If you already know about regimental numbers in the First World War you may as well stop reading here, this article is intended for those who are just beginning their military research and need a quick course in the basics. Right, to anyone who's still reading, hopefully this will answer your first questions about regimental numbers from the First World War, and enable you to use them to find out more about your relative/research interest's wartime service. Why are regimental

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