medal card interpretation required

[harribobs]

my apologies i was looking at the 237665 number, as i thought that was an LF number, go with Mack's service battalion

( hence why it's easier when we see the card!!!)

[harribobs]

19th (Service) Battalion (3rd Salford) (Pioneers)

Formed in Salford, 15 January 1915, by Mr Montague Barlow MP and the Salford Brigade Committee.

21 June 1915 : attached to 96th Brigade, 32nd Division.
5 January 1916 : transferred to 14th Brigade, 32nd Division.
29 July 1916 : transferred to GHQ and converted to Pioneers.
7 August 1916 : transferred to 49th Division.

( Long long trail)

[dinkey]

Thank you both for your replies.

Would you know why someone born in Lancashire would end up in a Hereford Regiment?

[harribobs]

recruitment wasn't just local, recruiting parties went all over to fill their quotas, but especially after 1916, men were enlisted/conscripted in the the army and then drafts were sent to a regiment, men who had been sick or wounded could find themselves being sent where they were needed and not to their original regiment or battalion

[dinkey]

Thank you for that information.

As you can tell I am really ignorant about anything to do with the regiments so any snippet I can pick up on my relatives is very useful.