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Explanation help of Enlistment
« on: Thursday 24 May 12 11:35 BST (UK) »
I have got the service record of a WW1 relation but I need a bit of an explanation as to understanding his enlistment, it says:

Attested – 4/12/1915 to 4/12/1915
Army Res – 5/12/1915 to 7/5/1918
Mobilized – 8/5/1918 to 11/9/1918
Posted France – 12/9/1918 to 29/9/1918 deceased 

My question is:

From his attested date will he have been in the army actually serving as a full time soldier away from home?
Why I ask, is that when he attested he was living at one address in Bradford and the during the next couple of years it shows the family has moved and living at another address in Bradford, I can understand the family ‘move’ if he was at home in that time but I cant imagine the family would have moved while he was in service?

While a soldier is in the Army Reserve are they at home doing a regular job waiting to be called up or are they stationed away?

Thank you.

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Re: Explanation help of Enlistment
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 24 May 12 12:46 BST (UK) »
Your relative would have been at home pursuing his normal civilian occupation from 4/12/15 to 8/5/18, but liable to be called up at any moment!

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Re: Explanation help of Enlistment
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 26 May 12 08:26 BST (UK) »
Your relative would have been at home pursuing his normal civilian occupation from 4/12/15 to 8/5/18, but liable to be called up at any moment!

Adrian

Would this have been the same for most recruits?

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Re: Explanation help of Enlistment
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 26 May 12 09:07 BST (UK) »
Lowe(Lower Gornall-Castleford)
Blackburn (Castleford)
Sidwell(Ledsham)
Fairburn(Hartshead)
Wood(Liversedge)
Tallon (Whittington Lancs/Hartshead West Yorkshire)

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Re: Explanation help of Enlistment
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 21 June 12 13:27 BST (UK) »
Your relative would have been at home pursuing his normal civilian occupation from 4/12/15 to 8/5/18, but liable to be called up at any moment!

Adrian

Would this have been the same for most recruits?
No.  This was specific to the Derby Scheme, which was a halfway house between straightforward volunteering, which, by mid-1915 was not providing enough recruits, and conscription, which was introduced in Jan 1916.  The Derby scheme ended in Dec 15, lots of men attested towards the end of the scheme.
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