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Armed Forces / Re: Identifying a battalion / regiment in the 1921 census?
« on: Sunday 28 August 22 19:38 BST (UK) »...Hmm. Interesting.
Research the other names on the same census page. Some will have served in WW1.
So far only one of those names looks helpful - Albert Stopgate. The 1911 and 1921 censuses show only 1 chap of that name of military age, so the guy on the 1921 of that name (Albert Stopgate, 23y 11m, b Cwmbran) must surely be the guy of that name in the Medal Index Cards:
S Wales Borderers 23476
Bedford R 43673
S Wales Borderers 80291
Albert is the only "single name" so far - one or two of the others match names in the SWB but I'm in danger of confirmation bias since there are several MICs for each of those names in different regiments.
The Monthly Army Lists for July and December 1921 show the 2nd Battalion SWB at Jhansi. Not sure that's helpful in that Jhansi isn't a place in the TNA Catalogue description of RG 15/28121, the 1921 census piece in question.
So now I'm wondering if S Wales Borderer 82331 Purcell Charles H might actually have been him... He seems a bit young to have accumulated 3 different numbers for a Medal Index Card but who knows?
I suspect I'll have to park this until the SWB's records get to Kew...
Thanks for the ideas guys.