I have an ancestor who left the Royal Navy in 1907, age 17, was described as a private in the Royal Field Artillery in October 1914, conceived a child in London in July 1915, was working there as a civilian baker in April 1916, and rejoined the Navy in 1918. No record of any army service at Kew but his naval record is there. Anyone got any ideas what might have happened? Is it possible he enlisted and was subsequently rejected, perhaps on medical grounds, but that the Navy was so desparate for men in 1918 that they took him anyway? He was certainly healthy in later life. Any ideas greatfully received Roger

Remember that the RFA was a Territorial unit and hence he could easily have joined the territorials when he came out of the Navy but was not required for service in the early part of the war and then rejoined the Navy in 1918 regards John In message <006a01c76c66$d9e6bcf0$4002a8c0@ROGERSOFFICE2>, Roger Davies <roger.davies42@ntlworld.com> writes >I have an ancestor who left the Royal Navy in 1907, age 17, was >described as a private in the Royal Field Artillery in October 1914, >conceived a child in London in July 1915, was working there as a >civilian baker in April 1916, and rejoined the Navy in 1918. No record >of any army service at Kew but his naval record is there. > >Anyone got any ideas what might have happened? Is it possible he >enlisted and was subsequently rejected, perhaps on medical grounds, but >that the Navy was so desparate for men in 1918 that they took him >anyway? He was certainly healthy in later life. > >Any ideas greatfully received > >Roger > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- John Chapman