tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post5295527174877107523..comments2024-03-18T18:08:58.999+00:00Comments on Army Service Numbers 1881-1918: Lancashire Fusiliers - 6th Battalion (TF)Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-17451822068331630472012-04-09T18:04:26.704+01:002012-04-09T18:04:26.704+01:00Tying down numbers to dates and/or battalions is e...Tying down numbers to dates and/or battalions is easier for some regiments than it is for others. In your great grandfather's case there are two possibilities: regular battalion for Feb 1902 or a service battalion in 1914. As a frist step, try and get hold of the medal rolls at The National Archives - the references are on his medal index card.<br /><br />As for a ready reckoner of army numbers, there isn't one, hence one of the reasons this blog exists.<br /><br />PaulPaul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-72145061904663317562012-04-09T15:03:14.939+01:002012-04-09T15:03:14.939+01:00I have my great grandfather's medals:
8755
PT...I have my great grandfather's medals:<br /><br />8755<br />PTE J Miller<br />LAN FUS<br /><br />Is there any way to tell when he signed up?<br /><br />I've looked on ancestry but can't find any service record and I can't identify him from the medal index cards. <br /><br />I get confused with these numbers. Is there a directory/log where I can cross-reference the number on the medal to his regiment number on the medal index cards?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-1683366739097616292011-06-02T07:35:11.455+01:002011-06-02T07:35:11.455+01:00All I can tell you is that the number appears to d...All I can tell you is that the number appears to date to around January 1918. Does that fit in?Paul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-22682380687573359622011-05-31T08:39:28.713+01:002011-05-31T08:39:28.713+01:00I have my grandfathers medals from serving in WW1 ...I have my grandfathers medals from serving in WW1 which state A L Sammans Lanc. Fus. Pte 50109.<br />I understand he was pensioned out of service due to a schrapnel wound and given the silver war badge (List H/1688/1)<br />I have tried to reserch any aspect of his military career but keep running into dead endsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com