re: help again

[sheri]

I have tried everythin g to find my gt. uncles in WW1 - so Iam wondering if you knowledgable people can help please?

Leonard Bray b 1883 (who I know was in the Boer War age 19/20) but would have only been about 34 in 1914.
John Bray b. 1888 was in the Royal Fiel Artillery.
Harold B. Bray b. 1898 - in 1916 was only 16 years but was in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Worcester Reg. No's 57004 & 50518 (why did he have two numbers) L/102B4 753 -
they wouldn't have sent him to the battlefields at that age would they!!
Than k you,
Sheri

 

[smtr]

Hi Sheri

Did your Harold Bray B1898 ever live at St Matthews Rd, Smethwick? Enlisted 17.08.1916 .There is a service record for the above on Ancesty.
Father is listed as Arthur Bray.
Cheers

Suzanne

Just noticed that Jayell's entry is more than likely the one you are looking for.

 

[Jayell]

Sheri, was Harold's mother called Selina? These are on the Ancestry WWW1 service records for Harold Bertram Bray, there may be other pages, but I wanted to check I had the right man first.

Judy

 

[terry carter]

Harold B Bray had two service number because he served in two different regiments.

Regards

Terry

 

[sheri]

Hi Suzanne, Jayell, Terry, Thank you so much for your reply's. I took another look at Ancestry and I found 2 of them - Harold (mother Selina) - he lied about his age as he was only 16/17 and Terry he changed from the Medical Corps to the Worcesters in 1917. The other was John Bray and he served right through the war as a Batman/Driver in France - both survived not even wounded. I thi nk I was lucky so much of their records survived.
But still no sign of Leonard.
Thank you so much for your help.
Sheri.