Service details of 22 London Regiment

[warton]

Hello, I am researching Charles F Hoile who served in the 22 London Regiment (regimental numbers 6390/683267). Would anyone know where the 22 London Regiment served, or have a copy of the medal roll, and know the significance of the two regimental numbers. Thanks!

[liverpool annie]

Hi warton and welcome to RootsChat ! 

It looks like you already have the information on his medal card .... that will tell you what medals he was entitled to ... if you'd like to post it ... somebody maybe able to help you read it !!

Annie 

Medal card of Hoile, Charles F

London Regiment 6390 Private
London Regiment 683267 Private

Date
1914-1920

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[km1971]

Here is a link to the WW1 experiences of the London Regiment - http://www.1914-1918.net/london.htm

You should click on the 2nd London Division link. You could also check to see if Ancestry have his service papers - either in the pensions files or in WW1 Service Records. If not they were destroyed in the WW2 blitz. If his MIC does not say when he went overseas you could try a post on the Great War Forum to see if a London Regt expert can tell you when 6390 was allocated in the 22nd Battalion.

Regarding the two numbers, at the start of WW1 each battalion had its own sequence. So there would have been several men in the London Regiment with the number 6390. This caused confusion as they moved between battalions within the same regiment. So in March 1917 they introduced a six-digit number, and men in the 22/London Regt. were allocated numbers in the series 680001 to 700000, which was unique to them.

Ken

[warton]

Hi Ken, thank you very much for the help. I will contact the GWF and take it from there. Best wishes, Warton

[warton]

Hi Annie and thanks for your warm welcome and information. Any help for a beginner goes a long way! Best wishes, David