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Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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dumelow

proper brummie kid
Hi All,

I am trying to find out information on my Grandfather. His name was William Henry Dumelow. He served in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment No. 296. I believe this to be the 1st Battalion. Unfortunately I have been informed that his service records did not survive. Is there any kind soul out there who may have any information. I am desperately trying to link him to his parents. Unfortunately due to other circumstances this has not been possible.

Dave D
 
Cromwell,i have managed to get a bit more info on my Thomas Hevingham,here goes he got a victory medal roll no r/102 b14 what ever that means and his rank was pte 19235,but suppose i will have to get on to the archives at some stage.
 
Angie
Thats RWR Number so you need to get in touch with my mate Terry and he will put you right
 
Colin

No i didn't ,i could not get into the site Cromwell gave me :'( :'(
 
Cromwell or anyone else
My grand father has two service numbers showing on his medal card,downloaded from The National Archive web site.Is there any reason why they would change them

Description Medal card of Baker, Arthur
Corps                          Regiment No     Rank
Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2768 Private
Royal Warwickshire Regiment 267720 Private

Date 1914-1920
Catalogue reference WO 372/1 

Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies
Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War
Piece A'Alezu - Barnes C E
Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection

I also have his Discharge Certificate showing his rank as acting Sergent 7th Batt RWR, and a photo of him with stripes
Any ideas were I could get further details from

Colin
 
Colin Loads of reasons why they changed them some men had about 4 changes but a lot of folk think they gave you a number and you had it for life when the men were swapped about from one regiment to another the numbers then became very confusing, you only have to put a Number in Soldiers Died in the Great War CD Rom and you could get 10-20 numbers all the same
Kew is ya best bet for info or the Regimental Museum at Warwick


PS I can tell ya now why number was changed
15 men who got killed in the Great War had the number 2768 so just imagine how many men who survived had the same number
If you have his medal card it should state he only got two medals not the Mons Star
Only the 1st and 2nd Batt got that
If he was in the 1/7 Batt I have got all the details for the Battle of the Somme and can tell you everywhere he went (if ya wanna trace his footsteps )
 
Thank Graham,knew you would know why.
I have visited the Regimental Museum,but they are unable to help ,it seems that more information is available on soldiers who died rather than those that survived.
I also have a posting on Birmingham Pals but as the 7th Batt was not a "pals" battallion,I have my fingers crossed.
Thanks again
Colin
 
Pals Batts was only the 14th 15th and 16th Battalions but Terry should sort ya out
 
Graham,already had a general reply from Terry,so awaiting anything else he can find.
My grand father also served in the Home Guard in Birmingham during WW2,are there any records available for them

Colin
 
Graham,I've had a reply from Terry posted on Birmingham Pals forum(see posting on his site under Hi) ,he had been able to find out some more details about my grand father even the approx.date he was wounded, from a list of wounded soldiers published in the Birmingham Post.
Although all the paperwork had related to the 7th Batt,Terry finds he served in the 8th Batt. and was transferred to the 7th. possibly as a home posting after recovery from his wounds.

Long live the forums, were we can help each other with research.

Colin
 
Have found out (an hour, or so, ago), that my granddad, Martin Brislin, was in Royal Warwickshire Regiment No 201477
from the National Archives site (thanks for the link, found it in another thread here).
Am going to download the medal card when I see if they'll take cheques.

Have found out, on the phone to mom, in the last 30 minutes, that he was in the Battle of the Somme. :'(
 
Mazbeth,Glad to see we have inspired you to get more details on ya Grandad ,Good on Ya O0
 
Below are some photo's of my aunts uncles who fought in WW1, they are either from the Lewis family or Lilley family I am not sure which, could be both.....they are Aston and Nechells lads.....I do have a problem knowing if all the photo's are from my aunt....they have been on my system that long I have forgotton if I have taken one from another site....and it would only be one, if I have it would be either...number 2,3, or 4.....I am also not sure if they were all in the Warwicks.....the youngest brother Herbert Lewis was killed in 1916 aged 16, came from Trevor Street....he started off in the Warwicks but must have been transfered to the Northants....
 
