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From: "Tom Tulloch-Marshall" <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] East Surrey Regt: munitions
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 17:58:17 +0100
References: <000001c432ca$553b0390$6d57e150@meshmar2002>


snip "........ on the birth certificate of one of his children in July 1918,
he is described as "Private East Surrey regiment (Labourer in munition
works) "

Derek - in all likelihood he has been discharged from the Army to Class "W"
Reserve - deemed more use in munitions work, but liable to regular medical
inspection and recall to active service, if required.

If he had overseas service before going to Cl W then he would have medal
entitlement and there is a chance that Cl W would be shown on his medal
records - though that's not certain. Otherwise you would need a surviving
service record. "John Smith", in British WW1 Army records, is a researcher's
nightmare come true !
regards
--
Tom Tulloch-Marshall
Great War Military Research
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