> I found my Grandfather was in both the East York's & the West York's in WW1, > he had different Army Numbers for each Regiment which I thought was odd as > they usually kept the same number throughout the Military Service. > I found his number on one of his Medals, I looked over Kew Military records > found he had a second one. > Has anyone came across this before. > Bob > > Dear Bob, > Regimental numbers remained until 1919. From 1920 it was then an army number was issued and remained with them irrespective of how many regiments they enlisted in. My own Great Grandfather, had two regiments in WW1, so did my Granddad and they both had two regimental numbers. My Dad was in three regiments during his Army service 1933 to 1945, and he kept the same service number throughout. John.