wulsten Posted 21 April , 2022 Share Posted 21 April , 2022 Private W Summers 4147 on believe a bed knot, also on rear marked 8156 J Mann, cannot find a record of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 21 April , 2022 Share Posted 21 April , 2022 Hmmm? This might be the first one on Ancestry if you subscribe. UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 - Ancestry.co.uk Name: William Summers Gender: Male Enlistment Age: 20 Birth Place: Stoke M??, Stafford, England Military Date: 1893 Relationship to Soldier: Self (Head) Regimental Number: 4147 Regiment Name: E Staffs R?? Number of Images: 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 21 April , 2022 Share Posted 21 April , 2022 7 minutes ago, jonbem said: Hmmm? This might be the first one on Ancestry if you subscribe. UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 - Ancestry.co.uk Name: William Summers Gender: Male Enlistment Age: 20 Birth Place: Stoke M??, Stafford, England Military Date: 1893 Relationship to Soldier: Self (Head) Regimental Number: 4147 Regiment Name: E Staffs R?? Number of Images: 30 From that it looks like attested 1893 and discharged March 1914. So before the war. But did a 21 year stint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 21 April , 2022 Author Share Posted 21 April , 2022 Thank you for the reply, thats ended a family story of ww1 service, will certainly check him out, hence pte j Mann probably served prior to Summers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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