Wendy, Thanks for asking the question as it is making a few people (including me) think. Whilst I am certainly no 'expert' on the British Army I know that from the Australian Army (whose basis is in the British forces) perspective there can be different, even several, regimental numbers for the one serviceperson. I am doubtful that this is due to different regiments though. It is more likely to be due to different forms or levels of service, for instance, in Australia militia service (part time service) would carry a different reg.no. to fulltime. Again, an overseas expeditionary force would entail a separate number to regular Army (in Australia, the world war expeditionary forces were formed by speciiifc acts of parliament as the regular army was only authorised for service within Australia. I have noted that both the Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire Regiments included regular and militia forces. If you are able to contact British Army records units, they should be able to confirm the reasons for the different numbers allocated to Herbert Coote. Regards, Ken