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Offline cornish milly

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4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
« on: Saturday 12 January 13 12:39 GMT (UK) »
I am trying to find a service record for Robert Mcintosh Bell (DOB 1883 in St Pancras London) who I believe was serving in the 4th Battalion Middlesex regiment in 1915 and possibly later the 6th Battalion.  He survived the war but I cannot find any service record even his service number.  In 1915 he may have been a Corporal and subsequently a Sargeant. Any help greatly appreciated.

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Re: 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 12 January 13 13:18 GMT (UK) »
As you probably know there is no identifiable medal index card to a man using that middle name although there are two possibles from the Middlesex, one of whom was a sergeant. The surviving records unsurprisingly do not include him and the only pension record is for a soldier who lived in Glasgow and who is plain Robert Bell.
Southern or Southan [Hereford , Monmouthshire & Glos], Jenkins, Meredith and Morgan [Monmouthshire and Glos.], Murrill, Damary, Damry, Ray, Lawrence [all Middx. & London], Nethway from Kenn or Yatton. Also Riley and Lyons in South Africa and Riley from St. Helena.
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Re: 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 12 January 13 13:43 GMT (UK) »
Roughly 2/3 of the WW1 Service Records were lost in a WW2 bombing raid!?

Looks the records you are looking for were amongst the lost records.
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)