Paul Dewey Posted 19 August , 2018 Share Posted 19 August , 2018 Hello all. I need help please, tracing my grandfather's WW1 service history. He does not appear in the WW1 service records on Ancestry nor do the men he appears to have joined up with. He enlisted in the Queens Own Dorset Yeomanry in Jan- Feb 1912 according to his regimental number 560 ( deduced from records of men with numbers either side) and transferred to the RGA reg no 334552. He was based at Weymouth so was probably in the Dorsetshire RGA. Oral history told to various family members says he was a gun layer on Howitzers, he survived destruction of his battery/gun six times, he was at Hill 60 carrying in pit props for the miners and was in the "every man for himself retreat" lasting 2 or 3 days between 1917-1918. His medal card shows Victory Medal (TF), Roll RGA 112B Page 1211. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 20 August , 2018 Share Posted 20 August , 2018 Hi Paul, have a look through here. https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/ a lot of service records were lost in the blitz of WW2. many of us have no information on service of relatives. you could try the regimental museum https://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/history/early+days/queens+own+dorset+yeomanry+early+years to clarify, he was entitled to a pair, victory and BWM like your profile, my mother was on predictors at Whitby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dewey Posted 2 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 2 October , 2018 Thanks for that chaz I'll follow it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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