tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post3141592917717873340..comments2024-03-18T18:08:58.999+00:00Comments on Army Service Numbers 1881-1918: Ox & Bucks Light Infantry - 1st & 2nd BattalionsPaul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-54318845995115368642013-01-12T01:04:33.438+00:002013-01-12T01:04:33.438+00:00Paul,
Thanks for the guidance - I just ran a seri...Paul,<br /><br />Thanks for the guidance - I just ran a series of short searches on the CWGC site, for Ox & Bucks men with numbers in the series 819*, 820* and 821*.<br /><br />Excepting those from the 1st Bn (in Mesopotamia) there are 6 buried/commemorated in France and Flanders, first being 8202 Price EJ of 3 OBLI who died on 23/11/1914 at Boulogne. <br /><br />The remaining 5 were posted to 2 OBLI. I'd bet they were in the same draft of reinforcements, and that poor old Pte Price was fatally wounded en route, so was never Taken On Strength (TOS) by 2 OBLI.<br /><br />Date also would fit with the COs Diary record of the 2OBLI receiving their 8th Reinforcement (80 men, 30 Nov, at Bailleul), the first such reinforcement since 13 Nov.Mister Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789849800272571259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-69886854761970525602013-01-10T10:10:30.831+00:002013-01-10T10:10:30.831+00:00Happy New Year to you too, Mr S. It's the old...Happy New Year to you too, Mr S. It's the old confusion with Special Reserve numbers and Line numbers that's the issue here I think. I'd suggest that 8207 belongs to the series being used by the 3rd Bn, in which case it dates to 1912. So he joins the 3rd Bn and is subsequently sent out as part of a draft to a regualr or service battalion, but retains his Special Reserve number. No idea when he arrived overseas, I'm afraid, but due to medal entitlement not until 1st Jan 1916 or later.<br /><br />PaulPaul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-88149930624324509172013-01-09T22:56:16.379+00:002013-01-09T22:56:16.379+00:00Happy New Year, Paul,
I have moved on a bit since...Happy New Year, Paul,<br /><br />I have moved on a bit since my comment on here 28 Nov 2010, and - having unearthed census records for all my OBLI names, I am now a tad puzzled. <br /><br />8207 Stokes H.E. 2 OBLI, KIA 20/07/1916, for whom no service records survive, was definitely born in 1895, and would only have been 11 had he enlisted in 1906 as per estimate.<br /><br />His Medal Index Card shows only 8207 (so no inter-unit renumbering), Victory and War Medals only, no date of entry to theatre.<br /><br />He was a 16 yr old civilian living in Buckingham at the time of the 1911 census, so I can't see how he might have been any kind of pre-war soldier, nor - without cracking that - can I have a stab at roughly when he would have joined 2 OBLI in France.<br /><br />Any thoughts?Mister Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789849800272571259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-91484700046275283042010-11-29T10:50:25.809+00:002010-11-29T10:50:25.809+00:005076 - 2nd wk of July 1895
7437 - last wk of July ...5076 - 2nd wk of July 1895<br />7437 - last wk of July 1903<br /><br />317 and 1822 are TF numbers. 317 dates to April/May 1909, while 1822 probably dates to early Aug 1914 or just before.<br /><br />PaulPaul Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944079581687608453.post-81427977665795888582010-11-28T12:50:05.555+00:002010-11-28T12:50:05.555+00:00Working from the information on this page, against...Working from the information on this page, against names from my local Memorial, I have made the following estimates of enlistment dates into 2 battalions of OBLI:<br /><br />5076 Mid 1895 2nd Bn (Killed 31/10/1914) (Sgt)<br />7437 1903 2nd Bn (Killed 25/09/1915) (Pte)<br /><b>8207 24/04/06 2nd Bn - Stokes, HE</b> (Killed 20/07/1916) (Sgt)<br />317 Early 1907? 1/1st (Killed 27/04/1915) (RSM)<br />1822 Early 1913? 1/1st (Killed 19/07/1916) (LCpl)<br /><br />I took the date for 8207 Sgt Stokes of 2 OBLI from the same regtl number quoted in your original Blog entry. <br /><br />I am less certain that I have got the right date for the last man from 1/1st, and I wondered if you could offer any comment?Mister Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789849800272571259noreply@blogger.com