Guest Posted 7 April , 2019 Share Posted 7 April , 2019 (edited) I have been trying to trace my grandfather's medals. However I have found an article on renumbering service numbers and I wonder if I have been searching under the wrong number. My grandfather had a common name. George Johnson. He joined the KOYLIs (number 421) and then was transferred to the RE - Tunnelling Company (number 82984). I read that in 1917, many soldiers were allocated a new 6 digit number. Can anyone shed any light on this and let me know how you can check. For information, his Medal Roll and Index only contain the first 2 numbers. Many thanks Edited 7 April , 2019 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire22 Posted 7 April , 2019 Share Posted 7 April , 2019 I believe that only Territorial Force units numbers were changed to a 6 Digit so, if his unit was not part of the TF, then he won’t have a 6 digit number J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 7 April , 2019 Share Posted 7 April , 2019 his bwm/vic medal rolls show as 82984 with reference to 421, his 14/15 star only shows 82984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 7 April , 2019 Share Posted 7 April , 2019 Many thanks for the information. Very useful. I will continue to search under his existing service number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 7 April , 2019 Share Posted 7 April , 2019 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1219/30599_156616-00864?pid=1031140&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DRKN685%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3Dbritisharmyservice%26gsfn%3DGeorge%26gsln%3DJohnson%26cp%3D0%26_F8007A65%3D82984%26_F8007A65_x%3D1%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26uidh%3Dj99%26redir%3Dfalse%26gss%3Dangs-d%26pcat%3D39%26fh%3D0%26h%3D1031140%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=RKN685&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=30599_156616-00864 his discharge documents, Ive not looked at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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