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From: "charles fair" <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] 6th BN London Regiment - new lister
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 23:30:49 +0100
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Linda

If you go to documents online at the National Archives you will find him at
this URL:

http://www.documentsonline.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=3303250&queryType=1&resultcount=4

Medal card of Jones, Edward W
Corps Regiment No Rank
London Regiment 1684 Private
London Regiment 320292 Private

By paying £3.50 you will be able to download his Medal Index Card which will
tell you on which page he appears in the Medal Rolls of the 6th Londons.
These rolls will tell you the dates he served overseas with the 6th Londons.

His 4 digit number 1684 suggests that he might have been a pre-war member of
the Territorial Force. I am no expert on the 6th Londons - but have looked
at the 7th and 19th Londons in detail and men in those battalions with this
number were pre-war, joining in c. 1913.

Detailed study of the Silver War Badge of the London TF should enable you to
assess his approximate enlistment date (to within two weeks or so) by
comparison with other men with similar numbers. This will be well worth
doing in the event that his service record does not survive.

regards

Charles


----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 4:39 PM
Subject: [WW1] 6th BN London Regiment - new lister


> I'm researching my grandfather, Edward William Jones b 1896 who was a
> rifleman in the above regiment according to:
> (a) Army Form W 3201 "For Use in the case of a soldier sent to his home"
> dated 17-4-1918 - which gives his number as 320292; and
> (b) His membership book of "Federation Interalliee des Anciens
Combattants"
> which he joined on 20/1/1944 in Paris - his place of residence at the
time -
> states under decorations: Etoile 1914-15; General Service; Victory. He was
> mobilised on 5 August 1914 and in France from February 1915 to November
> 1917.
>
> I have just seen this website:
> http://www.ww1photos.com/LondonRegt.html
> ...gone to 6th Btn (London Rifles), and he's not there!
>
> but on going through all the regiments, I found on the 5th London Regiment
a
> W E Jones No. 305540.
>
> Edward William Jones' father was William Edward Jones, so I'm wondering if
> this W E Jones was my great-grandfather.
>
> Can anyone give me some leads to follow up for my research?
>
> Regards
>
> Linda
>
>
> London St Pancras 1891
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~londonfreecen/
> http://FREECEN.rootsweb.com/
>
>


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