Greetings all, It was not uncommon for soldiers to have the same regimental number as some Regiments had their own numbering system prior to the introduction of Conscription and a 'Centralised numbering system' [to me at least a mine field in its own right]. SWD CD for example shows six soldiers with the number 20996 Regards Peter Fellowes ----- Original Message ----- From: "patrick holland" <lambeth@it.net.au> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:45 AM Subject: [GREATWAR] Re MIC : 2 different men in different regiments with the same Army number. > > I was given the following information from a soldier's record book : Pte > Charles Holland. RASC, Army number 20996. > > When I did a search for his MIC to my surprise I found an entry for a > Pte. Charles Robinson. Northumberland Fusiliers, Army number 20996. > > Is this a mistake or is there some other explanation. > > Regards. > > Patrick Holland > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

There were ten men numbered 604 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. For a winter's diversion, can anybody beat that? Peter

Peter, Many thanks for your explanation. Regards. Patrick Peter Fellowes wrote: > Greetings all, > It was not uncommon for soldiers to have the same regimental number as some > Regiments had their own numbering system prior to the introduction of > Conscription and a 'Centralised numbering system' [to me at least a mine > field in its own right]. > > SWD CD for example shows six soldiers with the number 20996 > > Regards > Peter Fellowes > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "patrick holland" <lambeth@it.net.au> > To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:45 AM > Subject: [GREATWAR] Re MIC : 2 different men in different regiments with the > same Army number. > > > >> I was given the following information from a soldier's record book : Pte >> Charles Holland. RASC, Army number 20996. >> >> When I did a search for his MIC to my surprise I found an entry for a >> Pte. Charles Robinson. Northumberland Fusiliers, Army number 20996. >> >> Is this a mistake or is there some other explanation. >> >> Regards. >> >> Patrick Holland >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > >