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Nehemiah John Coyle Manchester Regiment-regiment number known

FRYJ724  (View posts) Posted: 31 Oct 2012 5:30PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Coyle
I'm trying to find some information about Nehemiah John Coyle born in November 1911 in Pontypridd Wales.
He was in the 2nd Light Manchester regiment and he was a Private. His number was 3522986.
His parents were James Coyle and Jane Ann Gould.
I believe he may have been living in Middlesex in 1941.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Re: Nehemiah John Coyle Manchester Regiment-regiment number known

bromaelor  (View posts) Posted: 1 Nov 2012 12:25PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 1 Nov 2012 12:37PM GMT
If you do a search for Nehemiah John Coyle on Ancestry you will see that a user, pcoyle22, has him on their 'Coyle Family Tree'. It's a Private tree so you would have to send a contact message to them.

They have him born in 1911 in Tonypandy, Glamorgan, which at that time was part of the Pontypridd Registration District.

GRO records show that he married:
Elizabeth M Thomas in 1936 Qtr 1, in the Pontypridd area
Ann B Cleland/Fee in 1964 Qtr 3, in the Coventry area

He died in Feb 1988 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England and his date of birth was given as 21 Nov 1911. However, the GRO index suggests that the birth was not registered until 1912 Qtr 1.

As he was born after the 1911 census you will not find him on any census records.

Was he a full-time soldier or a WW2 conscript? I think you need to try to get hold of his army service record? The military records on-line tend to be only for those who died during the war. So you would probably have to go for the original records.
You might also be able to find him in Electoral Rolls? I can't see a Nehemiah, but there are lots of John Coyles in Middlesex at that time!

Re: Nehemiah John Coyle Manchester Regiment-regiment number known

FRYJ724  (View posts) Posted: 1 Nov 2012 12:38PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thank you. I had seen mention of the user you've mentioned when I've been searching but everytime I click on the contact button it leads me to a page where it asks me to register as a full member.

I unfortunetly don't know if he was a full time soldier. All I know is the 2nd Light Manchester regiment and that he was a Private.
Do you know of anywhere I can search online for his service record, not the actually record of course but evidence that there is a record that I could send for?

Thank you.

Re: Nehemiah John Coyle Manchester Regiment-regiment number known

bromaelor  (View posts) Posted: 1 Nov 2012 12:46PM GMT
Classification: Query
I don't know any site which on-line WW2 records.

I've just sent a message to pcoyle22 referring him/her to this thread.

Re: Nehemiah John Coyle Manchester Regiment-regiment number known

FRYJ724  (View posts) Posted: 1 Nov 2012 1:15PM GMT
Classification: Query
Oh really? Thank you very much. I don't know why the site won't let me do it.

Thank you.

Re: Nehemiah John Coyle Manchester Regiment-regiment number known

bromaelor  (View posts) Posted: 2 Nov 2012 9:51AM GMT
Classification: Query
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