Military records help

[Rawhide]

Hi, I would like some help and suggestions please. I know my Great Grandfather served in the first world war, and I am trying to find out which regiment he served on. I am using ancestry.co.uk but when I search the war records with his name I find several soldiers with his name in dofferent regiments. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance

[iluleah]

hi and welcome to rootschat 

I suggest you go onto the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website http://www.cwgc.org/ search for your great grandfather and all the ones there died, which it will show you their reg number, so you can start to exclude them from the list you have found on ancestry, which hopefully narrows the numbers down somewhat

[Rawhide]

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunatly that only narrowed it down by 2

[GR2]

If you post his name, year of birth, whether he was married, and where he lived, it might help us help you. For example, he might be named in a local newspaper as wounded.

[iluleah]

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunatly that only narrowed it down by 2

Well you are two people less to deal with at least, look at the regiments the rest joined, compared to where he lived. This takes some research, not everything is black and white, look at the images of the service records where he lived, who next of kin was, occupation, address on joining...simple FH research

[Rawhide]

If you post his name, year of birth, whether he was married, and where he lived, it might help us help you. For example, he might be named in a local newspaper as wounded.

His name was William Thomas Towers born April 1890 and lived in Darlington. I know he was married but havent found record of his marrage yet

[iluleah]

 William Thomas Towers
b 3 April 1890 bap 12 May 1890 parents William & Sarah Ann Towers.

His father was born in Neasham which is near Darlington about 4 miles south east, looks like his dad was Issac Towers also born in Neasham

Looks like him, marrying either Lilian or Mary
Marriages Mar 1911 
Dunning    Lilian        Darlington    10a   15   
Ellerton    Mary         Darlington    10a   15   
Towers    William T         Darlington    10a   15

[GR2]

He must have married Mary Ellerton. The 1911 census shows them *

* 1911 Census , England & Wales , information removed as per RC rules.

[Rawhide]

Yes, that's him. But it's the military records section I'm struggling with to find out which regiment he served in