br />Timtrw999https://www.blogger.com/profile/07907053417861442288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-18257869213987798182017-09-10T08:49:17.381+01:002017-09-10T08:49:17.381+01:00Hello Tim
The number belongs to the series used b...Hello Tim<br /><br />The number belongs to the series used by the Special Reserve, not the regulars. Soldiers could expect to add a year to their service if the country was at war during their normal term of engagement; you'll see this in the small-print on attestation papers.<br /><br />PaulPaul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-31335789711183660302017-09-08T17:43:54.598+01:002017-09-08T17:43:54.598+01:00Hi Paul
I have a distant relative who, according ...Hi Paul<br /><br />I have a distant relative who, according to the service records on him that I have unearthed to date, was a regular soldier with 2nd Bn Leicesters having signed up on 15 Jan 1909. His number was 10176, which is outside of your range for that year. His name was William de Souza Hough. He certainly served in France and Mesopotamia, being wounded at the Battle of Shaikh Saad 6-8 Jan 1916, enough to be invalided out wef 7 Jun 1916, per his Silver Badge Roll.<br /><br />Might he have been re-issued with a new number? He did not get to France until 8 Dec 1914, perhaps because he was on a course when the battalion moved there in Oct 1914. <br /><br />I also note that he extended his service for the duration of the war on 13 Sep 1915, which if I recall correctly was how regular soldiers had their service with the colours extended as an exigency of the war.<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />Tim<br />trw999https://www.blogger.com/profile/07907053417861442288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-14129763667409778242014-05-13T20:49:34.936+01:002014-05-13T20:49:34.936+01:0012 boys per battalion, I should have added.12 boys per battalion, I should have added.Paul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-6238209431671947752014-05-13T20:49:02.822+01:002014-05-13T20:49:02.822+01:00Thanks for the information, Sandra. Infantry regim...Thanks for the information, Sandra. Infantry regiments were allowed to sign-up up to 12 boys for boys' service. Places were sought after and often went to the sons of men (usually NCOs) already serving with the battalion.<br /><br />PaulPaul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-76311967685021614142014-05-10T15:31:22.101+01:002014-05-10T15:31:22.101+01:00My grandfather was a private and bandsman in the 1...My grandfather was a private and bandsman in the 1st Leicestershire Regiment. His name was Stanley Rideal Wing and his Registration no was 9050. Date of enlistment: 20.09.10 (he was only 14!). <br /><br />Sandra MorrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-89493021614865245342011-07-30T14:01:25.260+01:002011-07-30T14:01:25.260+01:00Thank you Paul.Thank you Paul.leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13665326571754902832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-42964281990816635312011-07-30T06:28:08.667+01:002011-07-30T06:28:08.667+01:00Lee
The Boer War medal rolls are online at Ancest...Lee<br /><br />The Boer War medal rolls are online at Ancestry. You might find a service record in WO 364 or WO 363, also on Ancestry; however, you have a 60% chance - in general - of the record not having survived. In order to check the WW1 medal rolls you'd need to go to The National Archives and spend a morniong there taking digital photos of every page for the 1914 Star - then cross-checking, as a start, against the Boer war roll for the same numbers.<br /><br />Also, you should definitely post your query on The Great War Forum if you've not already done so.<br /><br />PaulPaul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-17313399081092723002011-07-30T00:30:38.778+01:002011-07-30T00:30:38.778+01:00Thanks Paul.
I am willing to look for the needle i...Thanks Paul.<br />I am willing to look for the needle in a haystack if it would bring me any closer to finding about my grandfather. Are the records online at "A" or does it call for a visit to an archive? If I could find his enlistment papers I would recognise his signiture and his tattoo etc. Leeleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13665326571754902832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-28074548254001250322011-07-29T20:55:08.361+01:002011-07-29T20:55:08.361+01:00Lee
It will be difficult if you're saying tha...Lee<br /><br />It will be difficult if you're saying that his name was William Rathbone but he signed up using a different name. You'd really need to cross check medal rolls - look at the Boer war roll for the Leicesters and then run those names against the medal roll for the Leicesters. If he was serving at the outbreak of WW1 that would mean you would only need to check the 1914 Star roll for WW1. Even so, it would be a long and tiresome exercise and with no gauarantee of identifying the right man. If you have any medals or any documentation relating to either period that's going to give you the answer, otherwise it's a pretty hopeless task I'm afraid. Try searching on other known family names or variations of Rathbone perhaps.<br /><br />Good luck.<br /><br />PaulPaul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-29310052530484080222011-07-28T22:55:45.718+01:002011-07-28T22:55:45.718+01:00Is there any way of finding out the identity of a ...Is there any way of finding out the identity of a soldier who was in the Leicester regiment in both the Boer and WW1 using an assumed name? presumebly he would have still used his first name and birthdate. The man in question is my grand father. William Rathboneleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13665326571754902832noreply@blogger.com