[Margaret in Burton]

We did try the regimental museum ages ago. Nothing, referred us to TNA.

I'll have another go.

Remember, I do have his military record, not just from Ancestry but from The Army archives themselves many years before they went online. We had to produce proof that OH's father was his son and he had to write giving us permission to receive them. Much like you have to now when you order WW2 records.

They commented that the records had been 'weeded'. Their words. It told when he joined and where. No mention of next of kin or place of birth. The place of birth of the records when he was recalled for WW1 says Ashby de la Zouch, which was where he lived at the time not his place of birth which according to the 1911 census was Rotherham. He joined the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1903 in Pontefract.