32ndcmr Posted 29 October , 2018 Posted 29 October , 2018 Hi everyone. As the title suggests I'm trying to track down any information about Pte 7328 William Shortreed of the 8th royal Scots. Do service records still exist for the royal Scots or were they some of the unfortunate ones that got burned? All I know about him is he was deployed in 1914 and at some point lost his lower leg. Many thanks Gus.
rksimpson Posted 29 October , 2018 Posted 29 October , 2018 Hi Gus It looks like a lot of the Royal Scots service records went up in smoke. For your chap, do you mean Private 7323? If so his medal roll, MIC and service records are on Ancestry, so you are fortunate. Later numbered 335036. Trio with 14 star and SWB. Enjoy searching and reading. regards Robert
Neil 2242 Posted 29 October , 2018 Posted 29 October , 2018 Private 7323, mentioned in above post, had his right foot amputated. Hit by shrapnel during the night while digging trenches. So I think you can be sure you have the right man.
clk Posted 29 October , 2018 Posted 29 October , 2018 Hi Gus, His service papers are on Ancestry UK here, and Findmypast here. Regards Chris
Peter Le Duc Posted 29 October , 2018 Posted 29 October , 2018 The website Newbattleatwar.co.uk has a terrific history of the 1/8 Royal Scots in WW1 written by W. THORBURN, Lieut. -Col., 8th Royal Scots.
32ndcmr Posted 29 October , 2018 Author Posted 29 October , 2018 Thanks for all your help guys. I think you might be right that 8 should be a 3 in his service number. Looks like I gotta sign up for ancestry.
seaJane Posted 30 October , 2018 Posted 30 October , 2018 Medal index card (only) also at National Archives if you are prepared to splash out £3.50 - http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D5147173
rksimpson Posted 30 October , 2018 Posted 30 October , 2018 5 hours ago, seaJane said: Medal index card (only) also at National Archives if you are prepared to splash out £3.50 - http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D5147173 Its free on Ancestry! regards Robert
seaJane Posted 30 October , 2018 Posted 30 October , 2018 (edited) But only if you subscribe to Ancestry? I want material so rarely that Ancestry isn't worth it. Edited 30 October , 2018 by seaJane
Kath Posted 30 October , 2018 Posted 30 October , 2018 2 minutes ago, seaJane said: But only if you subscribe to Ancestry? I want material so rarely that Ancestry isn't worth it. I believe you can get Ancestry for free in libraries :-) Kath.
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