> Helen's message about the Dorset regiment and D day has prompted me to ask about earlier records of the regiment. I have recently come across the records for John Thomas STEELE my great grandmother's brother amongst the WO 97 records at Kew. When he joined the King's Royal Rifles in 1892 aged 23, he said that he had previously been in the 3 Battalion of the Dorset Regiment but had bought himself out. Would there be any locally held records of his time in the Dorset Regiment as I can't see anything obvious in the PRO catalogue? If so where would they be held? Maureen For WW1 queries, try the Great War Forum at http://1914-1918.org/forum/index.php?s=afd73a735dcf3b5078fcd792b07f1a23&act= idx There are some very helpful people there! Viv looking for Otto Albert HEINRICH, b Bath 1892, d Somerset County Asylum 1922 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.693 / Virus Database: 454 - Release Date: 31/05/2004