Devonshire Regiment

[Pearly Queen]

Thanks everyone for your help, I will check out the service numbers that 'jim1' has given me, and I may order the medical card that 'Rudolf H B' has given the link for, 'ShaunJ' I will try to get a better picture of the cap badge, and 'Rhododendron' thanks for your suggestion, I have already tried that. Thankyou you have all been great, glad I found this site.

[jim1]

The info Rudolf has given is from his Medal Card ( MIC ) not his medical card.
There won't be any information about where he was only his service doc. will tell you that & even then it's only basic.
What his MIC does say is that he received the BW & Victory Medals.
This means he served in a theatre of war from 1916.
If he had  gone overseas before that he would also have received the 14/15 Star.

jim

[Pearly Queen]

Hi Jim1, thanks for that, (silly me can't even read properly)  The #1 on your list is the only one that could be my grandfather.  I have researched further, #2 was born in Yeovil in 1882 and lived in Somerset and was a Gardener, and he is the only one that I can find full records for, and #3 died 23 Oct 1916 according to his Medal Card.  So if we presume that #1 on your list is the right one does that mean that he didn't go to war until after 1916, and does BW mean 'British War' Medal ? 
Does the fact that the medal card lists his service numbers 3 time mean that he went overseas 3 times or was he away just once ?  I think I had better Google 'Royal Engineers' and 'Northumberland Fusiliers' and see what comes up.  Thank you for correcting me and for your time.

Pearly Queen (aka Janice) 

[Greg Webb]

Thanks for your help, I assumed he was in the Devon's because of where he was born and lived and his uniform looked the same as others in pictures of Devon's.  Please forgive my ignorance, I am female and not into military stuff.  I never got to see the replies on Forces Reunited, I found their site very difficult to navigate so I gave up with them, actually I'm not much good with most technology.  I know for certain that he is not #4 or #5 on the 'jim1' list.  If he is one of the other's on that list, where would he have come in contact with the Gas?  Do you know the next of kin for #1-#3, that may help me a little.  I have service records for other ancestors but nothing for my own grandfather and without a service number it is very difficult to find out anything.

You would think that living in Devon would automatically place him in a Devonshire Regiment. However I have learnt not to make this mistake......for example I am currently researching the history of 13 soldiers who appear on our WW1 Memorial here in Brixton Devon and one soldier from our village was killed serving in the  5th Black Watch Battalion of the Royal Highlanders.

[Rhododendron]

It didn't necessarily follow that men volunteer/served with Regiments near where they were born or lived.  Recruiting Offices for Regiments were found in different parts of the Country and of course a man could enlist with his "local" Regiment but then they were amalgamated or assigned to another Regiment.  (Not sure whether I have expressed that too clearly but hopefully you can understand my gist!)

[jim1]

It's difficult to work out from an MIC what's going on.
It looks like he attested RE but may have stayed in the UK.
He was then transferred to the N'land Fus. & went overseas with them as it's in this Regt. that his medals were reckoned from.
He was transferred back to the RE.
Could be wrong of course.
Which I am.I can see from the index it was in the RE that he was awarded his medals