LesCroft Posted 8 September , 2009 Share Posted 8 September , 2009 I've been able to read that the 9th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment was in the Balkans and my Great Grandfather (Private George Robert Noble 13664) served there. I have a copy of his medal card and it states 'Dis 392 XVI-10-10-17' and I also know he was given the Silver War Badge. Does the above mean anything or just that he was discharged on 10/10/17? If he was discharged on that date can anyone point me in the right direction where he would have been fighting or if he was injured. Someone previously has stated it's possible he could have been discharged due to illness rather than injury? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hywyn Posted 8 September , 2009 Share Posted 8 September , 2009 Les Look like he was discharged on that date. See the long Long Trail for the various subsections of 392 http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/swb.htm Here's the particulars for the Regiment on the same site http://www.1914-1918.net/southlancs.htm His papers do not appear to be in the Service or 'Pensions' on Ancestry under that number Do you have a rough year of birth, place of birth or area he lived in when he joined? Hywyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesCroft Posted 8 September , 2009 Author Share Posted 8 September , 2009 Les Look like he was discharged on that date. See the long Long Trail for the various subsections of 392 http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/swb.htm Here's the particulars for the Regiment on the same site http://www.1914-1918.net/southlancs.htm His papers do not appear to be in the Service or 'Pensions' on Ancestry under that number Do you have a rough year of birth, place of birth or area he lived in when he joined? Hywyn Sorry I'm new to all of this, so I know his Silver War Badge number is J/45/1 there is somewhere I can trace his details? I know he lived in Droylsden, Manchester and was born around 1895. Thanks for your response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 8 September , 2009 Share Posted 8 September , 2009 The 9th Battalion was formed in September 1914 at Seaford on the South Downs. George's number is one issued around that time and his MIC shows him departing for France on 6th September 1915, the battalion landing at Bolougne the following day. Towards the end of October, it was decided that the battalion should serve in the eastern Mediterranean and so on 28th October they were to be found at Marseilles. On 29th, they sailed aboard s.s. Saturnia and s.s. Minneapolois, arriving at Salonika on 5th November. There was lots of action throughout the time in Salonika, and the battalion is shown on SDGW to have suffered 140 fatalities, plus a further 8 officer casualties. The battalion remained in Salonika until 1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hywyn Posted 8 September , 2009 Share Posted 8 September , 2009 Les His actual papers do not seem to have survived the bombing of the documents in WW2 so that avenue of finding out what happened to him and when is lost. Stephen has outlined the details of the Battalion in general terms. The first link that I gave explains what the Silver War Badge is etc and the last two paras relates to the roll number (J/45/1). On that page if you select the Research a Soldier button that may help you have an understanding of what is available etc. Hywyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesCroft Posted 8 September , 2009 Author Share Posted 8 September , 2009 Thanks folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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