Village roll of honour WW1

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  I have been looking again at the roll of honour for my home village, and trying to work out what some of the regimental abbreviations mean. I am guessing R.M. is Royal Marines; R.W.S. is Royal West Surrey?; and R.D.C. is Royal Defence Corps.
  5 men out of 22 were R.F.A. Royal Field Artillery? and one was S.R. which has me stumped.
 One of the RFA men seems to have actually been in the Royal Garrison Artillery, was this part of the same outfit?
  I haven't had a great deal of success so far finding them on FindMyPast.
  This is a list of those who returned, not a memorial, and includes one woman, the rector's daughter who was a nurse.

[Andy J2022]

   and one was S.R. which has me stumped.

At a guess, that's a reference to the Suffolk Regiment.
The RFA and RGA were separate branches within the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and although they had different roles and equipment, I imagine that it was not unheard of for some men with the requisite trade skills to move between the two if the service required it.

[jds1949]

I would suggest that you look at the local papers of the time - many carried the names of men who volunteered, especially in the first months of the war. Men who were wounded also often rated a mention. Your local library may well have access to copies of the relevant newspapers.

jds1949

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  Thanks for your replies. I had a look at the marriage registers, and one of the men, who married in 1918 was noted as "serving in France, Gunner RFA."

[mmm45]

SR Could be Special Reserve

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Reserve

Try find his Medal Card it may help

Ady