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208063Pte. William Ford
British Army 2/1 Btn. Queens Own Worcestershire Hussars
My grandfather, William Ford, joined the Queens Own Worcestershire Hussars in February 1917. I know this for 2 reasons. I have his diary for 1917. He kept very brief notes of where he was in 1917 and I tracked him to 2/1 Battalion. He had his photograph taken in uniform in April of that year and his cap badge is that of Queens Own Worcestershire Hussars. His diary states he was "draughted" to France on the 19th of August 1917 at 8am. He was wounded in France. A bullet passing through his right arm into his left leg and he was missing for some days. His diary states that he was "removed to Manningtree" on 20 October. No mention of being wounded or where he had been. Family tradition has it that he was on the French/Belgium Border. The problem is I can't find a record of his battalion serving in France or any other details of where he might have been wounded.
Editor's Note: Many of the Cavalry regiments were split up and troops transferred to other units in 1917, or he may have been draughted to another unit in France, so it is likely he would have been with another regiment when he was wounded.
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