Profession

[Kerrill]

Having just obtained a birth cert for my aunt born 1915 the rank and profession of father says...... Driver R.E. No P.C. M317  now I am guessing this was because he could have been away at war ,  does anyone know what the initials and numbers mean ?
                     
                                                              thanks in advance  Kerrill

[AllanUK]

R.E. could stand for Royal Engineers.

If you post his name, a look up in the WW1 record could be fruitful. (I have tried on the number M317 but it only brings a man who was in the Navy)

[Kerrill]

Thanks very much Allan, his name was James Henry Morrison.

[AllanUK]

Thanks very much Allan, his name was James Henry Morrison.

Any idea of year of his birth and where he was born?

[Kerrill]

9th october 1886 Preston Lncashire

[AntonyMMM]

Post an image of the relevant part of the certificate ...

[AllanUK]

Good idea by AntonyMMM

Meanwhile, I have found a James H Morrison who was a driver in the Royal Engineers but the number is different.

I look forward to seeing the image from the certificate.

[Kerrill]

Numbers

[AllanUK]

The snippet image (courtesy of Ancestry) is the only James H Morrison that I can find in the Royal Engineers.