Lancashire Regiment - Boer War/WW1

[Taidquest]

hello folks,which lancashire regts are you looking for and from which period,i have the names of all those who died in ww1 who serve in lancs regts,i also have a full list of all the lancs fusiliers who served in the 15th,16th,19th and 20th batts lancs fusiliers in ww1 and many more,manmack

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                                    hi ,  this photo includes a man called john tracey  who later died during ww1  in flanders.would you have any details to go with the names?this man was a relative of my brother in law who would love to  know a little more about his uncles ,both of them were named john tracey.
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[manmack]

jonathan,which lancashire regt was he in,there were three,the south,east and loyal north lancs regts.
anne,i have looked at your picture,i can see a man from the manchester regt,one from the east lancs regt and another from the lancashire fusiliers,that means they are men from the 42nd east lancs division,they were all territorial units in this division,i cant find john in any lancashire regt,do you have any more info about him,age,place of birth,where he lived,etc anything that might help,mack

[Taidquest]

Hi mack,thanks for the info' re;photo of lancashire brigade e.t.c.
john was from Dublin ,most likely Rathmines area like younger siblings.
his fathers name was also john(surprise surprise) his parents married in 1874 and as he was their first child i'd say he was born soon after that .it would make him in his mid to late 30s when he died in W.W1.
 John is the man on  the bottom right of the photo,as you can see not much detail there to help.thanks again,regards,Anne

[sooty5871]

hi I've been looking through the info that everybody as put on here and was wondering if you can help me with finding more out on frank corbett the only things I know are that he was honourably discharged from the South Lancashire Regiment on the 24 may 1919 if anyone can help with this or even a photo with him on that would be great all the stuff that I've found out about him follows thank you very much:

According to his Medal Index Card he was

13417 Sergeant in the South Lancashire Regiment, later 389023 Sergeant in Labour Corps, so he could have been wounded at some point   

Wendi   

Description     
Medal card of Corbett, Frank
Corps   Regiment No   Rank
South Lancashire Regiment    13417    Sergeant
Labour Corps    389023   

Date    1914-1920

The labour corps was formed in 1917, he could have been transferred if his fitness level had been downgraded,  due to wounds (as Wendi says) or sickness or perhaps the need for experienced NCO's

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[km1971]

I am a bit confused, where does it say he was discharged from the South Lancs in 1919? His medal index card says he was transferred to the Labour Corps, and he was awarded a SWB (Silver War Badge) which usually means he was discharged during the war itself.

Do you have other information, as there are a few Frank Corbetts. Also, can you provide an approximate date of birth and say where he was from?

Ken

[liverpool annie]

Hi Wendi and welcome to RootsChat !! 

I haven't found a mention of him yet even in the Boer War with the South Lancs ! 

I think we need some more details as Ken said .... or family stories etc !!

Annie 

[sooty5871]

hi
all I have is the honourably discharge itself and the details others on the net have told me it is stamped 1919 on the back he is a family member somewhere down the line most of my family at that time were living in staffordshire and shropshire borders I am just trying to tie him into the family the only other thing I was told by some one on the net is that it was ww1 that he was in but I don't as I say all I have is the honourably discharge all my family members that would know anymore are dead
thank you any more help you can give pete

[Doedoe]

hello
the photo  taken during the Boer War , do you have any  other names  on it , I think  one of the soldiers at the back   could be my g/father John Cleator
thank you
Doreen

[princessblackfoot]

Hi

I don't know if this is still an active thread but I found the Friends of then The Museums of the Queens Lancashire Regiment, at Fulwood Barracks , Preston, PR2 8AA really helpful when I was researching my ancester who died at Pietermaritzberg after the relief of Ladysmith. I only had information from a barely legible marrige certificate and they were really good.

Unfortunately it didn't help me get any further because they could not give me either his birth date or his birthplace.

Hope this helps

Aly