Help with Royal Engineer WWI

[xpress4]

Hello!

I have very little information on my ancestor Alexander Moore. He was born in Surrey in 1895. He was with his family in 1901 and then I have a Christmas postcard from the Royal Engineers, Portsmouth saying he was home for the holidays. That must have been mailed in an envelope as it has no date etc.

I have no idea where to begin trying to locate him as his name is common. Can someone suggest what my next move might be? I am in the US which is making it very difficult!

Many thanks for any help! Happy New Year!
Brenda

[manmack]

hiya brenda,these are the numbers of all the alexander moore who served in the RE,only one has a middle name,non appear to have died in the war so i couldnt eliminate any of them to narrow them down.
alex,d moore 324915
alex 600664
alex 204807
alex 204149
alex 157821
alex 89071
alex 84904
alex 40532
theres only eight,but if he had no middle name,then you can forget the A.D moore,sorry i couldnt be of any help,good luck
mack

[xpress4]

Hi Mack,

Well that IS some help! You narrowed it down to eight candidates, that's a far cry better than I had before!

So what would you suggest now. Would my next move to find these eight at the NA?

I'm in the U.S., are there any online resources for sorting them out?

Thanks again for your kind help!
Brenda

[Picea]

Brenda


Have you tried the Royal Engineers Museum?

http://www.remuseum.org.uk/

They maybe able to help you.

Simon