Help needed please

[Beau Geste]

A friend is researching a soldier of the Great War whose Medal Card says he was Pte 13423 Nichol Rumney of the........and here's the confusing bit........11/Bord H. My first reaction was the 11th Border Regiment but the 'H' seems to discount that.

Assistance would be gratefully received.

Harry

[dundeesown]

Hi Harry

I think It`s The Border Horse.?

Gary

[ralphjd]

Tend to agree with Gary, Lothian and Border Horse. Cap badge a "Garb". Ralph.

[corisande]

If you put just "bord h" into ancestry medal section, you get 195 MICs, but only a few without the addition of eg "lothian"

However if you look at ones where the regt is just a bald "bord h" and nothing more there are only 3 or 4 cards

Interestingly he has a relative Arthur sign up with him at the same time, probably a brother, and they have adjacent numbers

Hoever there is another chap Moran with "11/bord h" and he died. Go to CWGC on him and he is recorded as 11th battalion Border Regt there

Moran is also on SDGW and you can see has a service number in same batch

Name: John Moran

Birth Place: Darlington, Durham

Death Date: 1 Jul 1916

Death Location: France & Flanders

Enlistment Location: Carlisle

Rank: Private

Regiment: Border Regiment

Battalion: 11th Battalion

Number: 13283

Type of Casualty: Killed in action

Balance of probability is that your man (men) were in 11th battallion Border Regt too

[Chris_Baker]

The H/1/103 roll reference on the card tells you it is Border Regiment. The clerk must have been having a bad day.

The date given, 23 November 1915, was the day that the 11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) arrived in France.

There was no 11th Bn of the Lothians & Border Horse.

[Beau Geste]

The H/1/103 roll reference on the card tells you it is Border Regiment. The clerk must have been having a bad day.

The date given, 23 November 1915, was the day that the 11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) arrived in France.

There was no 11th Bn of the Lothians & Border Horse.

Thank you all for your help.

Harry