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Finding out about someone in the war help please
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Sidami | Report | 1 Sep 2009 20:07 |
Is it possible to find out about someone who was in the first world war I have a name and I was told what reg he was in. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 1 Sep 2009 20:17 |
what sort of thing do you want to find out? |
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Sidami | Report | 1 Sep 2009 20:46 |
Hello Ann |
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Sidami | Report | 1 Sep 2009 22:15 |
His name was Fred Hare born 1880 in Horncastle Lincolnshire he was in Lincolnshire regiment. |
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Ozibird | Report | 1 Sep 2009 22:56 |
Did he survive the war? |
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Ozibird | Report | 1 Sep 2009 22:58 |
Maybe not. From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. |
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Madmeg | Report | 2 Sep 2009 01:53 |
I'm very noddy on history, but Fred would have been 33 when he died very early in the war. I thought they conscripted youngsters first and 33 was considered quite old. I'm sure someone will tell me I am talking rubbish as I probably am. |
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mgnv | Report | 2 Sep 2009 05:47 |
Conscription was introduced in Jan 1916 by the Military Service Act (1916). Before that it was considered an all volunteer force. Since your Fred was a junior NCO (i.e., Lance Corporal), it's quite likely he had some prior military service. He's old enough to have served in the Boer war. Alternatively, he might have been in the territorials. It was only the growing casualty lists and the falling off in volunteers that forced the introduction of conscription. |
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mgnv | Report | 2 Sep 2009 05:59 |
Getting back to your original query: I think you should try and get hold of the "War Diaries" of the 1st bn Lincolnshires. I don't know if they're at a local archive, or at Kew, or a regimental museum. Bit of googling there. |