Military number?

Hi everyone
I’ve a gas mask holder with the inscription PTE CAMPBELL
and a number underneath
Is this he’s service number? I’ve tried researching it but struggling

 

It might help if you tell us what the number is, difficult to tell from the photo - it looks like 19113816 but that produces zero results:
http://www.corpsofmilitarypolice.org/tools/armynumber?query=19113816
Army Number Block Allocations

1911381 is Royal Engineers

 

Hello Tony
Sorry about that - yes that’s exactly what it reads, ok that’s a start for me
The bag has what is possibly a date ? Gives me a bit to go on

 

Just to be clear which one 19113816 or 1911381?

 

Yeah definitely has a 6 at the end

 

Any ideas what the 6 is in relation with Tony

 

I think its a late 1946 early 1947 enlistment number in which case I think you'll struggle to find any info on him

 

Ok thanks what makes you say that ? The number it’s self or the 6

 

I have a few soldiers service books where the mend numbers start 19,0.... and they are late 1946 enlistment, so with this being a little higher I'm estimating this as a little later

 

So your saying the number 1911.... is relating to a military division etc rather than an individual person - sorry If I sound clueless just would have been nice to research the owner

 

HI,
The link that Tony56 posted above
ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/army-number-block-allocations.4837/

Is probably the best for showing number groups during the War, from 1920 to 1942 on enlistment you got a number from the block allocated to your unit, from 1942 they all initially enlisted and went through a single unit (the General Service Corps) which had a new batch of numbers and basically the later you enlisted the higher in the block your number - none of these lists include numbers in the 19 million range (as this number is), in my collection of service books I have the following 19 millions so they must have been an additional range added post-War - the number on the bag falls between the last 2 so I'd say he enlisted between those 2 dates.

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19011935 enlisted 18/7/46
19030370 enlisted 8/8/46
19097106 enlisted 7/11/46

19097634​

enlisted 7/11/46​

19168761 enlisted 8/5/47

After 1920 the number is unique to the man (although there could be some duplication between soldier/officer/RAF)

 

Thanks for your time that’s good to know- was hoping for a ww2 link and then something to get my teeth into let’s hope the owner had a good life