Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 31 May , 2004 Share Posted 31 May , 2004 OK gents here is Pte Edward Perry, who served as: Pte 29187 Royal Welsh Fusiliers & Pte 550470 Labour Corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Lee Posted 1 June , 2004 Share Posted 1 June , 2004 Ian, Thanks Cannot be 100% certain but may be Agricultural Company based at Wrexham??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 1 June , 2004 Share Posted 1 June , 2004 Nice photo. Not on my 2RWF data bases for 1914 or 1914-15 star but latter is incomplete. Suggestion from number is he enrolled May 1915, and not a big error likely at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 1 June , 2004 Share Posted 1 June , 2004 Gentlemen, I looked up his record at Kew today. David - Spot on - he enlisted on 11 May 1915 to be precise and served with the 19th Bn. According to his record he was 5' 1.5'' so you can see why he was a Bantam. OK RWF Service: 11 May 1915 - Enlisted into the 19th Bn 1 Jun 1916 - To France 24 May 1917 - Posted to Depot in the UK Ivor - Pte Perry was from Stafford and was not a Welshman. OK Labour Corps Service: 10 Apr 1918 - Posted to Labour Corps as Pte 550470 ?? Apr 1918 - Allocated to the 549th Employment Coy 26 Feb 1919 - Demobilised Ivor - was there a large drift of Bantam men to the LC at the time? Interesting to see on his attestation paper '19th R Welsh Fusiliers, Welsh Army'. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Lee Posted 2 June , 2004 Share Posted 2 June , 2004 Ian Great information - thanks (1) Confirms when 550000 transferred to LC (2) 549 Company - was an Employment Company stationed at Pembroke Dock. Also a good example of how easy it is to draw a wrong conclusion from information to hand. I have another man from RWF whose LC number is 100 less than Pte Perry. He was in 548 Company (Agricultural at Wrexham). The next Company (550) was also Agricultural at Wrexham). So I made a guess that Perry may have been in 548. Delighted to be wrong as your information adds to the picture yet again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 2 June , 2004 Share Posted 2 June , 2004 Ivor, As you know I was at the PRO yesterday and didn't have the answer myself before then. The sequential Coy allocation I find interesting! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Lee Posted 2 June , 2004 Share Posted 2 June , 2004 Ian, I agree. It looks like a group of RWF were transferred on the same day. Then allocated to Employment or Agricultural Companies depending on medical category. This appears to have happened a lot especially during 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 2 June , 2004 Share Posted 2 June , 2004 Ivor, Is there a chance these were all Bantams, or just Depot men who were both low medical category and Bantams? Pte Perry was and remained Med Cat A. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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