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I'm trying to piece together my wife's grandfathers time in the RWF, he was recruited on September 19 1917, Private 57672. We know he served in France and he looked after a pony. Could someone tell me anything about where he went, or what he did while with the RWF?There are some service records on Ancestry if you need to have a look.
Thank you very much in advance
I had a look at the service record. It's rather chaotic and at times barely legible.
Elijah Gardiner, born 15/11/1897
Flagger and slater, attested South Wales Borderers 19/09/1917
number unclear
Posted 53 (Young Soldiers) Bn SWB
Posted 52 (Graduated) Bn SWB (Training Reserve) 28/04/1918
Embarked for France 01/06/1918
Transferred to 9 RWF from Inf Base Depot 05/07/1918, new no 57672
[this is a very low number indeed for mid-1918, and I cannot explain it]
Joined Bn 06/07/1918
PUO (pyrexia of unknown origin) adm 59 F/Amb 26/09/1918
adm 32 CCS 27/09/1918
adm 3 Can G/Hosp, Boulogne, 01/10/1918
adm 7 Conv Depot, Boulogne, 08/10/1918
adm 5 Rest Camp, Boulogne, 06/11/1918
Re-joined Bn 16/11/1918
Posted 26 RWF 29/03/1919
Posted to 862 Agric Empl Coy 28/05/1919
To UK for demob 28/10/1919
Demob (Class Z) 26/11/1919
The pony must have been during his time with 862 AE Coy.
For what 9 RWF did and experienced in the almost 3 months that Elijah served with them, see vol 3 of the Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, available from the RWF Museum or through your local library.
John