Another photo which my aunt let me scan.....again they are either members of the Lewis family or Lilley family....I will have to ask my aunt if she name any of the group....at this moment she is fighting her own battle with the big C....and see seems to be winning.....I think they are all from the Warwicks, but my knowledge is next to zero when it comes to WW1.
 
Terry.....I am sure they were/are warwicks.....but I bow to your knowledge and wouldn't question it.....I have sent the photo's to my aunts daughter to ask if she can put names to the men, plus which ones belong to her.....I will correct any errors as soon as I can....but this depends on how my aunt is feeling......etc......
 
After enlarging photo I am pretty sure men are from the Gloucestershire Regt.
 
Pretty certain that is the Royal Gloucestershire regiment, I had the same issue in trying to identify when I was investigating my grand father, Thomas Michael Moran. He too was from Aston and travelled to join the Gloucestershire regiment. Would be nice to think all these lads were good mates and all went up together.

He was in the 8th Batallion Gloucestershire regiment. I have managed to obtain their entire war diary also, so if you need any info, just ask.
 
Hi

Amazing the 8th Batallion Gloucester Regiment has turned up
again.
The Great War Web site deals with this subject.
Many people are amazed when their Family isnt in the
Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Another source was the
Royal Wilshire Regiment.
Birmingham because of its vast population was full of Various
Regimental recruiting centres. Men enlisting prior to 1916
when conscription was introduced simply went from one to the other
to get a placement. I suppose the Royal Warwcks were full up in the early
months of the War so groups of lads could all get in at the Gloucesters Centre.
After 1916 there was no choice and conscription arrangements were
where you were sent to.
Not quite like the Pals arrangement but lads could get together and
join has a group like the lads from Aston.
Not much in this area on the Web sites but an interesting piece
of work may lay ahead.

Mike Jenks
 
Private David Windle No 7908

My Grandfather above served in

6th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 1914 till? heard he was wounded but nothing else.

:)
 
Alf I have copy of his service history and medal card will send to you if you send me your e-mail address


Colin
 
Mike, I think the fact that there were several recruiting centres set up in
Birmingham prior to l916 may have been the reason my Uncle William Venville joined The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) The 12th Battalion formed at Winchester in September 1914, as part of K2, attached to 60th Brigade,
20th Light Division. I believe he wanted to join the Royal Warwickshire Regiment with his friends from Aston but as you say he probably couldn't get in and so joined The Rifle Brigade. He died in France on September 8,1915.
 
Hi

The Main recruitment centre was Suffolk Street
in the Technical School . Clearly with it many
rooms an ideal place for each Regiment to recruit.

Mike Jenks
 
I downloaded some Army ?Discharge Papers from Ancestry relating to one of my ancestors.

He was in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and there is a stamp on the bottom of one of the pages that says Suffolk Street.

Unfortunately I cannot make head nor tail of them.

Cannot read the writing as to why he was discharged.

I think he got a pension though.

It's a little confusing cos it looks as he if enlisted twice.

Although from what I can make I think he joined the territorial amy first for 3 months and served in ?Ireland,
then joined the army later.

Fay
 
My grandfather Henry John Stringer (born 2nd August 1869) was private 306887 in the RWR before joining the Labour Corps (414737).
I would like any information whatsoever but am particularly interested in finding out the details of his enlistment (date, etc)
Any advice appreciated.
 
Roy

The Territorial Force in 1917 changed all TF service men's army numbers into six figure service numbers. His Royal Warwickshire six figure service number 306887 was part of the block allocated to the 8th Bn.

So he either served in the 1/8th or 2/8th battalions before transferring to the Labour Corps. This may have come about due to him being wounded but not fit for front line service on recovery.

His medal card shows that he was awarded the Victory and the War medal. This indicates that he did not enter a theatre of war until after 1 Jan 1916.

Terry
 
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