ww1 where to look ?

[Northside lass]

Hi All   just wondering if anyone had any advice as to why or where to maybe look.

My Grandad served in ww1 I have his pension records regarding 5th Border reg.no 1415 and his medal card from the RFA but that has 2 nos.1175 & 715525 ?I was hoping to find maybe some kind of service record I'm not having much luck with ancestry.Why 2 nos?

also his twin brother William was killed in the war also 5th Border reg no1677 I have found him on the cwgc and know hes buried at Thiepval Memoial  and now have a picture thanks to the War Graves Photographic Project but I cannot find any service records would the fact he was killed have something to do with it ? and sadly another brother was killed Joseph Irving 5th Border reg no 1434 and as with William now have a photo but little else any ideas or information where to go fron here warmly accepted.   Susan

[mmm45]

Susan
Only about 30% of WW1 service records survived bombing by the Luftwaffe in 1940 so your chances are greatly reduced The Service Records on Ancestry are at about surname N at the moment and are gradually been put online.You may be able to find his Medal Index Card online if you have his service number...It wont have personal info on it but there may be a few clues.
The Units War Diary rarely mentions soldiers names unless they had performed a brave deed but you can see what your ancestors were doing at the time.you can get them from Documents Online at the NA.

Why Two numbers??   He was a Territorial Soldier and in 1917 they were renumbered so his first 4 digit
number was superseded.

http://www.1914-1918.net/border.htm



Ady

[Northside lass]

Thanks for that Ady a bit dissapointing about the records but we'll give the NA ago and I'm off for a look at the Border Reg. now.
   Thanks again   Susan