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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: Red Tom on Monday 18 June 18 11:34 BST (UK)
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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.
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Ireland was British until 1923.
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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.
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Ireland was British until 1923.
Thank you gorton boy, I feel dumb now, schoolboy bowler or what?....
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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....
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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8/11/15-Attested (probably under the Derby scheme) into the 22nd. Training Reserve Batt. Lancs. Fusiliers.
28/11/15-Posted to the 17th. Training Reserve Batt. L.F.
18/12/15-Posted to the 3rd. Training Batt. L.F.
Rest unreadable but he gets posted to the 17th. Batt. L.F. & sent overseas 9/8/16.
29/11/16-3/12/16 in hospital with Rheaumatic fever.
10/12/16- Sent to No.2 Concentration Camp. So by this point he’s taken off the strength of the 17th. Batt. for re-assignment.
12/1/17-Re-classified as B3 fit so no longer fit for front line service.
21/1/17-Posted to the Royal Naval Royal Engineers (B Coy.).
23/6/17-Posted to 1503 Coy. R.E. Artizan Works Coy.
24/10/17-3/11/17-home leave.
18/12/17-Transferred to 828 (Artizan) Coy. Labour Corps.
Ends his service with the Agricultural Coy. Labour Corps.
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8/11/15-Attested (probably under the Derby scheme) into the 22nd. Training Reserve Batt. Lancs. Fusiliers.
28/11/15-Posted to the 17th. Training Reserve Batt. L.F.
18/12/15-Posted to the 3rd. Training Batt. L.F.
Rest unreadable but he gets posted to the 17th. Batt. L.F. & sent overseas 9/8/16.
29/11/16-3/12/16 in hospital with Rheaumatic fever.
10/12/16- Sent to No.2 Concentration Camp. So by this point he’s taken off the strength of the 17th. Batt. for re-assignment.
12/1/17-Re-classified as B3 fit so no longer fit for front line service.
21/1/17-Posted to the Royal Naval Royal Engineers (B Coy.).
23/6/17-Posted to 1503 Coy. R.E. Artizan Works Coy.
24/10/17-3/11/17-home leave.
18/12/17-Transferred to 828 (Artizan) Coy. Labour Corps.
Ends his service with the Agricultural Coy. Labour Corps.
I'll have to notate all of this,but may I ask you for a little help if I need a question or two answering?
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If I can.