edward humphreys Posted 21 August , 2009 Share Posted 21 August , 2009 dear all i would like assistance to identify the regiment please sergeant william henry williams was born in liverpool and survived the first world war it would assist me greatly with family research if i knew who he served with i have uploaded a photograph for perusal many thanks ted humphreys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 21 August , 2009 Share Posted 21 August , 2009 Royal Engineers, I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 21 August , 2009 Share Posted 21 August , 2009 Hello Ted Searching the Medal Index cards for "Sergeant William Williams" returns 175 entries. There are four with William H: Medal card of Williams, William H Corps: Yorkshire Regiment Regiment No: 27154 Rank: Serjeant Medal card of Williams, William H Corps: Machine Gun Corps Regiment No: 106712 (Incomplete) Rank: Serjeant Medal card of Williams, William Henry Corps: Royal Army Service Corps Regiment No: M2/78452 Rank: Serjeant Medal card of Williams, William H Corps: Hampshire Regiment Regiment No: 16541 Rank: Private... (he became a Serjeant later) The RASC man looks the most likely of these. Do you have a service number for him? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 21 August , 2009 Share Posted 21 August , 2009 But he's wearing RE badges (surely), and he's a corporal in the piccie, so maybe family history promoted him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveE Posted 21 August , 2009 Share Posted 21 August , 2009 Definitely Royal Engineers. Assuming he signed up using his full name and not just William Williams then there are 3 cards for possible William Henry Williams and a further 30 for William H Williams. Any other details to help narrow it down? If, and it is only an if, he attained the rank of Serjeant there's only one possible card....Corporal and Serjeant William H Williams If he only attained the rank of Corporal as in the photo then there's one possible William Henry Williams and four William H Williams Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 22 August , 2009 Share Posted 22 August , 2009 But he's wearing RE badges (surely), and he's a corporal in the piccie, so maybe family history promoted him? Steven Isn't it more plausible that the Army promoted him after the picture was taken? Most sergeants had previously served as corporals, and a lot of photos of this type were taken before the men went abroad, as mementoes for the family. Steve - you obviously spent more time scanning the medal index cards than i did! I foolishly assumed that they would be listed in alphabetical order so I paged straight to the end of the list. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward humphreys Posted 23 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 23 August , 2009 But he's wearing RE badges (surely), and he's a corporal in the piccie, so maybe family history promoted him? hi steve many thanks all i know about him is that he married in liverpool and lived there thereafter with the clue about the royal engineers and being a corporal i should be able to find him am i right in thinking that he would be shown as reme it was my mistake, he was a corporal cheers ted Definitely Royal Engineers. Assuming he signed up using his full name and not just William Williams then there are 3 cards for possible William Henry Williams and a further 30 for William H Williams. Any other details to help narrow it down? If, and it is only an if, he attained the rank of Serjeant there's only one possible card....Corporal and Serjeant William H Williams If he only attained the rank of Corporal as in the photo then there's one possible William Henry Williams and four William H Williams Regards Steve hi steve many thanks it was my mistake he was a corporal lived in liverpool and married there many thanks ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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