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5093 Henry Herd West Riding Regiment batallion look up please
« on: Monday 18 May 20 08:10 BST (UK) »
Hello
does anyone have an idea which battalion of WRR and Yorkshire Regiment Henry served in so I can look at relevant War Diaries
I have his medal index card it may be 2/6 or 3/6 th as he lived in Craven area of west Yorks

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Researching all Great War soldiers from the Spen Valley of West Yorkshire Especially lads from the Cleckheaton Company of 1/4th West Riding Regiment.

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Re: 5093 Henry Herd West Riding Regiment batallion look up please
« Reply #1 on: Monday 18 May 20 08:38 BST (UK) »
His record is on FindMyPast and Ancestry.  He was 2/6th.  Transferred to 4 Yorkshire Apr 1917 then 2nd.  Became POW in Jun 1918 with 4th again - needs careful reading.

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Re: 5093 Henry Herd West Riding Regiment batallion look up please
« Reply #2 on: Monday 18 May 20 08:43 BST (UK) »
His army number with Yorkshire Regiment was 235280. Quite a few records have survived for him, including much of his service record (FindMyPast https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FWO363-4%2F007403640%2F01038&parentid=GBM%2FWO363-4%2F7403640%2F43%2F1038) and a PoW record (captured at Craonne 27 May 1918). There's also a medical record (GSW to the right cheek, treated at 31 Ambulance Train, 31 July 1917).

There is quite a lot to disentangle. Will read the file and come back with dates and units if Max doesn't beat me to it.
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Re: 5093 Henry Herd West Riding Regiment batallion look up please
« Reply #3 on: Monday 18 May 20 09:33 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much I thought he as POW as there was slight mention in Keighley newspapers.

ill get the info from Service papers now I know they are there



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Re: 5093 Henry Herd West Riding Regiment batallion look up please
« Reply #4 on: Monday 18 May 20 09:42 BST (UK) »
I am Zoe Northeast, granddaughter of Maximilian Double.
 
It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

With deep sadness,
Zoe



Double  Essex/Suffolk
Randle/Millington Warwicks
Sokser/Klingler Austria/Croatia

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Re: 5093 Henry Herd West Riding Regiment batallion look up please
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 19 May 20 14:03 BST (UK) »
Thank you all
all ties in to the 1918 Offensive

http://4thyorkshires.com/060Bn1918.html

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Lowe(Lower Gornall-Castleford)
Blackburn (Castleford)
Sidwell(Ledsham)
Fairburn(Hartshead)
Wood(Liversedge)
Tallon (Whittington Lancs/Hartshead West Yorkshire)

Researching all Great War soldiers from the Spen Valley of West Yorkshire Especially lads from the Cleckheaton Company of 1/4th West Riding Regiment.
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