| