Service in Leicestershire Regiment

[SmallTownGirl]

There's a lot of confusion here. Per the original post it was Robert "Humphries" ( 29922 was actually Robert Humpish) who was said to have transferred to the Labour Corps, not William Stoker.

I've deleted Point 3.  Thanks.

STG

[Stirrick]

Thanks for the replies.

It looks like this was a block of men (presumably conscripts) all channelled from call-up in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the Leicesters.

As STG points out, a bit of confusion has crept in. All I have on William STOKER is that he was serving with the 7th Leicesters in 1918. That's it.

I was looking for a Service Record of a man with a similar Service Number and found 29922 (sorry, HUMPISH, not HUMPHRIES). Who was called-up in October,1916 but went to the 1st HS Bn (not the 1st Bn) and then the Labour Corps. So I was just trying to assess whether William would also have been called-up around October,1916.

I found the award of a Wound Stripe to him for a wound reported on 24 June,1918.
Nature of the wound unspecified.

I agree that the birth date of 1889 on the Pension record is incorrect. But the address of 61 Stephenson Street is certainly right. William was living there in the 1921 Census.

I was hoping to find him in the Absent voter list in the Electoral Rolls for Willington Quay in 1918/19. But, unfortunately, they aren't online.

[jim1]

Regarding his wound stripe he received it at Cormicy France.
This was at the height of the German Spring Offensive which
put the allies on the back foot but by June they were fighting back
as he demonstrated.
Intel. from prisoners stated that the Germans were launching an
offensive on the 27th. consisting of 2 hours of shelling followed by
an assault.
The 7th. were about to be relieved on the 25th. but that got cancelled.
The assault did take place & lasted 3 days.
He was 1 of 57 OR's that were wounded.

[Stirrick]

Thanks Jim, but William was reported wounded on 24 June.
So his wound would have occurred before this date.

I looked at the War Diary for the 7th Leics, and not a great deal was happening during the first 3-weeks of June,1918.

However the Battalion contributed a Company to the 110th Composite Bn between 3-20 June. This was presumably holding the line while battered units like the 7th were rebuilding. The 110th reported 5 Leics OR's wounded on 15 June, and another next day. I wondered if William could be one of those.