William Henry Restorick, 1883-1955. Private ,later a Sergeant, army record please - unable to get any army record through conventional means.
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24-07-2014, 5:01 AM #1GwyneddGuest
First world war, British Army, 1914-1918
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24-07-2014, 6:03 AM #2
Welcome to British-Genealogy Gwynedd
It is a lucky dip as to who's WW1 service and pension records survived the bombing/fire in WW11. However you should be able to locate a medal roll index card for your man either on The National Archives site, where you will have to pay for the download, or on ancestry which is a pay per view site but many libraries have a free version.
I will take a look and see if I can find anything.
ChristinaSometimes paranoia is just having all the facts.
William Burroughs
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24-07-2014, 6:11 AM #3
This appears to be his medal roll card. He is the only W/William Restorick who appeared on my search.
William H Restorick
Regiment ASC/Rahwe DSC
Regimental number SS/1086
He received the Victory medal, the British medal and the 14 Star.
I am not very good with Regiment names and acronyms so will have to see if I can work it out but I am sure one of our more knowledgeable members will be along to help
ChristinaSometimes paranoia is just having all the facts.
William Burroughs
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24-07-2014, 6:19 AM #4
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A very warm welcome to Brit-gen
Find My Past has a 1 page record for a William Henry Restorick, enlisted 14 Feb 1918, born 3 Dec 1884, Honiton (birth registered Axminster Mar 1885).
However, suspect "your" William is the William Henry Restorick, registered Holborn Jun 1883?"dyfal donc a dyr y garreg"
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24-07-2014, 10:20 AM #5
Hi
ASC = Army Service corps, later Royal - https://www.1914-1918.net/asc.htm
This is what I don't understand- Rahore = town in India
D.S.C. - found this in wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence...y_Corps_(India) , but after WW2??
Also to get the 1914 star he must have been in France (only there) before Nov 1914 (according to his MIC date is right - 23/9/14) and under fire, not sure how the rest fits in??
SS - Army Service Corps- Supply Special
Then there is this chap in the RMLI - https://discovery.nationalarchives.go...s?uri=D7818424
So which one??
regards
Robert
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25-07-2014, 5:02 AM #6GwyneddGuest
Thank you Christina. ASC stands for Army Service Corps. SS stands for Supply Special. The Restorick you have is the correct one.
I was wanting to know where his regiment was stationed in France during WW1. He also served in Germany up until 1920.
Gwynedd
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25-07-2014, 5:09 AM #7GwyneddGuest
Thank you. William Henry Restorick was born in Hoxton on the 3rd of March 1883. It is believed he served in WW1 from 1914 - 1920. He was with the Army Service Corps.
Gwynedd
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25-07-2014, 5:19 AM #8GwyneddGuest
Thank you. William Henry Restorick served in the RASC in France from 1914-1920. He was born in Hoxton, London on 11/03/1883. The word is Rahwe - I am not too sure what this means. His regimental number is SS/1086. None of the references you have suggested are correct.
Gwynedd
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25-07-2014, 6:32 AM #9
Hello Gwynedd
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any surviving records for your man other than his medal roll card.
If you click on the first link in Robert's post #5 it will take you to The Long Long Trail site where you will find general information about the Army Service Corps.
Typing SS Army Service Corps WW1 in to a search engine will bring up plenty of reading material.
ChristinaSometimes paranoia is just having all the facts.
William Burroughs
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25-07-2014, 8:23 AM #10SueNSWGuest
Looking at the medal card I wonder if the writing after the ASC initials is actually "Lahore" which was the name of the 3rd Division of the Indian Expeditionary Force. They arrived in Marseilles at the end of September.
Possibly the 3 letters after this word might be DSC - Divisional Service Corps????
For William to have been in France so early he was likely to have been either Regular Army or a reservist - or maybe even on leave from India?? So possibly attached to them
A look at the actual medal roll at the National Archives might throw some light on his service and it would probably be worth asking on a specialist forum such as the Great War Forum - https://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/ where there are real experts
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