Cenowski Posted 26 April , 2010 Share Posted 26 April , 2010 Im wondering if is anyone who can help me with any information on some issues relating to my Great Grandfather..... Im fairly new to to WW1 history relating to any western european countries and only recently i have been searching into it..... I would like to know how the recruitment for Regiments worked in WW1 as my Grandfather who was from Worcestershire went into the Durham Light Infantry instead of the local Worcestershire regiment..... i dont know wether it worked on local people to local Regiments only..... Also if anyone could help on any pictures or resources relating to the DLI..... I aquired many papers of his on a uk site called Ancestry.co.uk and the info i have of dates and units are as follows Name:Walter John Price B.O.B:1888 Attested: 11.12.1915 Mobolized 27.07.1915 Reg Number: 326689 Rank: Pte Served in Salonika Nov 1916-June 1918 Spent time in 2/7th, 2/9th, 5 Res, 10th If any one has any copies of DLI War diaries, photos or letters involving any info on this person please let me know, would be of great help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 26 April , 2010 Share Posted 26 April , 2010 Cenowski, Looks like he was a Derby Scheme man. See here: The Derby Scheme on The Long, Long Trail If you have his Attestation Form there may be a Box in the top right corner. That indicates which Group he was assigned to. Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cenowski Posted 27 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 27 April , 2010 Cenowski, Looks like he was a Derby Scheme man. See here: The Derby Scheme on The Long, Long Trail If you have his Attestation Form there may be a Box in the top right corner. That indicates which Group he was assigned to. Cheers, Mark I have got many of his forms but im not sure which one is the Attestation one, is many titled, Short service, Descriptive Rep of Enlistment..... Maybe it would be this one in link im not sure..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cenowski Posted 28 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 28 April , 2010 Is anyone better than reading this writting and can transliterate some of what is there, i cant make out much of it, also is anything that sticks out? Also does any one know what BI stands for on medical records of discharge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 28 April , 2010 Share Posted 28 April , 2010 Cenowski, This should help explain the Attestation Form and the Derby Scheme: Carolyn Morrisey's excellent Derby Scheme administration webpage Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cenowski Posted 29 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 29 April , 2010 Thanks for that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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