John French Posted 17 July , 2019 Share Posted 17 July , 2019 Albert Walter Lee, born 2nd quarter 1898, first joined the Northampton Regiment as Private 46096 and later was transferred to the 20th Battalion Manchester Regiment and renumbered 54139. He died on 4/10/18 in France and was given a war gratuity of £6-10s. Please could you provide an estimated date of enlistment and any other information relating to his change of regiment (after wounds?). I would also appreciate a link to 20th Manchester war diaries for Oct 1918. Thanks John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John French Posted 17 July , 2019 Author Share Posted 17 July , 2019 Correction to title: Private Albert Walter Lee. Various records seem to use either or both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 17 July , 2019 Share Posted 17 July , 2019 https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7353368 £6 10s means service reckons from about March 1917 If you have ancestry the entry for 4/10/18 is here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 17 July , 2019 Share Posted 17 July , 2019 (edited) There are two records for men with nearby numbers that suggest a pattern (two swallows do not yet make a summer of course): 39748 Northamptonshire Regiment, 54194 Frederick John Slade 03-05-1917 - Serving as a baker in the Army Service Corps in the UK 04-05-1917 - Posted to 103rd Training Reserve Battalion, No. 58527 05-08-1917 - 4th (Reserve) Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, renumber 39748 17-10-1917 - To Boulogne via Folkestone 18-10-1917 - Joined 17th Infantry Base Depot 21-10-1917 - Transferred to the Manchester Regiment under Army Order 204 of 1916, renumbered 54194, and posted to 20th Battalion Manchester Regiment 30-10-1917 - Joined 20th Battalion Manchester Regiment 39912 Northamptonshire Regiment, 54160 Edward Robinson Bowness 03-05-1917 - Serving as a baker in the Army Service Corps in the UK 04-05-1917 - Posted to 103rd Training Reserve Battalion, No. 58469 05-08-1917 - Transferred to 4th (Reserve) Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, renumber 39912 17-10-1917 - To Boulogne via Folkestone 18-10-1917 - Joined 17th Infantry Base Depot 21-10-1917 - Transferred to the Manchester Regiment under Army Order 204 of 1916, renumbered 54160, and posted to 20th Battalion Manchester Regiment 30-10-1917 - Joined 20th Battalion Manchester Regiment The 20th Manchesters departed for Italy very soon after these soldiers would have joined. The main discrepancy that is not explained with these men is the 46096 number in the Northamptonshire Regiment. That dates to early April 1917 (despite being considerably higher than the 39XXX numbers above), so he may have gone straight to the 4th (Reserve) Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment without serving with 103rd TRB. Steve. Edited 17 July , 2019 by Stebie9173 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John French Posted 18 July , 2019 Author Share Posted 18 July , 2019 Mark/Steve, thanks for your information. Mark, please could you also give me a link to the 20th Manchesters with the 7th Division in Italy. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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