jhall Posted 25 May , 2013 Share Posted 25 May , 2013 hi looking info on frank gower 9984 east lancs and labour corps i see on his medal card he was a c,sjt have also found a pvt in 1911 in the 1st east lancs regiment pos the same man? as a army regular why had no star or was he held back for some reason also did he rejoin the east lancs after the labour corps as east lancs is writen twice on his medal card? cant find service record on ancestry must have bin lost in the bombings any info would be great james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 25 May , 2013 Admin Share Posted 25 May , 2013 His number seems to date from early to mid 1909 - http://armyservicenumbers.blogspot.co.uk/2009/06/east-lancashire-regiment-1st-2nd.html. It may well be that he was retained at the depot for training purposes or possibly just through being unfit for overseas service. It does appear , based on the medal index card, that he did re-join the east lancs after the stint with the labour corps. must have bin lost in the bombings He would have signed up for 12 years so wasn't time expired until about 1921 so there's a chance his records are still retained by the MOD. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhall Posted 25 May , 2013 Author Share Posted 25 May , 2013 many thanks for your fast reply Craig is is strange that he was given back is old number as i thought he would have lost it when he joined labour corps and issued to someone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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