pitsmoor boy   10 #1 Posted October 16, 2017 Can anyone help please - Sheffield WW1 records. I am looking for a Service Record and wonder if there is anyone who can point me in the right direction. We know that service numbers changed during the war. I have tried ancestry and find my past.  My grandfather, Albert Shepherd, b. 1891, Sheffield joined the Territorial Force in 1909, age 17. Service number 514 It was the 3rd (poss 8th) West Riding Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery.  The photographs we have shows him as a Lance Corporal (date unknown) and also a couple of photos in ´the field´ in France, we believe he was a gunner. His other service numbers could have possibly been 79832 or 147844 but have become a little stuck with this. He returned safely. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Siren   10 #2 Posted October 16, 2017 Pitsmoor Boy I have a partial service record of a man I think is your relative. How can I get it to you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Tuppie   10 #3 Posted October 16, 2017 I'm not sure if you are aware, but 60% of WW1 service records were destroyed by Luftwaffe bombing in WW2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jmdee   10 #4 Posted October 17, 2017 Have you checked Ancestry? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lobster   54 #5 Posted October 17, 2017 Have a word with the guys at the Sheffield Soldier one of their researchers is very good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
pitsmoor boy   10 #6 Posted October 19, 2017 Sheffield Soldier WW1 site looks very interesting, thanks 'lobster' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
CarolW   10 #7 Posted October 19, 2017 You can apply to the army to have copies of your relatives service record....  https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records  It costs about £30, I think, but you get their registration papers, which regiments they were with and where they were posted to...  Hope this helps!!! :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dadoronron   10 #8 Posted October 19, 2017 hiya pitsmoorboy, carolw is correct ..but here is the full address if you need it Army Personnel Centre Historical Disclosure Mail point 400 Kentigern House 65 Brown Street Glasgow G2 8EX  Hope this helps  ron Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
pitsmoor boy   10 #9 Posted October 21, 2017 Thank you to everyone who has replied to this thread, it is very much appreciated. I am continuing to check this out. I will let you all know when I succeed. Thanks again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dadoronron   10 #10 Posted October 22, 2017 just a thought pitsmoorboy, I used to live at pitsmoor on grimesthorpe road just up from the normanton inn..sutherland road baths and the wembley were my favourite places and I went to ellesmere road school too although a few years behind you..hope you succeed in your search Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Tuppie   10 #11 Posted October 23, 2017 WW1 service records are not with the MOD, They only hold records after 1920 except for the Guards regiments and they have their own archives at Wellington Barracks. My father was a Coldstreamer in 1935-1939 and I obtained his records from Wellington Barracks.  He transferred to the Royal Marines at the outbreak of war WW2 were he finished in 1945 as a colour sergeant and I applied for these from the MOD. There was a charge of £30 for these. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...