Debra Fallows Posted 28 April , 2021 Share Posted 28 April , 2021 Please could anyone give me some information on the 4th Lincolnshire regiment during WW1 on a short service attestation service number 5765630 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 28 April , 2021 Share Posted 28 April , 2021 6 minutes ago, Debra Fallows said: Please could anyone give me some information on the 4th Lincolnshire regiment during WW1 on a short service attestation service number 5765630 Thank you A 7 digit service number is post WW1. Who is the man you're interested in ? Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 28 April , 2021 Share Posted 28 April , 2021 Are you sure of bbtn and regiment? Long long Trail only shows 1/4th, a TF bttn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 28 April , 2021 Share Posted 28 April , 2021 https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1114&h=269739&tid=&pid=&queryId=fb32c4f828de17c64133aa8946d1de9f&usePUB=true&_phsrc=CUH15339&_phstart=successSource Name: Christopher Charles Fisher Gender: Male Birth Date: abt 1879 Birth Place: Scole, Norfolk, England Marriage Date: 30 Nov 1903 Marriage Place: Heranich Age: 41 Document Year: 1920 Regimental Number: 5765630 Regiment Name: 4th Lincoln Regiment Form Title: Short Service Attestation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 28 April , 2021 Share Posted 28 April , 2021 Debra PRC (Peter) posted a link to Simpson's Official History of the Lincolnshire Regt on this thread. P 103 records that 4th Bn and 5th Bn landed at Havre in 1915 as part of 138 Infantry Brigade of 46 Div. https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/286745-missing-unit-diary-or-part-of/?tab=comments#comment-2955977 Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Fallows Posted 28 April , 2021 Author Share Posted 28 April , 2021 Christopher Charles Fisher is tge person my Great Grandfather wasn't sure what Short service attestation meant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 28 April , 2021 Share Posted 28 April , 2021 3 minutes ago, Debra Fallows said: Christopher Charles Fisher is tge person my Great Grandfather wasn't sure what Short service attestation meant Normal regular army service was 12 years with the colours. For the war and just after they offered lower periods of enlistment (hence the 'short service'). He attested in 1920 for 2 years service. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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travers61 Posted 28 April , 2021 Share Posted 28 April , 2021 On reading the ancestry link to his 1920 service it shows that 5765630 Fisher, Christopher Charles joined and served for this period of his army service with the 4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment, rather than the Lincolns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Fallows Posted 28 April , 2021 Author Share Posted 28 April , 2021 Thank you because ancestry says Lincolnshire. I thought this strange as he has been in the 2nd Batallion Norfolk Regiments thank you for all the information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 28 April , 2021 Share Posted 28 April , 2021 Hi Debra, Welcome to the Forum. If you can access Findmypast, Christopher has three sets of service papers - 1 for his initial militia attestation, 1 for his main (1897 - 1920) service, and one for his 5765630 (1920 - 1922) service number. They can be accessed via these search results. It doesn't look like he served overseas in WW1, rather he may have had a training roll in the UK. Image sourced from Findmypast Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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