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Offline matthewdeller

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WWI Regiment No.
« on: Friday 07 March 08 12:34 GMT (UK) »
My great grandfather William Deller born 18 Sep 1885, Wandsworth served during WW1. I have photo's of him but sadly no medals or regiment numbers. When i have searched index records a number of possible records show up but none look like London based regiments.

It's a tricky one but wondered whether there is a resource out there to at least get hold of the correct medal index card.

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Re: WWI Regiment No.
« Reply #1 on: Friday 07 March 08 17:11 GMT (UK) »
Are you going to post his photo here Matthew to let us see G Grandfather William?  ::)
Reid: Nicol: Peterhead and Aberdeen
McDonald: Greig: Milne: Aberdeenshire
Moreland: Lanarkshire, Whitehaven in Cumbria and Ireland
Cunningham: Lanarkshire, Cumbria and Ireland
Halliday: Falkirk, Stirlingshire and Ireland
Redpath: Stirlingshire and Banbridge
McKay:

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Re: WWI Regiment No.
« Reply #2 on: Friday 07 March 08 17:15 GMT (UK) »
Are you saying he was from London?  Are you sure he joined a London unit!  :-\
Reid: Nicol: Peterhead and Aberdeen
McDonald: Greig: Milne: Aberdeenshire
Moreland: Lanarkshire, Whitehaven in Cumbria and Ireland
Cunningham: Lanarkshire, Cumbria and Ireland
Halliday: Falkirk, Stirlingshire and Ireland
Redpath: Stirlingshire and Banbridge
McKay:

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Re: WWI Regiment No.
« Reply #3 on: Friday 07 March 08 17:34 GMT (UK) »
Yer Matthew don't assume that just 'cos he was born in Wandsworth he joined a London Regiment !!!

Do you know if he had a middle name?  Have you got his birth certificate?

Did he survive the war?

Wendi  :)
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Re: WWI Regiment No.
« Reply #4 on: Friday 07 March 08 17:46 GMT (UK) »
Looking at the National Archives medal cards I can see several possibilities including London Regiments.

Can you post a good photo of him in uniform ? If so we can probably narrow the field considerably.
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Re: WWI Regiment No.
« Reply #5 on: Friday 07 March 08 20:19 GMT (UK) »
He was born 18 Sep 1885 Wandsworth, Streatham. He has no middle name and certainly survived the war. My father thinnks he died in the 1950s.

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Re: WWI Regiment No.
« Reply #6 on: Friday 07 March 08 20:23 GMT (UK) »
He was born 18 Sep 1885 Wandsworth, Streatham. He has no middle name and certainly survived the war. My father thinnks he died in the 1950s.

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Re: WWI Regiment No.
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 08 March 08 10:56 GMT (UK) »
Hi  :)

It's not opening for me, I get hieraglyphics, can you save it as a jpeg (for photos), rather than as a tif file, (for documents).  ::)
Reid: Nicol: Peterhead and Aberdeen
McDonald: Greig: Milne: Aberdeenshire
Moreland: Lanarkshire, Whitehaven in Cumbria and Ireland
Cunningham: Lanarkshire, Cumbria and Ireland
Halliday: Falkirk, Stirlingshire and Ireland
Redpath: Stirlingshire and Banbridge
McKay:

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Re: WWI Regiment No.
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 08 March 08 11:00 GMT (UK) »
I can see the picture but I can't make out the cap badge - is it possible to post a higher quality crop of that part of the picture?
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