Edwin Reginald HONE - Military Records (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 22:47 (4865 days ago) @ unknown

Hi Tracey, sorry for delay, lots of internet connectivity probs here tonight !
From NA site I found various Hones within the Campaign Medals (aka soldiers who survived theWar) but not yours it seems, wrong Chrstian names. Not that thats conclusive, I've found the NA site sometimes takes lots of go's to find the relevant info, as if its got too much to hunt thro so gives up early !. Searching just the Number 135587 I found these 5 soldiers, none are Hones. This proves the same Number can apparently be issued to more than one soldier !. I also have an ancestor who served in two Regiments, the Worcesters then the Gloster, he had a different Number for each.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/search-results.asp?searchtype=browse...

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Medal card of Hall, G A
Corps: Royal Fusiliers
Regiment No: G/135587
Rank: Private...
1914-1920 WO 372/8

Medal card of Miller, Randolph E
Corps: Army Service Corps
Regiment No: DM2 135587
Rank: Serjeant
1914-1920 WO 372/14

Medal card of Cuthbert, John
Corps: King's Royal Rifle Corps
Regiment No: R/27225
Rank: Private...
1914-1920 WO 372/5
(How did he get in this list ?)

Medal card of Dorling, Frank H
Corps: Royal Engineers
Regiment No: 135587
Rank: Sapper...
1914-1920 WO 372/6

Medal card of Owen, Ernest A
Corps: Royal Field Artillery
Regiment No: 135587
Rank: Gunner
1914-1920 WO 372/15

Sadly I didnt find (at first go, anyway) a record for 1863254.

Purely based on the Numbers I've seen while searching long lists of Casualties etc from WW1, I doubt 1863254 is a WW1 army number, the numbers I've seen just aren't that big(too many digits). I'll try to find out for sure. This, plus the apparent lack of records, suggests to me its a later number. Perhaps the Cape was owned by a WW2 soldier (there's less Records available on line), or even a Home Guard ? (who would have sometimes been issued with "old" kit.