lukel1988 Posted 23 October , 2021 Share Posted 23 October , 2021 Hi everyone, have a Wolseley helmet which I'm try to find out about the owner. He has written his details in the liner "2nd Battalion East Yorks 2673519 Bonkers (I assume this is a nickname!). Hat has XV flash to the side. I will upload some photos shortly. any help would be great! thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 23 October , 2021 Share Posted 23 October , 2021 9 minutes ago, lukel1988 said: 2nd Battalion East Yorks 2673519 A seven digit number would come from the post 1920 British Army service number renumbering, the first time a soldier in the British Army would have a unique number that would stay with him throughout his career. However 2673519 would have come from the block allocated to those serving with the Coldstream Guards. The East Yorks were allocated the block 4334001 to 4379000 for exisiting soldiers and new recruits - see https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/a-soldiers-life-1914-1918/new-british-army-numbers-issued-in-1920/ So first of all you may want to check the service number. If indeed it is a 7 digit one that it's likely to be outside the time frame of this forum. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 24 October , 2021 Share Posted 24 October , 2021 It’s post ww2 number for the Coldstream or at least very very late Might be worth a look in fmp as they hold lots of enlistment ledgers for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 24 October , 2021 Share Posted 24 October , 2021 As it has been answered, and is outside of our time period, I have locked the thread. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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