Jonathan Saunders Posted 31 October , 2005 Share Posted 31 October , 2005 Can any RE experts help and tell me when a man with thie service no. would likely have enlisted. Many thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 31 October , 2005 Share Posted 31 October , 2005 I would say August/September 1914 I have identified a "run" of 60 Royal Engineers (trained engineers from the company of Pfleiderer and Baker in Peterborough) joining on the 1st, 2nd & 3rd September 1914 (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) to be exact and allocated numbers in the 42000, 43000 and 44000 range. I think the numbers may have been batch allocated by that time to specific units so somewhere just after the outbreak of war is as close as I can go. I hope this helps, Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Saunders Posted 31 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 31 October , 2005 Steve - many thanks again. You have been most helpful. FYI - the individual was called Ernest Bullen - he was a Cornishman and was killed in April 1918 and is commemorated at Plugstreet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 31 October , 2005 Share Posted 31 October , 2005 Oh, yes. the 404th FC man. His number is a Regular RE number. He would have been in one of the Regular RE Companies then probably transferred to the 404th FC which is a TF Company. Not sure how much I can garner from the numbers round there but he's in the middle of a few Divisional Signal Company men, but the numbers I have are too far apart to say which one or even if definitely a DSC. Do you have a date to France for him? 1914-15 Star presumably... Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Saunders Posted 31 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 31 October , 2005 Oh, yes. the 404th FC man. Do you have a date to France for him? 1914-15 Star presumably... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes this is the 404th FC man. I dont have a date as yet for his entry to F&F but will do when I next visit the PRO ... I might even pay the extortionate £3.50 and download it. Interesting that you say he was a "Regular". Would this mean if he signed up after the outbreak of war he signed for 5&7 as opposed to the duration?? Excuse my ignorence on this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 31 October , 2005 Share Posted 31 October , 2005 Sorry, Jonathan. When I said Regular, I meant from the Regular series of numbers which applied to both Regulars (pre-war) and, more likely for Edward Bullen, to Kitchener New Army men, as opposed to TF or Special Reserve. All the men I mentioned above were obviously New Army men "for the duration", and although Edward Bullen may well be earlier I think it is likely that he is also "for the duration" as opposed to Regular enlistment 5 & 7. Great-grandad 71127 Sapper Herbert Beeby, below, was a for the duration man, volunteered late 1915 (?) and went to Class Z Reserve in 1919. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Saunders Posted 31 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 31 October , 2005 All the men I mentioned above were obviously New Army men "for the duration", and although Edward Bullen may well be earlier I think it is likely that he is also "for the duration" as opposed to Regular enlistment 5 & 7. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thats what I would have expected. Thank you for clarifying and apologies for my misunderstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 1 November , 2005 Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Jon Hold with the 3.50. I'm probably going up there this week or next Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Saunders Posted 1 November , 2005 Author Share Posted 1 November , 2005 Cheers Mick. I will send you an email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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