Researching william henry jones

[Robj63]

The only additional info ive found so far is that he joined the 16th RWF , does this narrow the search down by much?

Youve given me something to work on now, my next step is to try and find his address in the 1911 census and hopefully it will match one of the addresses you mentioned earlier , or maybe try electoral registers ( not sure how far back they go)
again thanks
Rob

[Baconwallah]

The 16th Bn had numbers in the 18000 to 19999 range.

Likely candidate:

William H Jones, Pte 18933
Enlisted 15/12/1914
Landed 25/05/1915
Discharged medically unfit (sickness) 01/10/1917

Hope this helps.

John

[Robj63]

Thanks for the quick reply, but I have him down as enlisted 6th Jan 1915 ??????

The 16th Bn had numbers in the 18000 to 19999 range.

Likely candidate:

William H Jones, Pte 18933
Enlisted 15/12/1914
Landed 25/05/1915
Discharged medically unfit (sickness) 01/10/1917

Hope this helps.

John

[Baconwallah]

Jones 18933's enlistment date is from his entry in the Silver War Badge records.

I cannot find any other candidates in the 16th RWF number range.

John

[Robj63]

ok many thanks for your help anyway
Rob

Jones 18933's enlistment date is from his entry in the Silver War Badge records.

I cannot find any other candidates in the 16th RWF number range.

John

[Baconwallah]

If we accept the William Jones may have enlisted without divulging his middle name, I can suggest some more possible candidates in the 16th Bn number series:

Jones William
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 18539 Serjeant
Royal Flying Corps 146508 Serjeant

Jones William
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 18634 Private

Jones William
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 18805 Private
Labour Corps 160368 Private

Jones William
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 19921 Private

Jones William
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 19067 Private

No surviving service or pension records, I'm afraid.

John

[Robj63]

thanks again for your time john, ill try and delve a bit deeper and hope to come up with something more definite

If we accept the William Jones may have enlisted without divulging his middle name, I can suggest some more possible candidates in the 16th Bn number series:

Jones William
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 18539 Serjeant
Royal Flying Corps 146508 Serjeant

Jones William
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 18634 Private

Jones William
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 18805 Private
Labour Corps 160368 Private

Jones William
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 19921 Private

Jones William
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 19067 Private

No surviving service or pension records, I'm afraid.

John

[Robj63]

Been a while since ive logged on and am hoping i have a bit of a breakthrough in tracing my grandfathers military record
If anyone can prove/disprove some info i have come across
which is regiment number 17004 joined in jan 1915
I am hoping from this bit of info wether anyone can add anything more to it because you have access to info that i dont

[Baconwallah]

See my post #2 in this thread, Rob.

John

[Robj63]

yes thanks john i should have checked back on the info i had on here cheers
back to square one