Dorset /Wiltshire Regimental Numbers

[yeti]

Thanks for looking .. it is really appreciated it always amazes me what the forum members can tell from really scant information..

Did you receive the e-mail with the higher res photo to look at the other cap badges or shall I resend it ?

Thanks

Dave

[SPotter]

I spent some time looking on Ancestry last night and didn't find anything. I am using my iPod so it is not the easiest search! You state he was still serving In 1919, his MIC shows he transferred to the RGA in 1917 - any idea as to when he was discharged?

[yeti]

Thanks for taking the time to look.

The dates I know are:

09/09/1904 Attested at Gillingham Dorset. Regimental number 7441.

January 1905 Transfer to RFA. Regimental number 35033.

03/10/07 To India with 14th Battery 4th Brigade ( I think with 4th Brigade although later certificates are signed by commanding officer of 9th Brigade ?)

October 1914 Arrived F & F with 7th Meerut.

December 1915 To Mesopotamia.

17/02/17 Transferred from RFA to RGA now a BQMS. Regimental number now 147902.

Feb to June 1917 FAO, Iraq

17/06/17 Bombay, India

June to Aug 1917 Agra Fort, India

Oct 1917 to Jan 1918 Mhow, India

Left India February 1918

April 1918 to December 1919 Straits Settlement, Singapore

24/02/1920 Dispersal notice

22/03/20 Demobilization certificate

I am fortunate to have various certificates and a pay book to confirm these dates ... I am building a time line but it is an uphill struggle to work out his deployments in detail. I am considering looking at the RFA 4th Brigade war diaries at Kew .. Do you think this is likely to be worthwhile ? I have not tried the National Archives before.

Thanks

Dave