mickey selcon Posted 13 June , 2019 Share Posted 13 June , 2019 Hi I am researching Driver, (later Bombadier) 25289 Robert Frederick LANGDON Royal Field Artillery. His service record didn't survive, but his medal records show that he deployed to Egypt on 17/07/15. This would indicate to me that he would have joined the Army sometime in possibly September or October 1914, but i wonder if anyone could help to narrow his enlistment date down from his service number?. The medal cards don't tell me which unit he was attached to on deployment, but a medical record from March 1918 identified that when he was admitted to hospital in Alexandria he was swerving with117 Brigade RFA. Thank you Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Black Posted 13 June , 2019 Share Posted 13 June , 2019 Hi Mike, Using SWB roll data - 25234 Dvr. W.E. Nuttall of the 59th Bde RFA, who was discharged in February 1918, enlisted on 03/09/1914 Cheers, Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey selcon Posted 13 June , 2019 Author Share Posted 13 June , 2019 Thanks Derek That sounds about right and it is great to have some confirmation. Best regards Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David26 Posted 13 June , 2019 Share Posted 13 June , 2019 Mike, while qualifying dates can be a useful guide, you have to take them with a pinch of salt since when you study them it becomes apparent that they are not always exactly accurate. It's quite common to see a qualifying date of arrival into the Egyptian theatre of war of 17 July 1915 from at least two RFA brigades: 58th and 59th Bdes. Both were part of 11th (Northern) Division and were stopping off in Egypt on their way to Gallipoli. But this is only indicative - no doubt men of other brigades also had their qualifying date recorded as 17 July 1915 but these are rarer, from the records I have looked at. David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey selcon Posted 14 June , 2019 Author Share Posted 14 June , 2019 Thank you all so much for the information, it all helps to build the 'big picture'. I agree with you about Qualifying Dates David and have been caught out more than once by 'discrepanies'!! Best regards Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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