Author Topic: northampton reg. private charles Lamb  (Read 736 times)

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northampton reg. private charles Lamb
« on: Monday 20 June 11 20:33 BST (UK) »
Hello, charles Lamb was my grandfather and I'm trying to determine his birth history-without much success.I would like to try and get his discharge info.if it exists but where would I search ? He joined the army in 1891 at Aldershot at age 18 however, a possible birth cert suggests that he may have been only 16- ( born in 1875 not 1873), could he falsify his age ?what proof did the army require for joining?Also I'm not sure when he was discharged but I know he married in 1903 - demobbed. His army number was 2997 and he served in India.

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Re: northampton reg. private charles Lamb
« Reply #1 on: Monday 20 June 11 21:19 BST (UK) »
The records would be in WO97 at the National Archives, or available on Find My Past  ;D
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