BennetM Posted 5 October , 2018 Share Posted 5 October , 2018 Hi I am looking for information on this person.... William Birdsall Neild, Born in Salford 1 May 1881 died 5 Jun 1948. I have two documents from his time in the Royal Garrison Artillery and Im not really sure what they tell me. His rank was GNR (gunner), Regtl No 211545. Medal Index card looks like it reads RGA / 227 B (is this is unit?), another document reads 156 A A Sec Does this mean anything to anyone? ideally I am looking to gather as much info and any pictures if possible as to what may realte to William Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 5 October , 2018 Admin Share Posted 5 October , 2018 Welcome to the forum. For starters, I suggest that you read this http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/how-to-research-a-soldier/ hopefully it will answer some of your questions. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 5 October , 2018 Share Posted 5 October , 2018 (edited) . RGA 227B is the number of the RGA Medal Award roll in which the medals on the card are listed. The unit title was 156 Anti Aircraft section a small unit in the much larger Royal Garrison Artillery. Its listing on the card indicates it was his last unit. Some general info here:https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/development-of-british-anti-aircraft-artillery-in-the-first-world-war/ Max Edited 5 October , 2018 by MaxD addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennetM Posted 5 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 5 October , 2018 Thanks Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Inspector Posted 5 October , 2018 Share Posted 5 October , 2018 Hi His "Army" name is William BIRTSALL Neild according to the medal award roll where his middle name is handwritten in red ink. All other records are BIRDSALL Regards Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinrowlinson Posted 6 October , 2018 Share Posted 6 October , 2018 May I suggest you look ay the service records on Ancestry or FindMyPast for Gnr. 211543 John Graham. It is highly probable that Gnr. Neild followed the same path to the RGA and 156 AA Section. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 6 October , 2018 Share Posted 6 October , 2018 Kevin Super use of the "near numbers" technique! Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennetM Posted 6 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2018 On 10/5/2018 at 8:15 PM, The Inspector said: Hi His "Army" name is William BIRTSALL Neild according to the medal award roll where his middle name is handwritten in red ink. All other records are BIRDSALL Regards Barry All other records? Did you find anymore as I could only find those two 11 hours ago, kevinrowlinson said: May I suggest you look ay the service records on Ancestry or FindMyPast for Gnr. 211543 John Graham. It is highly probable that Gnr. Neild followed the same path to the RGA and 156 AA Section. Kevin Thanks Kevin will take a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Inspector Posted 8 October , 2018 Share Posted 8 October , 2018 Hi " All other records are BIRDSALL".....Birth., Probate, census.... Regards Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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