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Title: Date of Attestation or Mobilisation
Post by: RWTaylor on Friday 09 January 26 09:19 GMT (UK)

I wonder if anyone could help explain something? I have been researching my Great Uncle David Denoon and found his WW1 service record. It states that he enlisted on 8 December 1915 and was mobilised in the 2/2 Lovat Scouts on 22 February 1916. What is the difference between enlisting and being mobilised? And what will he have been doing between enlistment and mobilisation?

Grateful for any help.

RWT

Title: Re: Date of Attestation or Mobilisation
Post by: jim1 on Friday 09 January 26 11:07 GMT (UK)

Mobilisation is when a man is sent on active service.
In this man's case it happened after his period of training.

Title: Re: Date of Attestation or Mobilisation
Post by: RWTaylor on Friday 09 January 26 12:45 GMT (UK)

Thank you - that's very helpful.

RWT

Title: Re: Date of Attestation or Mobilisation
Post by: alan o on Friday 09 January 26 12:56 GMT (UK)

The 2/2 Lovat Scouts did not leave the UK and were in East Anglia for most of the war.  If he was mobilised it suggests that he was sent as an individual reinforcement to the 1/2 Lovat Scouts who were in Egypt in 1916 and then in Salonika in 1917.

Title: Re: Date of Attestation or Mobilisation
Post by: jim1 on Friday 09 January 26 13:00 GMT (UK)

He transferred to the Camerons. 7th. then 6th. Gordons.

Title: Re: Date of Attestation or Mobilisation
Post by: AntonyMMM on Friday 09 January 26 13:06 GMT (UK)

Probably the Derby Scheme ..... men were enlisted and put into categories but then waited at home until called for training.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_Scheme

Title: Re: Date of Attestation or Mobilisation
Post by: fiddlerslass on Friday 09 January 26 13:11 GMT (UK)

This is a basic explanation of the process from enlisting to mobilisation with original images
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/from-civilian-to-first-world-war-soldier-in-8-steps

Title: Re: Date of Attestation or Mobilisation
Post by: RWTaylor on Friday 09 January 26 13:19 GMT (UK)

Thank you all - we have a photo of Q Troop 2/2 Lovat Scouts which includes him. When serving with the Gordons, he won the Military Medal at Arras and was wounded twice. Having survived the War, Davie died of flu while serving in Germany in 1919. I was moved to see a specific refernce to his death and funeral in the War Diary - and again have photos of his funeral.

RWT

Title: Re: Date of Attestation or Mobilisation
Post by: jim1 on Friday 09 January 26 13:26 GMT (UK)

He's listed in the war diary casualty lists as being wounded on 9/4/17 but remained at his post.
Probably won his MM here.

Title: Re: Date of Attestation or Mobilisation
Post by: alan o on Friday 09 January 26 15:41 GMT (UK)

 I suspect he signed up in 1915 but was not called forward for training until Feb 1916.  Once trained he was assigned to the infantry to fill up gaps left by casualties.

Title: Re: Date of Attestation or Mobilisation
Post by: BumbleB on Friday 09 January 26 16:25 GMT (UK)

My grandfather's record was similar:

Attested - 18 November 1915
Transferred to Army Reserve - 19 November 1915
Rejoined on mobilisation - 22 March 1916
To France - 31 August 1916
Died in France - 7 October 1916