Pvte 5572 John Price - Kings Royal Rifle Corp Enlisted October 1903

[Pricey4848]

I am researching my great x 2 Uncle John Price Born circa 1883 Hulme Manchester.

He enlisted in the Kings Royal Rifle Corp in October 1903 and was given service number 5572.

On his Short Service Attestation he states he was already in "the militia" and in response to Q10 states "3rd - Btn?? - Royal Lancaster Rg?"

By 1911 he is married still living in Hulme but as i understand it he will have been enlisted as part of the recruitment drive at the outbreak of WW1.....can anyone add a little more info to John and his military career???

[jim1]

Without looking him up he wouldn't have been recruited at the outbreak of war as all men at this time were volunteers.
If he was a Territorial he would have been "time served" that is to say he had completed his term of service + 1 year reserve. & as such couldn't be recruited as per conscripted (1916).
If he had re-engaged prior to the war & elected to serve overseas he could have been embodied (made a full timer) & served that way, otherwise he would have volunteered.

[jim1]

OK. the full picture is that he was in the 1st. Batt. so a full timer.
Your post gives the impression he was a civilian in 1911. Is this correct?

[Pricey4848]

Yes...if its the same John Price who joined the Kings in 1903 by 1911 he was working in Civvy Street in Manchester....

[gortonboy]

He enlisted in the militia....then was embodied for service in the Boer war. He served till 1906..then was put on the reserve list. He was then called up for service in WW1 in 1914.

[jim1]

I don't have access to FindMyPast Gortonboy so can you put some flesh on the bones so to speak & tell us the circumstances of him being recalled in 1914. If he was discharged to the reserves in 1906 he would have completed that by 1912/13 & would have been "time served" so couldn't be recalled under those terms.

[gortonboy]

Sorry,,,,he enlisted in 1914.