Samuel Harrison Manchester regiment

[lin46]

Hello could anyone help please  Samuel Harrison born 1875 Ashton under Lyne was in the Lancashire fusillers his number on the records was 5555 it was for short service 38 days due to ill health. But on the Record it says he served 6 years with the Manchester Regiment,I cannot find anything else on him. could anyone help, it says 4th battalion his age is wrong on the records it says 1884 age 30 thank you.

[sphinx]

What are the records you quote please?

regards

[lin46]

Www service records 1914

[sphinx]

Hello,

It is actually his WW1 Pension Record.

It states he was born in November 1893 at Ashton under Lyne.

He served 6 years in the 4th Special Reserve Bn. The Manchester Regiment & was released because he was time expired.  This is the old Militia.

He was married in 1902 and had his first child in 1904.

regards

[lin46]

On Ancestry it says 1884, but he was born in 1875 I was wondering if there would be any records available from when he served in the Manchester battalion.

[sphinx]

Some Militia Records do exist.  They are on Find My Past - his is not there though.

regards

[lin46]

It's a shame where would he have gone with the special reserve battalion ? Because it was before the war started .

[sphinx]

No-where.

They were volunteers who were willing to embody in time of crisis and  did a 2 week camp each year in the UK.

[lin46]

Thank you.