Felix Wall of Dublin

[Red Tom]

Was it very common for an Irish citizen to enlist in a British regiment?, I have found reference on Familysearch of an ancestor's service records 1917 to 1919.

[gortonboy]

Ireland was British until 1923.

[jim1]

Is he Felix Wall Lab. Corps ex Lancs. Fusiliers ?
If so he attested Nov. 1915.
Went overseas with the 17/LF Aug. 1916.
Transferred to the LB 1917.

[Red Tom]

Ireland was British until 1923.

Thank you gorton boy, I feel dumb now, schoolboy bowler or what?....

[Red Tom]

Is he Felix Wall Lab. Corps ex Lancs. Fusiliers ?
If so he attested Nov. 1915.
Went overseas with the 17/LF Aug. 1916.
Transferred to the LB 1917.

Thank you for that jim1, is his info on ancestry?, I get that at my library, but don't know about findmypast....

[jim1]

Yes it's on Ancestry, don't know about FindMyPast.
Some of it's unreadable but you can get the gist of it.
His Batt. (17th.) were at Vaux-sur-Somme when he joined them, just in time to go "over the top" during the Somme Offensive.
The war diary is also on Ancestry.

[Red Tom]

Yes it's on Ancestry, don't know about FindMyPast.
Some of it's unreadable but you can get the gist of it.
His Batt. (17th.) were at Vaux-sur-Somme when he joined them, just in time to go "over the top" during the Somme Offensive.
The war diary is also on Ancestry.

I'm grateful to you jim1 for this,I'll check it out when I next go to the library.

[jim1]

I can give you a run down of it so that you will know what you're looking at, unless you understand all of the Army jargon of course.

[Red Tom]

I can give you a run down of it so that you will know what you're looking at, unless you understand all of the Army jargon of course.

thank you,I would appreciate that very much.