Link: Northamtonshire Regiments.

[seahall]

As the entry for birth for Albert is.

On freebmd Albert Arthur Ives Jun Qtr 1887 Camberwell

I wonder what his service record/medal card if ones still exists will be under.

Sandy

[familyhistorynorthants]

Hello Phil & Sandy,
Thanks, I've spoken with the military expert at NRO and he also thinks that it is the Derby Scheme,
just can't fit the 74/77 groups into the Scheme.
Alan

Hello Alan and Sandy,

You are right, the 74/77 Groups etc are not typos.

I had a quick look at the 1901 and 1911 index and can't see an Arthur Warrilow in Northants. They seem to be clustered around Stone, Staffs.

They must have some significance. It's a pity there are no qualifying remarks in the last column.

Phil

[seahall]

I've spoken with the military expert at NRO

I said that there was one Phil didn't I.

Sandy

[forester]

Hello Alan and Sandy,

Sandy, you seem to have worked out where it's leading while I've been away. 
I was thinking along the lines of why Arthur Warrilow was in Group 77.
That may not have been answered yet, but there's certainly a story there.

Well done Sandy. 

Phil

[forester]

I've found him; he went in under Albert Arthur Warrilow, Pte 325216, West Yorks.

He didn't survive. 

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=68246

Phil

[seahall]

Well done Phil 

Bless him.

At least if anyone wished to trace him we have given them a head start.

Sandy

[forester]

SDGW has a bit more, but is also confusing.

Born: St Sepulchre, Northants
Enlisted: Northampton

Killed in Action; 20/5/18; France and Flanders

Formerly 290396 Hants Cyelo Battalion. [Possibly 1/9 (Cyclist) Bn, but I can't see how it fits]

Phil

[Stebie9173]

Hunts Cyclists Battalion is a bit closer geographically....


EDIT: They were allocated numbers 290001 to 315000 from the Bedfordshire REgiment series during the 1917 renumbering exercise.


Steve.

[seahall]

Morning Phil   

Was helping friend with Scottish History yesterday and my mind
was boggling by the time I got home. 

Made the Link to Ireland though so was well chuffed. 

Anyway it seems through the original documents that what he
said when he enlisted was not quite true, but then we know that
don't we through other men.

Looks like we have a bit more digging to do. 

Not today though so over to the rest of you on the thread.  

Sandy