Comments: Army Service Numbers in the City of London Battalions, The London Regiment 1908-1916

Army Service Numbers in the City of London Battalions, The London Regiment 1908-1916
By Paul Nixon

Numbering series in the City battalions of The London Regiment between the years 1908 and 1916. This article aims to assist genealogists and researchers in identifying - from a man's army service number - the likely date that he joined or enlisted with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Battalion of the London Regiment. This article gives general information about the City of London Regiment battalions and sample numbering sequences for each.

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Jack Ward writes:

Subject: Army Service Numbers

A very useful article enabling me, when taken in conjunction with the information on my Uncle's Medal Card, to establish the date when he joined up and though the link to the 56th London Division his war service. All his other records appear to have been destroyed in the WW2 fire at the War Office. He would never talk about his wartime experiences and whenever I asked him he would say, "You don't want to hear about that." However, my mother (his twin sister) told me that he was gassed.

Comment provided October 18, 2009 at 3:14 am