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From: Peter Monks <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] young soldier
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:22:39 -0500
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Greetings,

Just to add a comment to this discussion, and genealogy. We have a family
relative's certificate of honourably discharge from the First World War in
September 1917. Served with Honour and was disabled in the Great War. It
lists his name Private Frederick Watson. The Cheshire Regiment. No.
58394.......................only trouble is he enlisted under a false name,
this is believed to have been aka TED WAITE, possibly died of TB.

Peter




> There do not seem to be a real age restriction that time period or the
years
> before the Korean conflict. There could have been a lot or reasons to let
> him join. I teach a genealogy class on Military records and this is one
of
> those things I would like to know more about. Age limits in the military.
>
> As to why he isn't on the 1901 census there again could be a lot of
reasons.
> I would suggest seeing about getting his military records and see where
he
> was at that time. I know here in the USA there are people that I am
looking
> for who I know were in an area and they are not on the census. They are
just
> missed for various reasons.
>
> Good luck in your search.
>
> Linda
> Oregon USA


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