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Title: significance of soldier's number?
Post by: hansmic on February 23, 2012, 09:37:10 PM

Will a soldier's number give an indication as to what year he joined up?  The number in question is 58422.

Title: Re: significance of soldier's number?
Post by: harribobs on February 10, 2013, 08:31:20 PM

bloody hell i'm a bit late on this one,

i would think that number would have been issued in early 1917

chris