Pte John Thomas Savage.South Lancs Regt

[coldstreamer20]

Hi,Can anyboby please look up on the 1911 census Pte John Thomas Savage South Lancashire Regiment,trying to determine his army number,i think Pte Savage was also a pow in the Great War,thanks in advance,regards,Paul.

[Verrico2009]

I ran the British Army Service Records 1760-1913 on FindMyPast and this is the only John Thomas Savage it came up with (plenty of Johns, though):-

First name(s): John Thomas

Last name: SAVAGE

Calculated year of birth: 1870

Parish of birth: Wexford

Town of birth: Wexford

County of birth: Wexford

Age at attestation: 22 years 4 months

Attestation date: 4 April 1892

Attestation corps: Grenadier Guards

Attestation soldier number: 3642

Discharge rank:

Discharge corps:

Discharge soldier number:

The National Archives reference: WO97 / 3808 / 72

There are 6 pages in total but I don't subscribe and don't have credits for that.

Assuming you're right and he was a PoW, this was the closest I could get with an MIC search:-

Name: John T Savage

Regiment or Corps: 2nd South Lancashire Regiment

Regimental Number: 1229

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...Edoc_Id=5229241