I am almost ashamed to admit that over a period of some 50 years of family history research I have never looked into the First World War service of my late father Horace Lawton. I wish to rectify this oversight but wondered if anyone on this list can please offer some practical guidance on how best I should tackle the research. In particular I want to find out what action he was wounded in. The known facts are: My father’s Attestation Certificate (Army Form B2512A) dated 18 August 1917 shows his address as 11 Hitchman Street, Fenton, Stoke on Trent. He was aged 17 years 11 months. I assume he was a conscript. His certificate of discharge (Army Form Z21) shows his demobilisation as a private from the "Loyal North Lancs Regt" on 31 March 1920. This gives his Regimental Number as 43872 and the top left corner of the form is endorsed in the same hand as the body of the form "R 8575" and below it "L.N.L 6133/20". (I don’t know what these references relate to). The form states he was mobilised on 15 October 1917 i.e. 5 weeks after his 18th birthday into the 13th Training Reserve Battalion and that he also served in the Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. I have no idea what active service battalion(s) of either regiment he was in. Horace Lawton’s medal card at TNA reveals that his Regimental Number with the latter regiment was 41670. An asterisk against the entry links to the award of the British and Victory medals, which I have. I also have the Army Form B 104-81A addressed to my grandfather in Fenton dated 26 August 1918 advising that "41670 Pte Horace Lawton of the Royal Lancaster Regiment has been wounded, and was admitted to 55th General Hospital Boulogne on the 19th of August 1918" suffering from "Gas and shell wound (Slight)" On the one occasion that I recall my father talking about his wartime experiences I think he referred to being in Belgium. Any help will be much appreciated. Guy Lawton