regiment info

[kevinjr1965]

hi my grand father ,walter rankin served with the royal irish regiment during the war ,no 8292was disgharged march 1919,got all three medals and silver wound badge on 14/6/1915in france,can anyone tell by his regiment no when he joined or by date on medal index card what battalion he served in and where in france he got his injuries,all info is appreaciated ,

thank you

[rksimpson]

Hi

I cant answer all your questions but here is a guide on the regiment - http://www.1914-1918.net/rireg.htm

as he first went in France it would seem to be 1st or 2nd and as the date does not tie up with any of the dates mentioned then it would seem he was a reinforcement and probably joined up early in the war

as for injuries you would need his service records - http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/records.htm

and battalion war records - http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/wardiaries.htm

read through these as well - http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/faq-whatnext.html

http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/swb.htm

hope you can find more

regards

Robert

[SteveE]

can anyone tell by his regiment no when he joined or by date on medal index card what battalion he served in

Following on from Robert's advice, the answers to these questions should be answered by consulting the various Medal Rolls at the National Archives, Kew. It can't be done online so someone will have to go to Kew, either you or someone on your behalf. There are people on the forum who are not adverse to perfoming lookups at Kew if asked so you could try posting a request in the "Look-up, Photo and Document Requests" section of the forum and see what happens.

The references on the Medal Index Card will need translating into NA, Kew references and I believe these are the ones you want....

SWB List A/1157 = WO 329/3009 Infantry (Cork) list A901-1481. Silver War Badge 1914-1920

BWM & Victory Medal A/101 B11 Page 1838 = WO 329/950 Royal Irish Regiment other ranks: medal rolls A/101/B11; A/101/B12; A/101/B13. Pages 1831-2135. British War Medal and Victory Medal. 1914-1920

1914/15 Star A/1/1B Page 243 = WO 329/2668 Royal Irish Regiment other ranks: medal rolls. A/1/1B; A/1/5B; A/1/6B-6 (pages 241B-340B); A/1/1C; A/1/5C; A/1/6C-5 (pages 1C-221C). 1914-15 Star 1914-1920

Regards

Steve