Signed up under age??

[sharpie]

 Hi
We have been led to believe that my husbands grandfather, Sidney Joseph Arnold b1898, joined the army when he was under age. His father told the authorities and got him removed. He rejoined during WW1, was wounded and discharged and did not die until 1974

Would records of his underage joining be held anywhere and if so where, as I can find no trace of him or his service record on Ancestry?

I have no idea of which regiment he was in but he lived in Shustoke, Warwickshire and the only other possible clue is a photo his family can remember seeing of him wearing a uniform with a kilt.

Any help with this would be really appreciated.

Jan

[SmallTownGirl]

There's a medal listing for a Sidney Joseph Arnold, Regimental No. 130353, Machine Gun Corps on Ancestry.  No dob given on these though ...

STG

[genechaser]

Hi

If you can identify the Tartan you should be able to narrow down the regiments that wore that Tartan.

[km1971]

If he was wounded his name will be listed in his local newspaper. Plus if it caused him to be discharged he should be on the Silver War Badge lists on Ancestry

Ken