G w Thornton Lane 608559 RA

On the mod records held pre 1901 site I have found

G W Thornton Lane 608559 RA

I believe he served ww1 and 2 but can not find any ww1 records or medals

Also I cannot find him in the RA attestation records on fmp

Can anyone help?

 

are the initials R W or G W

just put his number here although from the 1920s onwards till end WW2

Army Number to check:






The army number: 608559 indicates that the soldier's original unit or date joined was:


"Hussars"

http://www.corpsofmilitarypolice.org/tools/armynumber?query=608559+

 

Sorry G W

Thanks for that, so would the hussars be ww1?

I have been told that he may have just been G W Thornton in ww1

 

Hi,

The MOD database for soldiers born pre 1901 who served on post completion of WW1 demobilisation in March 1920 does not automatically mean that anyone listed had a WW1 "campaign service" Medal entitlement.

The soldier could have been conscripted in 1918 but not served overseas before the end of hostilities - including hostilities in Russia 1919/20 - or been a 1919 or 1920 enlistment on regular army terms of service.

Probably only definitive confirmation will be via service record at MOD - or perhaps check of General Service medals Index on Ancestry may turn him up pre 1939.

Good Luck

Steve Y

 

Thank Steve

I will have a play around to see what I can find

 

Hi,

Don't know if you're still looking into this but got the following. Service number quoted is one digit different to yours but with unusual name guess it's the same. Using the above link to the army number search engine it suggests his original regiment was The Rifle Brigade.

Not a lot but least it gives you potential DOB / other service number / other regiment to go at.

First Name: Gw
Surname: Thornton-Lane
DOB: 1900-12-11
Further Information: Account: 11006. Item Code: ADH001204073
Service Number: 6908559
Primary Unit: Royal Artillery
Archive Reference: surviving-wwi-service-records

 

Thankyou for this

Regards

James

 

Where did you find this? Is it a link to ancestry or FMP or are records still with mod?

 

Hi James,

This is where I got the info........

Record Details for Gw Thornton-Lane (Royal Artillery)

Paul

 

IMHO looks like FWR have just “harvested” the information from the pre 1901 MOD database.

Mindful of previous critical FWR threads I will merely comment that I doubt there will be any more information behind their pay wall. Caveat emptor!

Steve Y

 

Thanks Steve