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Re: Medal record - why two forces numbers
« Reply #18 on: Monday 11 September 17 23:57 BST (UK) »
My g.uncle had two forces numbers but I don't think he was ever in the Territorials.  He joined the army aged 14years and 6 weeks (that's when he had to leave the orphanage he was in).  He joined the 19th Hussars.  When he got he 14 Star Medal his regt. number was 6356 but this changed to 46530 by the time he got the Victory Medal and the Britain Medal.  Unfortunately, his army records must be amongst the ones destroyed during WWII so I only have the details of his Medal Cards.  I have got the war diaries though so I know what was happening when he was killed at Cambrai.

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Re: Medal record - why two forces numbers
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 12 September 17 09:33 BST (UK) »
Lizzie  - his renumbering was related to the system adopted by the cavalry in 1906/07.  Explained in depth far better than I could here http://armyservicenumbers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/19th-queen-alexandras-own-royal-hussars.html and in the links given there.

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Re: Medal record - why two forces numbers
« Reply #20 on: Tuesday 12 September 17 09:58 BST (UK) »
Thanks MaxD, what an interesting site. So although I know my g.uncle's number when he enlisted in December 1906 and his new number in 1914 from his medal card, it seems his number must have changed fairly soon after he enlisted.
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