1st World War Regiments

[mmm45]

His card only shows RDF more than likely 1st Battalion at Gallipoli with a May 1915 date of entry Missing Presumed Dead in 1917.

Ady

[stevgal]

Thanks Ady - do you know if there are any sites that show where & when men enlisted or were called up to the Army?

[mmm45]

Soldiers Died In Great War will give a mix of Born,Enlisted and Residence  its available on ancestry
For Thomas it gives Born Govan,Residence Dumbarton Enlisted Glasgow

For living casualties its much harder if records were destroyed in ww2 as 70% were.You have to basically find any records that survive to similar numbered men of the same regiments and see what the records say....

The Medal Rolls at Kew will give the date of enlistment

Lads that enlisted before 1916 were all volunteers as conscription came in in 1916.
Ady