war records

[benrymnd]

Does anyone have access to ww1 records if you have would it be possible for you to look up Joseph Bennett Royal Irish fusiliers battalion number 16576, I would like to know what battalion he was in to find out where he was posted during ww1.
Regards Ray

[JBee]

Can’t see anything on ancestry for his service record a lot of records didn’t survive. Have you tried the National Archives?

[kiterunner]

His medal index card is available on TNA website. I think that at the moment, if you log in you can download it for free:

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D1288930

[kiterunner]

I can't find a service record on Ancestry either, but there is the medal roll which says the following in the column headed "In sequence Units and Corps previously served with by each individual...":

8 R. Ir. Fus. 16576 Pte
7/8 R. Ir. Fus. 16576
1 R. Ir. Fus. 16576

but it doesn't give dates when he transferred from one to another.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5119/images/41629_625537_9755-00277?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=dNx72080&_phstart=successSource&pId=3061478

The medal index card shows that he received the Victory medal and the British War medal, but doesn't have any further info.

[benrymnd]

Thabks for your replies