Private No. 1154 National Reserve

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Member Since: October 2009 Posts: 39 Send Message	Philip	Report	24 Nov 2009 16:17
Member Since: October 2009 Posts: 39 Send Message	On my aunt's birth certificate my grandad rank/profession was given as Miner, (Private No. 1154 National Reserve). Does this mean he was like one of the Bevin boys in WW11 or was he a miner and a national reservist? Any ideas anyone?
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 10,522 Send Message	Potty	Report	24 Nov 2009 16:40
	Try this site: www.thelearningcentre.org/ww1/sect1_p1.htm Reading it, I would think he had previously been in the Army. Could he have served in WW1?
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 1,262 Send Message	Bren from Oldham	Report	24 Nov 2009 16:55
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 1,262 Send Message	If it was the 1st world war he most likely would have already served in and been discharged from the army and was too old to fight in WW1 My grandfather ( previous army record)was in his late forties when he enlisted and was sent to a munitions factory and a family member who was on the national reserve was sent to a coal mine but he had been in France a few months previously and had been discharged on medical grounds