Good morning,
I am trying to find anything I can about the above soldier - I have a 1926 REGIMENTAL annual of the Sherwood Foresters at which time the 2nd Bn was in Rawalpindi, though early in that year they moved to a station on the North West Frontier . . . . In the journal, Pte Pike is shown as transferring to the Army Dental Corps in 1.2.1926.
I was quite excited about this (it doesn't much) as I am ex RE and RADC and I am really interested in finding out what I can about this soldier - the Army Dental Corps had only been formed in 1921, so he was one of the early entrants.
I can't approach museums at this point for obvious reasons, and I have searched FindMyPast with no success, I even trawled through a great many Derby and Notts 1939 Register records looking, in the hope he might have trained in the Corps as a dental mechanic, for a W Pike with that occupation.
I am at rather a loss now - I should point out there were two Pte Pikes in the Bn at that time, but the other R Pike, a Bn boxer, is clearly shown in the journal after W Pike has left for Aldershot and a life in the ASC . . . I have found a 1925 Sherwood Foresters journal online which I have ordered in the hope it contains more information . . .
Any guidance would be most appreciated
KincID
