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unable to find WW1 record

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Susan

Susan Report 20 Dec 2014 12:47

I am trying to find my grandfathers WW1 military record, however the problem I have is that he used a different name to his birth register and I don't know which name he joined in, he was born 3rd Oct 1896 Halesworth Charles Vincent (birth register and baptism) called Charlie by the family. His marriage in 1922 and death in 1942 are recorded as Charles Norman Vincent. He was just about old enough to join up in 1914, there is word among last living relations from that side of the family that one of the boys joined the Flying Corp ? I am looking for records for HC and or CN Vincent possibly in Norfolk Regiment as he was from Gt Yarmouth, or in the early Flying Corps.

Gritty

Gritty Report 20 Dec 2014 14:47

His brother's record? - in the RAF:

Name(s) Samuel Francis Vincent
Birth year 1895
Birth date 23 Sep 1895
Birth town Great Yarmouth
Birth county Norfolk
Occupation Hospital Porter
Attestation year 1917
Attestation date 09 Nov 1917
Service number 241323
Marriage year 1919
Marriage date 07 Jun 1919
Spouse's first name(s) Hilda May
Spouse's last name Tripp
Archive reference AIR 79/2172
Next of kin first name(s) Hilda May
Next of kin last name Vincent,Tripp
Record set British Royal Air Force, Airmen's service records 1912-1939

Another brother? in the Navy:

First name(s) Albert George
Last name Vincent
Service number K40458
Birth year 1898
Birth date 14 Oct 1898
Birth place Great Yarmouth
Birth county Norfolk
Birth country England
Archive reference ADM 188/947/40458
Record set Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1919
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Record collection Service Records

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 20 Dec 2014 17:02

Do you have any proof that he served in WW1

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Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 20 Dec 2014 19:03

Baptism
County Norfolk
Place Great Yarmouth
Church St Nicholas
RegisterNumber 860
DateOfBirth 03 Oct 1896
BaptismDate 01 Nov 1896
Forename Halsworth Charles
Sex M
FatherForename Samuel Francis
MotherForename Emma Elizabeth
FatherSurname VINCENT
MotherSurname
Abode Yarmouth
FatherOccupation Cab proprietor

(from below link)

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

Chris :)

Susan

Susan Report 22 Dec 2014 00:01

thank you for your replies, yes those are his brothers Sam and Toby (Albert) , and the details of Grandfathers birth as Halesworth Charles in 1896. Yes he definitely served, he was gassed and had a shrapnel wound my dad remembered, he also suffered from shell shock and spent his last years in an asylum. I have a photo but no one left alive who can confirm its him