Paul Reed Posted 21 February , 2004 Share Posted 21 February , 2004 Below is an extract from a medal roll I looked at today. Which unit do you think he was with? Suffolk Regiment attached 1st Cambridgeshire Regiment or Suffolk Regiment, serving with the Cambridgeshire Battalion of that regiment (11th Battalion)? Thoughts and comments appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lesley Posted 21 February , 2004 Share Posted 21 February , 2004 Hi Paul, In my (limited) experience it could be the later. Some of our OBLI men are listed as OBLI (1/1BB) i.e Bucks Battalion. If they were on attachment, it states attached Lesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 21 February , 2004 Share Posted 21 February , 2004 Paul, For my money Suffolk Regt attached 1st Bn Cambridgeshire Regt. If it were your other option, I would have thought it would mention the 11th Bn specifically. Others may have a different view. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Burgoyne Posted 22 February , 2004 Share Posted 22 February , 2004 Paul How does the roll record other men who served in the 11th Battalion, does it just record 11th battalion or 11th (Cambridgeshire) battalion ? But seeing that it records 1st Cambridgester in brackets, I would agree with Ian Suffolk Regt attached 1st Bn Cambridgeshire Regt Annette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 22 February , 2004 Share Posted 22 February , 2004 Hate to throw a spanner in...but perhaps an L. Hence Suffolk Regiment (late Cambridgeshire Regiment) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Burgoyne Posted 22 February , 2004 Share Posted 22 February , 2004 Hi Blackblue I think that can be ruled out. The rolls I have seen, which are K.S.L.I. related, record the battalion (s) in order in which a chap first served, so if it had been the case that Paul chap had served with 1st Cambs then Suffolks, it would record 1st Cambs as first entry then Suffolk unit below that. I have a few cases were it records a chap just as K.S.L.I. (no battalion recorded) plus his K.S.L.I. Regt. No. then followed below by another Regiment but no new number for that Regiment, I have always took any entry like this to mean that the chap was attached to the other Regiment, because if he had been fully transfarred to the other Regt. he would have been issued with new number and that his last Regt. which have issue his Victory/British medal. At first I throught 1. Camb. could be a miss print of 11. Camb. but then noticed Camb. was followed by R., so that ruled out miss print. Annette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Bruce Posted 22 February , 2004 Share Posted 22 February , 2004 I would go for 1 Cambridge Regt. I think this format of recording medal entitlement is a reflection of the fact that the 'all TF' regiments were increasingly treated as part of a particular regular regiment over time. Jock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 22 February , 2004 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2004 Thanks for all your comments - most useful. I had also thought 1st Cambridgeshires, as the 11th (Cambs) Bn men were recorded on the Roll as just "11th Bn" - but it is always good to get some second opinions first. His MIC, interestingly, makes no mention of this attachment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 18 April , 2004 Share Posted 18 April , 2004 As a Cambs Collector I would suggest that He enlisted into the Suffolk Regiment & was posted to the 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment for O/S service,Rarely do The men who served with the Suffolks & then the Cambridgeshires{& vice versa} change Numbers as the Regiments were very closely linked,The Cambridgeshires being solely a Territorial Regiment;not having a Regular"Parent"of its own,hence the number continuation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 18 April , 2004 Share Posted 18 April , 2004 nothing to do with me guvnor, but that l is an l as in London or Langley, and not a 1. I cannot remeber my old typewriter, but surely there was provision for both l and 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 18 April , 2004 Share Posted 18 April , 2004 if he had been fully transfarred to the other Regt. he would have been issued with new number and that his last Regt. which have issue his Victory/British medal. Annette Here I admit my ignorance, but I was always under the impression that it was the date that one qualified for the medal that determined which rank, regiment and regimental number that went on the medal. For example: entered France 11 Aug 1914 as Pte 2RWF, subsequent transfer to Labour Corps, rose to CSM in Labour Corps by time 1914 star promulgated: medal roll RWF, medal Pte RWF, and a note of the transfer on the medal roll and on the MiC. Have I got this right, and can the logic be applied to BWM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 18 April , 2004 Share Posted 18 April , 2004 1/1 Cambridgeshire Regt went to 35 brig, 12 div on 9/5/18, absorbing 11 officers and 408 men from 7 Suffolk Regt which was reduced to cadre. (British Regiments, 1914-1918, E.A.James). Any connection? Phil B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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