Swisstony25 Posted 22 November , 2018 Share Posted 22 November , 2018 (edited) Hi all, I am currently researching my family history and I have found that my great uncle John Carr was in the Great War. I have attached his attestation document. He joined at 15 years and 7 months as bugler assigned to the Royal Irish Rifles. This is as much as I can see on the document. If anyone has more information regarding him incl. service records, photograph (would be amazing), any information regarding the regiment, then I would be very much interested. I also understand that he was in the Northampton Regt. Service number 50243 Thanks in advance. Tony Edited 22 November , 2018 by Swisstony25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swisstony25 Posted 22 November , 2018 Author Share Posted 22 November , 2018 (edited) Was registered at 114 Lichfield St, Hanley in 1917 Edited 22 November , 2018 by Swisstony25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tullybrone Posted 22 November , 2018 Share Posted 22 November , 2018 Hi, Is there just the one page of the service record? He has an MIC for BWM and VM whilst serving in Northampton Regiment and was also awarded a Silver War Badge. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 22 November , 2018 Share Posted 22 November , 2018 With info above , his enlistment is a bit difficult to find. But it is here on FmP - click He joined in Feb 1915 and was discharged 5 weeks later under a para of KR that implies "services no longer required" He was from Litchfield Industrial School , that perhaps implies other problems before he enlisted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 22 November , 2018 Share Posted 22 November , 2018 I could not find what offence he committed to get sent to the Industrial School, but this is the same family from his enlistment papers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 22 November , 2018 Share Posted 22 November , 2018 And he got a prize in 1914 at Lichfield Industrial School Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 22 November , 2018 Share Posted 22 November , 2018 And this may well be him . He left R Irish Rifles in Mar 1915. He had given his age as 15 years and 7 months when he enlisted in Feb 1915 All you have to now is get the Northampton Reg info :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 22 November , 2018 Share Posted 22 November , 2018 (edited) And he joined Northampton Reg on 14 Nov 1917. His service papers are available on FmP - click You can piece together a lot about his service and what happened to hin in the Northamptonshire Reg He was discharged in Feb 1919 having suffered a bad GSW to the head earlier An Ancestry tree ( where the OP got the enlistment document above,) gives his death as 1930 Edited 22 November , 2018 by corisande Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swisstony25 Posted 22 November , 2018 Author Share Posted 22 November , 2018 Thanks all for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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