Keith_history_buff Posted 6 July , 2020 Share Posted 6 July , 2020 William Rawle appears on the 1939 Register. He lives with his wife Doris (and presumably 3 children) at Dark Street Lane, Plympton St Marys in Devon. His date of birth is 5 October 1887. His profession is a retired army captain. He was a pre-war Commissioned Officer in the South Wales Borderers. He appears to have been promoted to Captain in 1915, would anyone happen to know when he was promoted? Although he was still with the South Wales Borderers, it appears that he subsequently served with the Grenadier Guards. (I found myself confused with the comments on the medal rolls.) He served postwar, so his file is not at Kew, and he appears on the discharge register with a P number of P152196 Would anyone be able to determine if he served with the Grenadier Guards, and when he would have retired from the army. He became a Second Lieutenant on 5 October 1910. Thanks Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsmith Posted 6 July , 2020 Share Posted 6 July , 2020 He was promoted to captain on the 28th April 1915 gazetted 22nd May 1915 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 6 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 6 July , 2020 Thank you Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadbrewer Posted 6 July , 2020 Share Posted 6 July , 2020 Is this him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsmith Posted 6 July , 2020 Share Posted 6 July , 2020 This is him I suspect London Gazette 1 Mar 1918 FOOT GUARDS. G. Gds.—C'apt. W. Rawle resigns his commn. on account of ill-health caused by wounds, and is granted the hon. rank of Capt. 5th Mar. 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 6 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 6 July , 2020 Ah, so that would explain why I had trouble locating him in 1919, and confirms that he was indeed in the Grenadier Guards. The mention of his late father adds some much needed genealogical info, too. Thanks for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadbrewer Posted 6 July , 2020 Share Posted 6 July , 2020 A little more Courtesy of the British Newspaper Archive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 7 July , 2020 Share Posted 7 July , 2020 He was transferred to the Grenadier Guards 22 May 1917 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30082/supplement/4926 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 7 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 7 July , 2020 Many thanks Harry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 7 July , 2020 Share Posted 7 July , 2020 Have now found time to look at Army Lists - the October 1917 list lists him under 5th Reserve Battalion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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