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Welsh Guards
Chaps, i'm after a favour. I have two regimental numbers i would like checking if possible. 1932 and 848535, these numbers are on the sliders of two Welsh Guards leeks.
Many thanks Andy
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Hi Andy,
A cursory check of WW1 medal cards found no WG who served in WW1 and were sent overseas under those numbers. Regards Mark |
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Thanks Mark.
Andy
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Hi Andy
Dudley-Ward's "History of the Welsh Guards", available as an on-line pdf: http://www.ww1photos.com/PDF_HistoryWelshGuards.html is supposed to have the numbers of all who served in WW1 and I can't find the number there either. Beware, there are about 75 pages and I went through it three times - amazing what CV19 lock-in can do! The book is well worth the read. Bill |
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According to Paul Nixon:
https://armyservicenumbers.blogspot....sh-guards.html he would have joined up between August 4th and September 25th 1915. Bill |
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Interestingly, WO329 shows 1930 Guardsman Aneurin Williams 1st WG and then 1933 Guardsman Thomas B Daniel 1st WG, no 1931 or 1932.
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Thanks Bill.
Andy
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848535 would seem odd for that regiment, rather to high prior to 1920 and then does not fit into the regiments block from 2730001
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Andy
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Presumably transferred from the RA, eg number 848788 transferred to WG from RA in 1936, died in October 1945 after wounded in Italy serving with 3WG, buried in UK.
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Leigh i cant find that Number for the RA that died during WW2 ?
Andy
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Very large numbers of specifically anti-aircraft artillery, unneeded because of Increasing allied air superiority were compulsorily transferred to that voracious beast, the infantry reinforcement depot. He was probably one of them. From D-Day onwards the British Army never had enough infantry to meet the constant demand for battle casualty replacements.
Afternote: apologies, I missed the 1936 reference. |
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No, the casualty I mentioned is a RA man who transferred to WG in 1936, just he has a number "close" to your man's.
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I see, cheers for looking.
Andy
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That's what I was thinking, a post D-Day transfer to infantry, interestingly the "example" transferee was a 1936 transfer, I was expecting him to be a 1944/45 one.
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