by corona » Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:25 pm
Hi.
ALBERT EDWARD BOLD ( FROM THE SURREY RECRUITMENT REGISTERS 1908- 1933)
M2/136473 ARMY SERVICE CORPS.(MT) VOLUNTEERS 12/10/1915-18/1/1916.
AGE 24 YEARS 9 MTHS 5FT.6 INS. 119 LBS. CHEST SIZE 33.25 INS.
OCCUPATION CHAUFFEUR BORN ILMINSTER,SOMERSET.
ATTESTATION DATE 25/10/1915 KINGSTON ON THAMES ADDRESS 23 FALLSBROOK RD. STREATHAM.
As for the reasons why Samuel enlisted into the WORCESTERS when he did, they could be many and varied even, before 1914.
As WW1 progressed I suspect choice of regiment or corps.was very much reduced, for new recruites.
My own Granfather ,an Englishman living in South Wales , with previous service in the 5th.Welsh Regiment,joined the KSLI in 1914.
Regards,
corona.