Family history can of worms!!

[dannirenske]

I'm researching my family history and have been told that my Great Grandfather served in WW1 but I can't find anything about him! He was called Richard Francis/Frances Whincop born in 1896 in Bridlington. I have searched on here and on find my past but can't find anything! Where else can I go? I have managed to find info on 2 family members I never knew about!

[simmo1]

Hi

There is a Medal Index Card on Ancestry for -

Name:
Richard F Whincop

Regiment or Corps:
East Yorkshire Regiment, East Yorkshire Regiment

Regimental Number:
2372, 200571

Read about them here - https://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/campaignmedals.html
and https://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/interpretmic.html
Unfortunately Ancestry was attacked last week and is still getting itself sorted, so I cant view it.
No service records unfortunately.
Read this to see what else you could do - https://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/research.html
regards

Robert

[Elma]

Is it just the military records you are looking for?

[Ken_R]

This could be the 1901 entry. Richard F Whincup.

RG13, Piece 4470, Folio 114, Page 6.

[Peter Goodey]

Richard Francis/Frances Whincop born in 1896 in Bridlington

Are you sure he wasn't born in 1895 in the Sculcoates registration district?

And did he die on 8 Jan 1963?

[SueNSW]

Having 2 numbers - initially 4 digits - later 6 digits strongly suggests he was with a Territorial Battalion of the EYR. The number he received in the 1917 renumbering of the TF was allocated to the 4th battalion.

His Medal Card - as mentioned above gives a date of entry into a theatre of war of 17th April 1915 - consistent with the landing of the 1/4th battalion at Boulogne on that date. At the beginning of the war they were based in Hull - if that ties in with what you know about him

It looks as though the war diaries of the battalion have been digitised in 4 sections that can be downloaded (at a cost) from the NA site - https://discovery.nationalarchives.go...WO%2095%2F2834 - the bottom 4 sections

He is unlikely to be mentioned by name but it should give you an idea of what the battalion was up to

[SueNSW]

Sorry duplicate post for some reason