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Shortly after this number was issued, the Scots Guards reached 9999 and, in accordance with Queen's Regulations, commenced a new series of numbers, starting from 1.
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In 1899, with Great Britain at war with South Africa, the Scots Guards raised a 3rd Battalion. This was eventually disbanded in 1906.
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The First World War
The Scots Guards formed a 3rd (Reserve) Battalion on 14th August 1914. This was eventually disbanded on 10th March 1919
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Note the huge influx of men between May and June 1918.
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From The Naval & Military Press:
Scots Guards in the Great War
"This book is set out in chronological order, and though the battalions were not in the same division during the first twelve months of the war their actions are not recorded under separate headings. Thus both battalions were in action during First Ypres and they both appear in the chapter covering that battle. Apart from war diaries, there are extracts from letters and other contributions from those who were there making up the narrative and the result is a plain, straightforward account."
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Greetings from the colonies. I recently acquired a clock with an inscription plate and got curious. The plate indicates the clock was presented to 1/sgt T. Hyde on his leaving the 3/6 Dragoon Guards after 18 years service. The presentation was made by the sgts. mess assn in 1928. I thuoght it interesting the clock migrated all the way to Texas and is still intact. I'm in the process of cleaning and restoring the clock because if must have a fascinating history.
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Gainesville Texas is 55 miles north of Dallas on the Texas-Oklahoma border
Greetings in turn. I think your clock was probably presented to 5212 Thomas S Hyde who joined the Dragoon Guards in October 1910. He served during WW1, arriving in France on the 16th August 1914. He later re-enlisted with the Dragoons in February 1919 and was given the number 31436. The above information taken from his medal index card. A service record for this man may still survive with the MoD in England.
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