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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: OmahaBoy on Thursday 06 January 22 21:39 GMT (UK)
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Seeking information about A.R. Vincent, photographed by D.J. Divacha at Rawalpindi, India (now Pakistan) after 1899. Some of the folks at Facebook's UK Military, History/Military Genealogy and Military Photography group suggest he's a Lance Corporal in the Somerset Light Infantry. What records are available to identify him further? Thanks.
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Is this him? Also, it appears his 1912 service file (etc) is on Ancestry.
UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
Name: Arthur Robt Vincent
Military Date: 1914-1920
Regiment or Corps: Gloucestershire Regiment, Somerset Light Infantry
Regimental Number: 1589
UK, British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920
Name: Arthur Robert Vincent [Arthur Roberts]
Birth Date: abt 1876
Birth Place: St Georges, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage Date: 25 Sep 1905
Marriage Place: Registrars Office
Age: 36
Document Year: 1912
Regimental Number: 1589
Regiment Name: Gloucestershire Regiment
Form Title: Army Reserve (Special Reservists) Attestation
Number of Images: 26
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Wow! Thank you very much. I believe this is him. Wonder what the Arthur Roberts alias is all about? Thanks for your quick work!
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He served in the Somerset LI from 1894 to 1903 as Arthur Roberts 4241. Awarded Punjab medal 1897-8.