Lancejack146 Posted 1 December , 2018 Share Posted 1 December , 2018 Hi I am looking for service, MIC records on William Henry Covill born 1899 Old Town Croydon Surrey. My step grandfather surname as I have found on census records have been spelt incorrectly Covel, Covil, Covell. I have found military record on Ancestry dated 1919 when he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards from I believe the London Regiment 496202 but I am not sure if this regiment number was used. I would be interested in any photographs of the 2nd Battalion from WW1 Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 2 December , 2018 Admin Share Posted 2 December , 2018 Hi I can't find him at the National Archives MIC records under either number. Are you sure he would have served overseas, what was his DoB, was he old enough? The IWM has a number of photos of 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards on their site (others mixed in with this search) https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=2+AND+Guards+AND+Coldstream&pageSize=15&filters[webCategory][photographs]=on&filters[periodString][First+World+War]=on Regards David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 2 December , 2018 Share Posted 2 December , 2018 (edited) Hi there is a record on Ancestry HERE Name:William Henry Covill Gender:Male Birth Date:abt 1900 Age:16 Document Year:1916 Residence Place:100 Old Town, Croydon Regimental Number:23238 Regiment Name:London Regiment 3rd image shows t/f to Guards 6/4/18 regards Jon Edited 2 December , 2018 by jonbem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 2 December , 2018 Share Posted 2 December , 2018 1900 Baptism Name William Henry Covill Birth 10/11/1899 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 2 December , 2018 Admin Share Posted 2 December , 2018 So he would have been too young, just, to have served overseas hence no MIC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancejack146 Posted 2 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 2 December , 2018 (edited) Thanks David, Jonbean for your information great help, But I do find it strange that there are no other records apart from the ones on Ancestry. The reason I ask about the MIC is that my grandfather suffered terribly with extremely bad trench foot. There was also a number of trench art artifacts that use to be in my nan house that I use to play with when I was a small boy. Edited 2 December , 2018 by Lancejack146 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 4 December , 2018 Share Posted 4 December , 2018 (edited) what other records do you think you might find? cant see that he qualified for ww1 medals , the 5th btn served at home and he went to the 2nd after the war ended- trench foot could have been the winter of 1918/19 Edited 4 December , 2018 by Coldstreamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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