Trying to find regiment location

[mand82]

My 3rd great grandfather was in the army & online it’s only given me “5th BN royal fusiliers” and his service number 2040 but can’t find where in the uk he was based during his army days the transcript only says where he was from but not where he was sent to 😞

[Peter Goodey]

What exactly is the record that you found and what was his name and date and place of birth?

[Peter Goodey]

PS Regimental numbers were not unique. That's why we need his name as well.

Please note that according to my records, the 5th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers was a militia unit.

[helachau]

I searched FMP under the soldier no. "2040" and "5th bn royal fusiliers" in "Optional keywords" - returned 1 hit for a Militia attestation (form E50).
Searching FMP under the full name returned, but without soldier no. 2040, turned up a 2nd record - Army attestation form B265 with details of 8/9 years service.

[mand82]

Hi
The record I found is

Leonard Lewis waters
Birth: 1884
Birth parish: musley
Birth town: ware
Birth county: Hertfordshire
Birth country: England
Service number 2040
Regiment: royal fusiliers
Year: 1901
Attestation date: 28th August 1901
Attestation age years: 17
Attestation service number: 2040
Attestation corps: 5th BN royal fusiliers
Document type: attestation
Series: wo96 - milita service records 1806-1915
Archive: the national archives
Archive reference: Wo96
Box: 186
Box record number: 205
Record set: British army service records
Category: reginmental & service records

That’s all I could find there was no info on which royal fusiliers in the uk he was posted to 😞 I’ve tried looking

[Peter Goodey]

You need to look at the image, not the transcription.

[mand82]

You need to look at the image, not the transcription.

I don’t have access to the image as I use the libraries subscription and their subscription seems to only allow to view transcripts on Findmypast 😞

[Peter Goodey]

There's an attestation for the militia (2040) - 7th battalion, not 5th.


There's an entry in the record to the effect that he was transferred to the Royal Fusiliers (ie as a regular, not militia) on 28-10-01.


Then there is a separate record for his attestation to the Royal Fusiliers proper (9248). You need to read that for details of his army career - which was not exactly unblemished! He's the first flasher that I can remember anyone here finding!

[Peter Goodey]

I don’t have access to the image as I use the libraries subscription and their subscription seems to only allow to view transcripts on Findmypast

If that's a British public library you're talking about, I believe you can access the images. I'd go back and try again if I were you.

[mand82]

Yeah it’s a Essex library I’m going back to the library in a few hours to search for another solider so will try again , Findmypast seems to only have that one record of Leonard �� ,