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Title: WW1 Bantam Regiment
Post by: hops on Monday 16 April 12 09:43 BST (UK)

 :( My uncle Walter Charles Maskell born 1900 at 25 Laurel Road Brighton. Apparently was too short for the regular army, so he enrolled at Chadderton, Oldham into the Lancashire Fusiliers a Bantam Regiment in 1915. I  have found information on  Bantam Regiments on pathe but, can't seem to find any military info re his service, possibly killed in action as he never returned to Brighton . Can any one point me in the right direction.

Title: Re: WW1 Bantam Regiment
Post by: GrahamSimons on Monday 16 April 12 09:55 BST (UK)

Looks like he never made it to the Front:

http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/377787/MASKELL,%20WALTER%20CHARLES

Title: Re: WW1 Bantam Regiment
Post by: hops on Monday 16 April 12 10:06 BST (UK)

Graham thanks for this - what a surprise