service records

[waswigg]

Hi I am looking for the service records of Private 7551 Enoch Lissimore Machine Gun Corps and also   Private 24395 Worcestershire Regiment
He was wounded on the  24th September 1917 whilst with the Worcestershire Regiment. He was born in Dudley,Staffordshire Eng  1882 He died in 1921
I am not sure if he didn't die because of war wounds he would still be a young man 39
I would be grateful for the help that anyone can give me
waswigg

[ShaunJ]

He had previous service in the Shropshire regiment 1900-1902 for which papers have survived and are viewable on FindMyPast https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F5348%2F097%2F001&parentid=GBM%2FWO97%2F5348%2F935389

Not much there about his WW1 service though there is a note about a refund in July 1918 of half the money that he'd paid in 1902 (£18) to buy his discharge. This has the dates of his WW1 service up to that point.

[ShaunJ]

FindMyPast also has his 1899 militia attestation (Lessimore):
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FWO96%2F0664%2F119%2F001&parentid=GBM%2FWO96%2F664%2F1379956

[MaxD]

The dates that ShaunJ notes are on his Shropshire record don't quite add up with being wounded when he was with the Worcesters in Sep 1917.

The dates give reenlistment to the Worcestershire Regiment on 18 Aug 1915 and subsequent transfer to the MGC on 1 Jan 1916.  His medal roll entry bears this sequence out.  He was discharged on 14 Dec 1918 as surplus to military requirements (no disability) - this may be in recognition of his former service.  He was an early transfer to the MGC which was formed as such only in Oct 1915 so may very well have been a machine gunner in the Worcesters.

Unfortunately none of the scant records give his Worcesters battalion or his MGC company/battalion.


MaxD

PS Delighted to see confirmation of our input over on another forum!