Army Council Instruction 59 of 17. Anyone have it?

[Hywyn]

Brig James (& LLT) inform us that 24th Bn RWF was formed 1 3 1917 from Dismounted Denbighshire Yeo. Ditto 25th Bn RWF from Mont Yeo/Welsh Horse.

 

In many personal records though I see this transfer as being on 16 12 1916. Many have a stamp to this effect and a stamp saying that the authority is 'ACI 59 of 1917'

Link to an example on Ancestry

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1114/miuk1914a_084024-03029?pid=766544&backurl=http://search.ancestry.co.uk//cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DdXv30%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3Dbritisharmy%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Dedward%26gsfn_x%3D1%26gsln%3Dcrossley%26gsln_x%3D1%26MSAV%3D-1%26MS_AdvCB%3D1%26cpxt%3D1%26cp%3D11%26catbucket%3Drstp%26uidh%3Da63%26pcat%3D39%26fh%3D2%26h%3D766544%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D3&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=dXv30&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=miuk1914a_084024-03031

 

 

 

The number sequences for these two RWF battalions start at 345xxx and 355xxx respectively but on some files I see numbers 340xxx and 350xxx struck out. These latter number also turn up on AVLs and on Medal Cards as RWF numbers but I cannot recognise them as being RWF ( I suspect they might be 1917 TF renumbering numbers for the  aforementioned Yeomanry units overseas albeit I note that Yeo six digit numbers did not extend that high and Denb Yeo /Mont Yeo have blocks allocated)

 

Does anyone have this ACI please?  It might throw some light on this discrepancy in the dates and maybe the numbering.

 

TIA

 

Hywyn

[themonsstar]

Hope this helps you with your research

[Hywyn]

Thanks.

 

Since posting I have reviewed quite a few of the records I had found and they were definitely given a number from the sequence I identify in post one before the one they eventally ended up with.

 

I think the answer might be in those appendicies referred to in para 1 and 2 i.e Appendix I and Appendix II (note the *). Would you have those?