At the Staffordshire Regimental Museum in Whittington. They have the diaries there. You need to book in advance in order for them to have someone there to help you who knows what they are looking for (it's all staffed by volunteers) but once you are there, they are incredibly helpful and informative. http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/amot-search/default.asp?Category=AMOT&Service=Museum-Display&reference=0000000138 Regards Linda Staffs UK Researching: Cook(e) Plant Mason Keys Pearsall and variants Broster Rastall Turner Smith Miller Morgan Simmons Baker ----- Original Message ----- From: "William longmore" <w.longmore@onetel.net> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 12:39 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] South Staffs. > Hi Listers, A very happy new year to all. > Where or how would I get to read the War Diaries of the south > Staffordshire > regiment. > My grandfather Joseph Longmore 14794 enlisted 1914 and was sent to France > 3-9-1915. As there were no Battalion movement at that time he must have > been > sent as part of a draft of replacements. As a result I don't know which > Battalion he was in. He was wounded (I think at the Somme) and shipped > back > to the UK and after recuperation was sent to the 6th Training Reserve > Batt. > of the Notts & Derby Regt. with the number TR6/13091 and discharged as > medically unfit 13-12-1917. > Any help would be appreciated > Talk to you soon, > Bill

Hi Linda, thank you very much, happy new year. Talk to you soon, Bill