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Offline MacGrigor

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Transfer from regiments
« on: Tuesday 03 August 21 19:22 BST (UK) »
Hello,

I was just looking at the medal rolls for my great-grandad and noticed all of his comrades with adjoining service numbers had transferred from the 23rd Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers to the 5th Battalion of the KOYLIs. I see the 23rd was ‘reduced to cadre strength’ on the 17th of May 1918, so could it have been around then? His name was Walter Richard Goddard, service number 63140 in the KOYLIs. If anyone could please help, I’d greatly appreciate it.

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Re: Transfer from regiments
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 04 August 21 10:09 BST (UK) »
Could well be.  The NF diary just says that the surplus men (ie not the training cadre) went to the base.  The 2 KOYLI diary has 23 OR reinforcements, (not specified which regiment)  joining in the week ending 1 Jun 1918 which would be about right, the previous 2 weeks had a total of 11.

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Re: Transfer from regiments
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 04 August 21 10:20 BST (UK) »
Brilliant, thanks! I’ll note that down now.
Lipman family of Aldgate - ends with Lewis Lipman (d. 1871, Bethnal Green), son of John Lipman 'late of Glasgow' (1856)
McGregor family of Fodderty - ends with Alexander McGregor (b. 1765, Fodderty), son of Murdoch McGregor and Kate Stewart

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Re: Transfer from regiments
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 04 August 21 10:26 BST (UK) »
It is the 32 Division AQ diary that has the figures for 2 KOYLI, not the KOYLI war diary as I stated before.  Sorry about that.

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I am Zoe Northeast, granddaughter of Maximilian Double.
 
It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

With deep sadness,
Zoe



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Randle/Millington Warwicks
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