Two male ancestors not registered in WW1 military records

[FidgeJ]

there is a medal card for a William W Fidgeon on the National Archives site,,,,but these only give basic details,,,name,number,regiment and medals awarded,,so no way of knowing if hes yours,,,but cant be many ww fidgeons around ? 

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Medal card of Fidgeon, William W

Hertfordshire Regiment

10302

Private

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

270204

Private

I've just looked these up - very helpful thank you.
I'm thinking the william w must be him because as you say there probably wouldn't be another one.
If they lived in Essex do you think they could be fighting for hertfordshire regiment?
I think I've also found Thomas:



Medal card of Fidgeon, Thomas



Corps

Regiment No

Rank



Machine Gun Corps

3216

Private



Royal Fusiliers

4938

Private

And my great grandfather:




Medal card of Fidgeon, Harry



Corps

Regiment No

Rank



Royal Garrison Artillery

24785

Corporal



Royal Garrison Artillery

24785

Serjeant

If I went down to the national archives at KEW do you think I could view these personally?

[gortonboy]

you can download from the NA site for a small fee,,,or they will be available on Ancestry.But as i said,,,not much more to be learned from them other than medals awarded.

[FidgeJ]

I know this may be a little ignorant of me but what was the difference between a corporal and a seargent's role?
It seems my great grandad was both