John_Hartley Posted 4 February , 2006 Share Posted 4 February , 2006 Anyone like to hazard a guess as to when a 2nd Battalion regular might have joined if he holds a service number of "29". He was Pte John Mannion, KIA 26/8/14. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papineau Posted 4 February , 2006 Share Posted 4 February , 2006 I have seen the grave of a 2nd Manchesters man buried at Ypres who died in early 1915 with the number '7'. I believe these men may have been Reservists or Special Reservists, recalled in August 1914 and given a new number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 5 February , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 February , 2006 Thanks, mate. Reservist sounds likely. But any idea why they might have been given a new number in these very low sequences? Something unusual, possibly. Or just that the guys old service number had been "mislaid" (unlikely?). John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papineau Posted 5 February , 2006 Share Posted 5 February , 2006 It seems a number of regiments adopted this practice of re-numbering Reservists and Special Reservists. In some regiments they added prefixes; eg. in Royal Fusiliers ("SR") and Royal Sussex Regiment ("GSSR"). Why all these things were done is often lost in the mists of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 5 February , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 February , 2006 Thanks again. If anything interesting turns up in the research, I'll post here to add to the knowledge base. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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