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From: Tom Morgan <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] Whereabouts of records? Dorsetshire Regiment
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 11:15:40 +0000
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In article <005901c046a0$76865280$>, wendy Linham
<> writes
>Hello,
>Please can anyone help me with the location of records for my husband's
>Grandfather - Frederick Thomas Blake, Pte.3/8019. It has been suggested
>that, due to his low number, he was in the Reserve prior to the war. The
>Dorset Regimental Museum does not hold the Militia / Special Reserve
>Records. Frederick survived the War and went to the "Z" Reserve on
>16.3.1919. There are no papers at PRO - as he was in the Reserve and went
>back to the Reserve after the War, does this mean that they were included in
>the burnt papers or are they still at MOD.
>Many thanks in advance
>Wendy
>Keynsham
>Nr Bath
>

Just out of interest, Wendy, I have been researching the life of a
soldier who was also in the Dorsets. His number was even lower than
your soldier's - 3/7283 - but he was a 21 year old regular in the 1st
Battalion when the war began.

Tom
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