Pte Thomas Green

[AndyJohnson]

I am a little confused about what Regiment Pte Thomas Green G/72705 kia 29/08/18 belonged to.

CWGC says

Regiment: The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Secondary Regiment: London Regiment

Secondary Unit Text: Posted to 1st/24th Bn

SDGW says

Regiment: Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Battalion: 1/24th London Battalion

MIC says

South Staffordshire Regiment 48471 Private (was initially in 3rd SS, this can be ignored)

24th London Regiment G/72705 Private

The Queen's Regiment G/72705 Private

Can I infer that he was in the West Surreys and moved to 1/24 London (but same number ??)

OR

is this an error - was he in 1/24th (County of London) Battalion TF (The Queen's) and the reference to the Royal West Surrey Regiment is erroneous as they are The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) - too many Queen's ??

Also searching SDGW for "Surrey Regiment, Royal West" gives a Battalion option of "1/24th London Battalion" (and returns 66 men) - 1914-1918.net shows no such battalion for the Royal West Surreys but of course there is in the London regiment. Is this general confusion or just mine??

Regards

Andy

[jim_davies]

Andy,

The 1/24th londons were associated with the W Surreys.

Not sure how it worked but see:

http://www.1914-1918.net/TF_renumbering_infantry.htm

Jim

[AndyJohnson]

Thanks Jim

Is there nothing that's not covered by this site? I have never found that page on TF re-numbering.

It must have kept a team of Management Consultants busy for ages!

It all makes much more sense now

Regards

Andy