les-27 Posted 23 October , 2013 Share Posted 23 October , 2013 hi everyone im looking information on my grandfather as my family dont seem to no much his name was patrick joseph fegan born 1896 in fermanagh . my question is how come he served in three different regiments he was royal inniskilling fusiliers 29154 and royal army mediscal corp 207489 also royal munster fusiliers 7253094 was this normal ??? any information would be kindly appreciated thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 23 October , 2013 Share Posted 23 October , 2013 Possibly wounded/sick and transferred to the different regiment when he'd recovered. Or his unit may have been disbanded during the 1918 cuts. You ask if this was normal - yep, happened all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 23 October , 2013 Share Posted 23 October , 2013 or transferred to fill in gaps due to high number of casualties - lots of reasons sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 23 October , 2013 Share Posted 23 October , 2013 The seven digit number is a 1920s post war number (assuming it is correct). If he re-enlisted, he may have transferred to another Regiment (again!) after the Royal Munster Fusiliers was disbanded in 1922. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les-27 Posted 23 October , 2013 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2013 thanks for all the replies so far i just asked my mum and she remembers him telling her he was guarding prisoners somewere after the war maybe donegal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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