North Staffordshire Regiment

[RobJ]

I have just started reseaching my family history and have begun with my maternal grandmothers family. She always spoke of her brother who was killed in the Great War. I have discovered a certain amount of information about him which I have listed below.

Name - William Neighbour Wakefield

Initials - W N

Nationality - United Kingdom

Rank - Private

Regiment / Service - North Staffordshire Regiment

Unit Text - 8th bn

Secondary Regiment - Army Service Corps

Secondary Unit Text - ( formaly T4/239088 )

Age - 21

Date of Death - 12th March 1918

Service Number - 48852

Additional Information - Son of William and Annie Wakefield of 193 Church Street, Woking, Surrey.

Casualty Type - Commonwealth War Dead

Grave Memorial Reference - Pier and Face 14 B and 14 C

Memorial - Thiepval Memorial

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial which lists soldiers killed in the Somme sector before 20th March 1918 and who have no known grave.

I am trying to find out a little about what he and his regiment might have done and wondered if anyone could help. My mother seemed to think that he had something to do with horses and am wondering if this would link in to the details above. She has a picture of him with some mates and they are with some horses. I hope to get a copy of this picture soon and will post it on this thread.

Any help here would be much appreciated no matter how small.

Thanks

Rob

[jay dubaya]

hi Rob, welcome to the forum

William certainly did have something to do with horses, note his secondary unit as being Army Service Corps. The T4 prefix to his ASC service no. would indicate that he was a Driver of horses. So at some point he was transferred to the North Staffs, perhaps with mounted duties. His MIC is here, and if you haven't already downloaded it I would recomend that you do so,

cheers, Jon

[RobJ]

hi Rob, welcome to the forum

William certainly did have something to do with horses, note his secondary unit as being Army Service Corps. The T4 prefix to his ASC service no. would indicate that he was a Driver of horses. So at some point he was transferred to the North Staffs, perhaps with mounted duties. His MIC is here, and if you haven't already downloaded it I would recomend that you do so,

cheers, Jon

Hi Jon

Thanks so much for the information and link. I have now downloaded his MIC. Excuse me for being ignorant on this but what is exactly shown on this card ? and what does MIC stand for ? Told you I was ignorant !!

[jay dubaya]

MIC (Medal Index Card). Post a pic of the MIC on the forum and we'll see what useful info is on there,

cheers, Jon

[mhifle]

Hi,

There might be a little bit more information here.

Regards Mark

Name: WAKEFIELD, William Neighbour

Regiment, Corps etc.: Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)

Battalion etc.: 8th Battalion.

Last name: Wakefield

First name(s): William Neighbour

Initials: W N

Birthplace: Brixton, Middlesex

Enlisted: Woking, Surrey

Residence:

Rank: PRIVATE

Number: 48852

Date died: 12 March 1918

How died: Killed in action

Theatre of war: France & Flanders

Supplementary Notes: FORMERLY T/4/239088, R.A.S.C.

Soldiers Died in the Great War database © Naval and Military Press Ltd 2006.

[RobJ]

Thanks Jon

I will have to do this tomorrow as I am now running out of time so please look out for it.

Thanks again for your help..much appreciated.

This is a great forum

Kind regards

Rob

[RobJ]

Thanks also to mark...nice one !

[RobJ]

Here is the copy of Williams MIC...

[RobJ]

Just bumping this thread back up to the top.