How do I indentify regiment?

[mtyson]

My Paternal great grand father fought in WW1. I have his medals and I cherish them. On the box they came in, the original packaging, it states 'York.R'. I'm assuming this is Yorkshire regiment, but which one?

Is there a way of determining which one he was in?

 

[juliejtp]

Have a look on ehe side of the medals there should be some engraving with name possibily service no, cant remeber what else.

 

[mtyson]

there is a service number, but I dont know of a way to tally this with a particular regiment.

Any ideas people?

 

[juliejtp]

You can look up the medal card index, serivce and pensions records on Ancestry there is a 14 day free trial. As quite a few service records were destroyed in WW2, so you may not find his service record. but its worth a look.

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/

 

[mtyson]

Thanks!

Looked on there, found his medal card.

States he was 'Yorks.Regiment (number)38518'

Then 'Labour Corps (number)381848'

Just says Yorks, no hint at which Yorks, as there were a few of them.

God this is proving tricky! Spent good few hours online searching, just seem to be going round in circles!

Grrr!

 

[juliejtp]

Hi Mytson,

Have a look at this site "Research Notes"

Scroll down to the paragraph starting with Your relatives is likely to have got at least the standard medal set from WW1, then read on. The only thing is you would need to go down to Kew.

 

[darkcrystal]

Hiya,

If you would like to post his name and area then perhaps we might be able to find something else out about him.

 

[mtyson]

Thank you!

His name was Edward Weall. He fought in WW1.

Reg no. 38518 Yorks regiment.

Then, Reg no. 381848 Labour Corp.

Thats about all we know.

I have found his medal record file on Ancestry.co.uk, but literally nothing else!

Any help is greatly welcomed, thanks again!

 

[Minden]

The Yorkshire Regiment was the Green Howards; see here:

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

If you haven't already, try this bunch:


http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php

I'd be amazed if someone there couldn't tell you which battalion he was in from his service number (the five-figure one).