Guest leonard Posted 9 December , 2004 Share Posted 9 December , 2004 I am researching thr service details of a WW1 soldier. He enlisted in the East Surrey Regt and after being wounded was on returning to active service transferred to another Regt He was given a new service number which was prefixed with the letter G eg G6258 Can any one help me with an explanation for this prefix Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 9 December , 2004 Share Posted 9 December , 2004 Hi Leonard, The G prefix is found on some home counties new army men and later. Observed on Royal Sussex Regiment, Middlesex Regiment, East Kent Regiment, Royal West Kent Regiment, Royal Fusiliers and Royal Garrison Artillery. Source: The Collector and Researchers Guide to the Great War by Howard Williamson. On transferring to another Regiment he would have been given another number Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 12 December , 2004 Share Posted 12 December , 2004 The "G" prefix can also be found in the numbers of some members of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Not much help, I know, but I think that Andy's list and mine pretty much covers the "G" prefix list. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest leonard Posted 12 December , 2004 Share Posted 12 December , 2004 Thanks to Andy and Dave for their response re the G prefix query But as Dave points some numbers had the the prefix but not others, which suggests to me there was a specific unknown reason for its use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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