12th London Regiment - The Rangers

[DavidOwen]

10 minutes ago, Rick Back said:

Hi Anthony, 

 

is is there any record of my great uncle in the poly history you mention as I am desperate to find a photo of George Henry Back who was killed on the first day of the Somme with the Rangers.

 

rick

Rick

 

It may be quicker to send Anthony a private message (he hasn't logged in since February), click on his profile and select "message".

 

Good luck with your search

 

David

[Guest]

My brother discovered this archive held by the university of California, it maybe of interest to your contributors.   

The Rangers Historical Record

From1859 to the conclusion of the Great War. It seems to be the war diaries of the London Rangers and gives an amazing account of their history. 

Kind regards,

Keith. 

[Guest]

Yes, it's the "official" regimental history, helpfully digitised on www.archive.org and free to download.  Personally, I find the beastie a little too officer-centric.

The best chunk of stuff is on the website of the University of Westminster Archives, which has a rather clunky version of the Polytechnic Magazine.  A small caution is that only one company of The Rangers was raised from The Polytechnic, though-no doubt-plenty of others in the regiment as a whole. But,as a further caution, service with The Rangers is-for the majority-not an indication of any association with The Polytechnic.  The surest guide is still the War Memorial in it's foyer in Portland Place, just across from the Beeb.

     I have not located any corpus of papers to do with The Rangers  Anthony's Gorst's work is still the best source for those named on the War Memorial