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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: Flowed on Friday 09 February 18 03:08 GMT (UK)
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Hi, my ancestor, William King (BORN 26th OCT, 1896, Beswick, /M/C, UK) was one of the British Home children emigrated out to Canada as a boy. He was still there in 1913 but was thinking about returning to England the following year, and I know he went to fight in WW1 but how do I find out whether he went with Canadian Forces or with the English?
Does anyone know how to sleuth this out?
Thanks :)
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I can't see him here. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx
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And can't see a candidate in the surviving UK service records for WW1.
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That's a shame but thanks for trying. It's a mystery.
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Maybe...United Kingdom, World War I Service Records 1918
William King. b.1896. Manchester Regiment, 1/6th Battalion, 47684.
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There is only a medical history for the above William King & there's no address etc. mentioned.
His occupation was collier & his religion was RC.
In 1957 he's asking for his service record from the War Office but was told it was destroyed in the Blitz.
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Hmm, he definitely wasn't RC, and I can't ever remember him being described as a collier. Was in the cotton mills of Beswick, Manchester in the early days before marriage in 1922. Then later on I know he did a stint with the Municipal Parks Dept. in Manchester. Repaired peoples shoes also...something he was taught to do by the Emigration Home prior to being emigrated to Canada as a boy.
THANKS EVERYONE....I very much appreciate the effort you made to help. I'll soldier on (no pun intended)!! :D