Greetings,
I am a complete beginner as to where you go to start researching army records, so any help would be gratefully received. I have recently discovered that my paternal grandmothers youngest brother died on 24/04/17 and rests in the Temple-Le-Gerard cemetry.
I would like to know more about his story, I know the 1st/8th was a territorial battalion but why did a clerk (1911 census) from Paignton end up joining the Worcesters rather than his local Devonshire regiment? We are going to France in August and detouring to visit the cemetry and I would like to get as much information as possible beforehand.
I have noticed on the CWGC website that there are a number of men from the battalion buried in the same row (including a couple of officers) all with the same date of death. Am I right assuming that this was because they were all killed on the same action (would this be recorded anywhere?) or justgiven the same date as their bodies were recovered on that day?
Again, any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks