Is there a clue here leading to a year/month of enlistment?

[Urs]

This man in my family seems to have been attached to the Middlesex Regiment ( as listed with this index card in Fold 3) I wonder if the numbers on the   card 100357 and II/M/398168 might help identify when Edmund signed up?

Many thanks and all good wishes,

Ursula

[ss002d6252]

Not directly a clue in that card, I'm afraid (which isn't unusual on the medal cards) however 100357 is his service number and that can help.

 

#100322 was issued on 09 July 1918 when he was called up.
#100415 was issued no later than 24 Sep 1918.

If he’d been declared Insane a few years earlier then the effects register would have helped.

Craig

[Matlock1418]

11/M/398168 is a regional pension claim reference for a disability so no good for enlistment I'm afraid

11 = London region (unfortunately further records are rarely available)

M = a military claim

398168 = claim number

:-) M

[Urs]

On 08/10/2020 at 12:59, DavidOwen said:

One of the abbreviations I have seen is for Cadet Instructor Cadre might he have been an instructor?

 

On 08/10/2020 at 13:09, headgardener said:

No, it means he was educated at the College of the Immaculate Conception (now called St Mary's College) in Trinidad. It's mentioned on the Roll of Honour that his entry came from. 

 

3 minutes ago, Matlock1418 said:

11/M/398168 is a regional pension claim reference for a disability so no good for enlistment I'm afraid

11 = London region (unfortunately further records are rarely available)

M = a military claim

398168 = claim number

:-) M

 

17 minutes ago, ss002d6252 said:

Not directly a clue in that card, I'm afraid (which isn't unusual on the medal cards) however 100357 is his service number and that can help.

 

#100322 was issued on 09 July 1918 when he was called up.
#100415 was issued no later than 24 Sep 1918.

If he’d been declared Insane a few years earlier then the effects register would have helped.

Craig

 

They're both really helpful replies with information I just wouldn't have known without your help - many thanks,

Ursula