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benrymnd

23-11-20 13:36

war records

Does anyone have access to ww1 records if you have would it be possible for you to look up Joseph Bennett Royal Irish fusiliers battalion number 16576, I would like to know what battalion he was in to find out where he was posted during ww1.
Regards Ray

JBee	23-11-20 17:11

Can’t see anything on ancestry for his service record a lot of records didn’t survive. Have you tried the National Archives?

kiterunner

23-11-20 17:36

His medal index card is available on TNA website. I think that at the moment, if you log in you can download it for free:

https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/D1288930

kiterunner

23-11-20 17:45

I can't find a service record on Ancestry either, but there is the medal roll which says the following in the column headed "In sequence Units and Corps previously served with by each individual...":

8 R. Ir. Fus. 16576 Pte
7/8 R. Ir. Fus. 16576
1 R. Ir. Fus. 16576

but it doesn't give dates when he transferred from one to another.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer...ce&pId=3061478

The medal index card shows that he received the Victory medal and the British War medal, but doesn't have any further info.

benrymnd

24-11-20 12:50

Thabks for your replies

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