I realize that this is slightly out of scope of the list. However, I have used this list in the past for advice and guidance and have found the members to be extremely knowledgeable and very helpful. I have been researching the military service of my grandfather, Fred APPLETON, for over two years now. To summarize briefly: I have established that he first attested into the 4th Yorks in Feb 1913 as 1605 Private Fred APPLETON (specialist qualification - Bandsman). He served throughout the Great War with the Battalion, changing his service number to 200207 when the six-digit numbers were introduced in 1917. I have comprehensive documents associated with his demobilization and disembodiment in April-May 1919. I also have postcards that he sent home which indicated that he had re-enlisted into the Territorial Army post-war. 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? I suspect the underlying reason was that he was about to move out of the area (East Cleveland ironstone mines) and seek employment in the Nottinghamshire coalfields - where I have picked up his trail in 1927 at Bircotes near Harworth Colliery. I have documents that show he was a member of the Harworth Colliery Band in the 1930s. He returned to the East Cleveland area in 1938. Sorry if I've rambled on too much. Any information on the Territorial Army regulations would be most welcome. regards, Peter Appleton My Family Tree website: http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/pappleton3