On Fri, 11 May 2007 12:29:13 +0100, "Peter Appleton" <peter.appleton3@ntlworld.com> wrote: >I have just received copies of Fred's Army Service paperwork from the MoD's >Historic Disclosures unit at Glasgow. I had hoped that his file would >include his service in WW1 but it only includes his post-war service in the >TA (as 4381434 Private Fred APPLETON, 4th Yorkshire Regiment). > >The final entry in his service record reads: >"Discharged at his own request Para 193 (3) Terr Army Regs" > >Can anyone advise me as to the contents of this paragraph of the >regulations? The regulations for both the Regular and Territorial Force/Territorial Army changed over the years, and very often the paragraphs were re-numbered when a new edition came out. We need to know when he was discharged from the TA, so that we know which edition of TA Regulations to look at. For instance, Para 193 of my copy of Regulations for the Territorial Force for 1912 (amended to Dec 1914) deals with vacancies on the Permanent Staff, and nothing to do with discharges. Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher