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Devonshire Regiment recruitment in Birmingham?

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TonyQ

Brummie babby
We have a relative for whom there are no attestation papers and no war medal records, as far as we can ascertain. We have search long and hard! However, we know for certain that he was in the Devonshire Regiment at some point during WWI - we have a photo of him in uniform and a card sent from him. We know about the burnt records which may explain the lack of attestation papers.

Was the Devonshire regiment recruiting in Birmingham? So far we seem to have found that it was not, but does anyone know otherwise? If ot, we have to assume that he attested to a different regiment and then transferred, which makes the search a bit harder.
 
Perhaps if you supply a name we can do a further search and see what we can come up with. Thanks
Was he from Birmingham?

However a quick search comes up with this info:
Many men from the Royal Warwickshire Regiment were transferred to the Devonshire Regiment during World War I due to heavy casualties and large-scale infantry re-organizations by the British Army
 
adding to the above post from janice..could you also give us his year of birth and wifes name if he was married also where abouts in birmingham he lived...all info may help us..thanks

lyn
 
Transfer from the Warwicks certainly makes more sense than direct attestation. He was William Constable, yes, living in Birmingham all his life. Interestingly, however, his brother attested to the Somersets and then transferred to the Berkshires. (Out of respect for living relatives, I would rather not post additional details for now.) Thanks.
 
TonyQ said:
Transfer from the Warwicks certainly makes more sense than direct attestation. He was William Constable, yes, living in Birmingham all his life. Interestingly, however, his brother attested to the Somersets and then transferred to the Berkshires. (Out of respect for living relatives, I would rather not post additional details for now.) Thanks.
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wish you well with your research

lyn
 
The obvious place to look would be his Medal Card, which should list his regiments.

However, though I can find one for his brother (I assume) I can't find a likely one for William.
 
MWS said:
The obvious place to look would be his Medal Card, which should list his regiments.

However, though I can find one for his brother (I assume) I can't find a likely one for William.
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And therein lies some of the conundrum. Why would a soldier not have a medal card? We can only assume that he may not have completed (may have failed?) his training?
 
It could be that he was deemed unfit by a local regiment and so tried his luck with the Devonshire Regiment. Not uncommon.

Possibly under assumed name, which wouldn't help.
 
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