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.