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Posted by gillypop (U14935730) on Wednesday, 30th November 2011
please could somebody please look up my great grandfathers military record. william davis born about 1880 in welwyn. dad told me yesterday he served in the 1st world war. incididently what age did they sign up to fight and when were you too old? thanks
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Message 2
Posted by dmatt47 (U13073434) on Wednesday, 30th November 2011
There is no service record on ancestry, so either it was destroyed in 1940, or died during the First World Wa or he served after 1920 in which case the file may be in the MInistry of Defence in Glasgow.
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Message 3
Posted by Windsurfing_Widow (U14179138) on Wednesday, 30th November 2011
Can find no service record for him but the following may be useful (if you do not already have this information):
Birth:
Name: William Davis
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1880
Registration district: Hatfield
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 3a Page: 442
Baptism:
Name: William Davis
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1879
Christening Date: 7 Mar 1880
Christening Place: Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England
Age at Christening: 0
Father's Name: William Davis
Mother's Name: Sarah
1881:
DAVIS, William Head Married M 23 1858 Fly Driver Digswell Hertfordshire
DAVIS, Sarah Wife Married F 24 1857 Welwyn Hertfordshire
DAVIS, Annie Daughter Single F 3 1878 Welwyn Hertfordshire
DAVIS, William Son Single M 1 1880 Welwyn Hertfordshire
SUTTON, Mary Grand Mother Widow F 86 1795 Ag Labs Widow Hitchin Hertfordshire
Piece: 1428 Folio: 17 Page: 28 Registration District: Hatfield
Civil Parish: Welwyn Municipal Borough: Address: Mill Lane, Welwyn County: Hertfordshire
1891:
DAVIS, William Head Married M 31 1860 Cab Driver Welwyn Hertfordshire
DAVIS, Sarah Wife Married F 32 1859 Digswell Hertfordshire
DAVIS, William Son M 11 1880 Scholar Welwyn Hertfordshire
DAVIS, Lizie Daughter F 9 1882 Scholar Welwyn Hertfordshire
DAVIS, Sarah Daughter F 6 1885 Scholar Welwyn Hertfordshire
DAVIS, Harry Son M 4 1887 Scholar Welwyn Hertfordshire
Piece: 1113 Folio: 18 Page: 30 Registration District: Hatfield
Civil Parish: Welwyn Municipal Borough: Address: Farm Yard, Welwyn County: Hertfordshire
Marriage:
Name: DAVIS, William
Registration District: Hertford
County: Hertfordshire
Year of Registration: 1900
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Volume: 3A Page: 1125
Name: CHAMBERS, Rebecca
Registration District: Hertford
County: Hertfordshire
Year of Registration: 1900
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Volume: 3A Page: 1125
1901:
DAVIS, William Head Married M 21 1880 Labourer In Beehive Factory Welwyn Hertfordshire
DAVIS, Rebecca Wife Married F 20 1881 Tewin Hertfordshire
Piece: 1304 Folio: 13 Page: 3 Registration District: Hertford
Civil Parish: Tewin Municipal Borough: Address: Upper Green, Tewin County: Hertfordshire
1911:
DAVIS, William Head Married M 31 1880 Cowman On Farm High Street Welwyn Herts
DAVIS, Rebecca Wife Married 10 years F 30 1881 Tewin Lower Green Herts
DAVIS, Reginald Son M 8 1903 School Tewin Upper Green Herts
DAVIS, Violet Daughter F 6 1905 Tewin Upper Green Herts
DAVIS, Herbert Son M 4 1907 Tewin Lower Green Herts
RG number: RG14 Piece: 7635 Reference: RG14PN7635 RG78PN374 RD137 SD2 ED15 SN79
Registration District: Hertford Sub District: Hertford Enumeration District: 15 Parish: Tewin
Address: Tewn Welwyn Hertfordshire County: Hertfordshire -
Message 4
Posted by dmatt47 (U13073434) on Wednesday, 30th November 2011
please could somebody please look up my great grandfathers military record. william davis born about 1880 in welwyn. dad told me yesterday he served in the 1st world war. incididently what age did they sign up to fight and when were you too old? thanksΒ The age for enlistment should have been 16 but a number of boys joined up giving a false date of birth and were younger and men in their 50s also served. A number of men had previously been in the Army or were in the Territorial Reserve.
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Message 5
Posted by Bashfuljan157 (U5893214) on Wednesday, 30th November 2011
I think officially you had to be 18 to sign up , tho there's many that gave false info and signed up when younger , not sure what the upper age limit was , just so long as you passed the medical . an ancestor of my husband was aged 54 when he joined , as a driver ,
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Message 6
Posted by raundsgirl (U2992430) on Wednesday, 30th November 2011
Well he would have been about 24 so old enough to be called up if he didn't enlist (unless unfit)
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Message 7
Posted by gillypop (U14935730) on Wednesday, 30th November 2011
thankyou all. i was told he had served in the army as i found this out after discussing with my old dad when my great aunt was born, guess the record was destroyed
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