granfather 108th field Co

[jenny53]

hi my Gran father was in the 108 TH FIELD CO Royal Engineers as a Platelayer can any one push me in the right direction ..
Private Joseph Peters  from Whitchurch Hampshire

thank you

[ShaunJ]

Some sketchy information about the unit here http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/royalengineers108fldcoy-gw.php

[ShaunJ]

Just looked on FindMyPast which has an army file for 56883 Frederick Joseph Peters, a platelayer, of 108th Coy RE. Address Great Lane, Bell St Whitchurch. Married to Edith Goddard in 1898, 7 children 1900- 1915. Is that him?

EDIT it's also on Ancestry

[jenny53]

hello yes this is him but on my father birth cert he down as joseph

[jenny53]

have been looking on the net seem he was in the army  before he joint this unit but cant read what it said help

[ShaunJ]

3 years 53 days Special Reserve ( I think)

[newburychap]

108 Field Coy RE - war diary is available at TNA (not yet digitised)
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C7360718

Given that he was a platelayer it seems that they did plenty of railway building and maintenance.

[pharmakon]

have been looking on the net seem he was in the army  before he joint this unit but cant read what it said

I think you'll find a militia record for him on Findmypast.

on my father birth cert he down as joseph

I'm wondering whether you need to get a few more certificates because the marriage index shows his name as Frederick George PETERS.

[ShaunJ]

a militia record for him on Findmypast

I see it - Frederick Peters 7363

I see also that he is Frederick J Peters on the 1901 census