tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post4978161858507983162..comments2024-03-18T18:08:58.999+00:00Comments on Army Service Numbers 1881-1918: East Surrey Regiment - Special & Extra ReservePaul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-27515168521344850012012-11-14T22:28:09.979+00:002012-11-14T22:28:09.979+00:00Jim, sorry for the delay in getting back to you on...Jim, sorry for the delay in getting back to you on this.<br /><br />The number indicates a General Service enlistment with the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion of the East Surrey Regt but I'm afraid I can't narrow the date down for you other than to say that it does appear to be later on in the war; 1916 onwards.Paul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-54784203655313830822012-10-28T21:33:18.538+00:002012-10-28T21:33:18.538+00:00Thank you very much Paul, appreciate your time and...Thank you very much Paul, appreciate your time and expertise, you have helped bring my mother in laws' grandfather's war to light. On another East Surrey point, I have an ES man with the number GS4/33603 (a T Cox), what is GS4? The number seems quite late war to me but I'm no expert. Someone asked me about it, any ideas? Many thanks JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-9286238155189925852012-10-28T07:57:28.117+00:002012-10-28T07:57:28.117+00:00Yes Jim, that's correct.
PaulYes Jim, that's correct.<br /><br />PaulPaul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-54383174527426666612012-10-27T13:26:33.503+01:002012-10-27T13:26:33.503+01:00Thank you very much Paul. So I presume he would ha...Thank you very much Paul. So I presume he would have taken that number with him into 1st East Surreys on mobilization at the start of the war?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-63339632732465334562012-10-22T21:21:46.944+01:002012-10-22T21:21:46.944+01:00Hello Jim
David could be right. 6689 for the 3rd...Hello Jim<br /><br />David could be right. 6689 for the 3rd (Special Reserve) Bn dates to 1910 and for the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, to post April 1913.<br /><br />PaulPaul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-59416144285471383302012-10-21T22:31:35.958+01:002012-10-21T22:31:35.958+01:00Evening Paul,
I have posted about this on the GWF...Evening Paul,<br /><br />I have posted about this on the GWF today re:6889 Pte Joseph Merricks of the East Surreys and David Underdown on the forum suggested he may have been a Special Reservist. His MIC says he landed in France on 26th Oct 1914. I am trying to see if this Joseph Merricks is my wife's great -grandfather, a Wandsworth/Clapham area man born in 1891/2. From your 1st and 2nd Bn listings I can see that the number would tally for about 1901, so if that number was used just for the Regs then the man whose MIC I've found cannot the great-grandfather. But wondered if such a number was used by SRs? Any help would be greatly received. Many thanks JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com