lookup request

[gnwaters]

Hey i was just woindering if any one can help me find some sort of record or any information on a relative who served in ww1, i have his medal role with all his info on but i have searched ancestory and all i can get is the medal role.

[km1971]

If his surname starts with O to Z then Ancestry have not published them yet. If it does start A to N, they were probably destroyed during WW2 bombing.

Ken

[gnwaters]

the surname started with "W", any idea when they will be uploaded or any other way i can find any thing out, just finding what battles he was in would be good

[mmm45]

If you can post his details im sure that we can glean some info from his regiment and service number...any thing at all you have would give us a start point to get you going

Ady

[gnwaters]

information on medal role:

Name: Griffith Waters

date of entry: 2912/1915

Welsh Regt: PTE : 24653
Labour Corps: PTE: 565411
do :PTE: 265411*

Medals
Victory
British
1915 star
SWR List as *

I have the roles that the medals are on i hope this is enough information to find some thing out.

thank you

[spof]

Hi

He landed in France on 29/12/1915 so he just got in in time to qualify for the 1915 Star.

He started off in the Welsh Regiment but later became unfit for front line service but was still able to help out in other areas so he was sent to the Labour Corps. He later became unsuitable for that work so he was discharged and awarded a Silver War Badge to prove to everyone back home that he'd "done his bit".

The star symbol next to his 3rd number is what would be stamped on his medals.

For information on the Welsh Regiment, have a look here http://www.1914-1918.net/welsh.htm especially about halfway down in the Service battallions as some of them match his arrival date in France.

And some background on the Labour Corps http://www.1914-1918.net/labour.htm

[km1971]

It's a pity that they have not used the SWB type of card, as they give the date of enlistment and date of discharge.

Are you saying you have the medal rolls? They should say which battalion he was in, so you can use the link provided by spof to find out where he went. The SWB roll in Kew will have his enlistment/discharge dates and his age on discharge, if you do not know that.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp

Ancestry tend not to predict when thngs are due. The last batch was at the start of November.

Ken

[gnwaters]

thank you i am planning  trip to kew next week so hopefully i can find out more then.

regards
Gareth

[gnwaters]

I have just been looking on ancestory and i have viewed 5 diffrent records of people who had the same regt number as my releative, can some one expain this to me i thought regt numbers where unique to the person?  they are these days and i thought they where back then as well