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My Great-Grandfather, Charles Hector Ling, served in the Great War and lived to tell the tale though suffered shell-shock for the rest of his life, according to my father father who got the tale from 'Little Grand-dad', Charles's son. However, there is no trace of any Charles Ling in the Military Records of Genes Reunited. Is there another way of figuring out where he served or what rank he became and so on?

I have his year of birth as 1889, give or take a year. He was 22 as of the 1911 census but I don't know if that was before or after his birthday for that year so I have always put a one-year leeway on 1889.

Also, is there a reason some birth records may not be on this site? Charles Hector Ling (born in Surrey according to his own writing in the 1911 census) seems not to be in the birth records either.

Is this him ?

Name: Charles Ling
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Age at enlistment: 25 yrs, 3 months
Document Year: 1915
Regimental Number: 9792
Regiment Name: East Surrey Regiment


says his occupation was omnibus conductor

and he was married

Err yes, quite possibly. How did you find it?

I know he married in 1912, Bethnal Green, his occupation in 1911 was 'clerk' but that may well have changed...the dates and lace fit.

It's from Ancestry

Wife Margaret nee Black- married 23.Dec 1912
Child Irene born 3.4.914

1911 so not this one then ??

Name: Charles Hector Ling
Age in 1911: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Eye, Suffolk, England
Civil parish: Bethnal Green
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 14 Montfort Houses, Victoria Park Sqre, Bethnal Green E
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: CLERK
Registration district: Bethnal Green
Registration District Number: 17
Sub-registration district: Bethnal Green North East
ED, institution, or vessel: 21
Piece: 1402
Household Members: Name Age
Arthur Crook 50
Mary Jane Crook 46
Florence Louisa Jane Crook 23
Annie Elizabeth Crook 20
Charles Hector Ling 22
Alice Josephine Benyon 55
Clara Louisa Weir 43
Winifred Mabbs 46



Can you post the 1911

Then it's not him. His wife was called Annie Elizabeth Crook.

5ft 9 3/4 inches tall
small moles left side of face
scar centre back
Good character

GlitterBaby - That's exactly what I have, he married a year later. I suspect thats how he met Annie, boarding at her fathers house.

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/records/image/e1911RG14/505551

Why do you think he was born in Surrey ?

Can not view GR images. That link only goes as far as needing credits to view

Because it's quarter past one in the morning. A typo, sorry for the confusion. The image is a copy of the census, identical to what GB put but without the last three names. It has Arthur, Mary, Florence, Annie and Charles.

There is this



British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
Name: Charles H Ling
Regiment or Corps: 15th Lond Rgt
Regimental Number: 540174

UK, Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920

Name: Charles Ling
Discharge Unit: R.A.S.C.M.T.
Regiment Number: M/322972
Rank: Pte. A/Cpl.
Badge Number: B198300
Unit: Royal Army Service Corps (Woolwich)
Piece: 3222
List Number: RASC 3351-3600
Record Group: WO
Record Class: 329



Another possible as this one survived


Enlisted 12.12.15
Discharged 1.5.19

Wounds

Mike* Could well be. Is there any more infomation?

Marriages Sep 1912 (>99%)
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Crook Annie E - Ling - Bethnal G. 1c 435
Ling Charles H- Crook - Bethnal G. 1c 435


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Marriages Dec 1912

Black Margaret - Ling- Strand 1b 1301
Ling Charles H - Black- Strand 1b 1301

GB - How do I get more detail on that one?

Could his place of birth be Eyke?

Rose

You are lucky if you find any records as 70% of WW1 records were lost during WW2

I'm sure Mike*. There are several bits of evidence.

1 - He lived with Annie in Bethnal Green, where the marriage was registerd

2 - They had a son together, Charles Arthur Ling, in 1919. His mothers maiden name is listed as Crook

Rose - It does look like Eye on the census. I'm not used to the hanwritting but there is definatly only 3 letters