Help to trace further info - Have attestion record but can find nothing more?

[msr]

Are transcription errors common?

Unfortunately they can be.    Can't always blame the transcriber though, sometimes the originals are difficult, and faded as you say.  But sometimes blatant errors are made, very unhelpful when searching.

[sue smith]

So if I can prevail on you.... do I have this right?

Joined up/ attested 17 Nov 1915 and placed to reserve - with the Devonshire Regiment 338th?

Mobilised 13 Jun 1916 and attached to  East Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion

Transferred 19 Mar 1917 to Royal Engineers and posted on 20 Mar - am unsure of rank?

Raised to Corporal 21 Nov 1917. On 16 Mar 1918 he is listed as a Shn? Corporal.

Demobbed on 15 April 1919

[sue smith]

Ah - have just discovered that the FindMyPast records are more than one page! It really isn't clear (or I'm really not that bright!)

So I've got:

Joined up/ attested 17 Nov 1915 and placed to reserve by the Devonshire regiment

Mobilised 13 Jun 1916 and attached to East Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion

Transferred 19 Mar 1917 to Royal Engineers and posted on 20 Mar as a Sapper.  He was assigned to 338 Road Construction Company. . 338 RCC were sent to France in early April 1917 - he probably sailed on the SS Huntscraft landing in Le Havre on the 3 April.

Admitted to hospital 7 July 1917 with the date of his being a casualty given as the 30 June. He was sent back to his regiment on the 14 July.

Raised to Corporal 21 Nov 1917. He was also raised to skilled (not sure what that means - possibly more pay?) on the 18 Sep 1918.

He was given 14 days leave on 30 Nov 1918. He was placed to the Z list reserve on 15 April 1919.

I wouldn't have found this without RootsChat. Very much appreciated.

Any views on if the uniform is from training or the RE?

[ecksdochter]

Hello Sue,
     Albert was awarded the Victory Medal & British War Medal. (Roll: RE/103 B6. Page: 1340)
     You will find his Medal index Card under: (A*try)
           Albert Andrews. Regiment: Royal Engineers. Regiment No: 260448.
     Index Card lists 3 Regiment Nos:
          Corps:  R.E.        Rank (Not given)  Reg. No: WR25477.
          Corps:  Devon R.    "            "          Reg. No:  27075.
          Corps:  R.E.        Rank:  Cpl.            Reg. No:  260448.

     338th Road Construction Company (338th RCC) is Royal Engineers not Devonshire Regiment.
               Regards,     Dod.       

[ShaunJ]

he probably sailed on the SS Huntscraft landing in Le Havre on the 3 April.

He embarked on the SS Hunstcroft at Southampton on 3 April and disembarked at le Havre on 4 April. That's noted top left on the Casualty Form B103.

Note that on Ancestry there are several images preceding the one that they link you to (starting at 33142)

[ecksdochter]

Hello Sue,
     Included on Albert's Sevice Record, date 21st April 1917 (21/4/17) above Cpl. 21/11/17. It looks like A/L/Cpl. which might mean: Acting Lance Corporal 21/4/17. (A*try)
     There is something written under that line which is too faint to read. Might be date he was promoted to L/Cpl.
     I see you sorted the 338th out before I finished my previous post.
               Regards,     Dod.
               

[ShaunJ]

Any views on if the uniform is from training or the RE?

The cap badge looks like Devonshire Regiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire_Regiment

[ecksdochter]

Hello again Sue,
     Albert's Service Medal & Award Roll sheet is also on A*try, but I found that under:
          Albert Andrews. Rank: Corporal. Regiment: Royal Engineers. Regiment No: WR 25477.
     That also lists his 3 Regiment Numbers.
               Regards,     Dod.

     

[sue smith]

Think I need to go have a better search on Ancestry. I used to be quite good at understanding the sources online but that was about 8 years or so ago. It's moved on a bit eh?

Thank you both VERY much. I hadn't picked up on the cap badge and had missed the notation re the Huntscraft - I'd found the info via googling. Could have saved myself a job!

I'll use the info you have noted to search Dod as for some reason am having trouble finding him on that site.