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Ernest edward Hudman was born 16th March 1889 in Tywning Gloucestershire.
Enlisted with 3 South Wales Borderers 14th March 1905 (claiming to be 18)
I have a copy of his enlistment and it notes he was transfered to Worcs Regt 28th May 1905.

I believe his record of service in the 2 Worcestershire regt may have been in the "burnt records" His brother Tom served in same regt and they were in India at the same time, his record survives.  I found Ernest's disembarcation date for France as 27 Aug 1914 and I recently found a newspaper article of wounded from the Worcestershire Regt ( Bromsgrove and Droitwich Messenger 14 Nov 1914) and Ernest was listed as wounded.

 I know he was at Tregantle, Cornwall sometime in 1915. He had a friend George King who was in France and George's family lived in Plymouth. George had obviously given Ernest their address, so he visited them to see if they had any news of George.  There he met and fell in love with George's sister Harriet Ellen (Nellie, My Grandmother) and they wanted to marry. Ernest had to get permission to marry and as there nearly 9 years difference in age, permission was refused.
 Ernest went absent and was listed as a deserter 19 Dec 1915. However, on the 23 Dec 1915 Ernest was in Cardiff enlisting into the Army as driver in the Army Service Corps, with their wedding already planned for Jan 12th 1916.
 Ernest was released due to illness Jan 1919 and I have an idea of where he was during his time with the ASC due to notes in his pension documents.

I would love to know more about Ernest's service in the Worcestershire Regt and how or where he was injured, I feel I never will, but someone reading this may have a suggestion. Unfortunatly Ernest died relatively young (53) before my parents had even met. Any help or
 suggestions gratefully recieved!!!

Has anyone else found a problem with the info they find on a Census. My niggle is the 1911. My great grandparents say they had 13 children on their census return. 6 children alive and 7 dead at the time of the census. My grand mother did say many years ago that she was the youngest of 13. I can only find a total of 11 children.

Over several years I have returned to this and checked periodically. This weekend I have checked on Ancestry, Find my Past, Family search and GRO for any births I may have missed.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hi, My Uncle, born 1 Jan 1922 died 30 June 1996, has been impossible to find on the 1939 register. It is possible he may have enlisted as he served in the RA during WW2. Would that be a reason for not finding him?
Has anyone else encountered this?

my Great Great Aunt Emma died about 6 weeks after childbirth in Gibraltar in 1891, her husband Richard was a serving soldier. They had 3 other children. Violet williams was Was born 18th March 1891 and Emma died 30 April 1891.
 I know the 1911 census covered service men abroad. Did  the 1891 census cover service men and their families abroad?