3/4th South Lancashire Regiment (WW1)

[jones9]

Dear all,

I learn from the absent voters' lists (1918) that my ancestor, W.O. Jones, was serving in the '3/4th South Lancs.' I do not think any service records survive for him, but am hoping I will be able to find out more about his army career from regimental records, etc.

From what I can gather the 3/4th were based in the UK and only deployed to Ireland as a reserve battalion. Since he was a young man in his mid-20s I would have expected him to be deployed - is it possible he was previously in a regular battalion of the regiment and then transferred to this battalion following an injury perhaps?

Would be grateful if anyone has any suggestions for finding out more about his army service!

Thank you,

Jones9

[mmm45]

http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/the-prince-of-waless-volunteers-south-lancashire-regiment/

Jones9 this may help.

He may have been in Ireland 1918.
How old was he? He may have had some skills that kept him in UK?
Are there any medals ?

Ady

[km1971]

If you have not found his medal card then he may have stayed in 3rd/4th South Lancs for the duration of the war.

He may have been in 3rd/4th when the electoral roll was created  at the end of 1917/early 1918 but without his record you do not know that he was not transferred to another unit later

The 4th South Lancs were given numbers in the block 200001 to 240000 in March 1918. He should have kept this number even if he was transferred to another unit later.

Ken

[jones9]

Ady,

Thanks for your reply and this link!

He was born in 1892, so would have been in his 20s during WW1 and was a railway worker which I don't think was a vital occupation. I can't find any medal cards that match up (though several exist for 'W.O. Jones's) unless he was in a different regiment prior to 1918 (unfortunately the only information I have regarding his involvement in ww1 is that he was on the absent voters lists in 1918 as belonging to "3/4th Lancs"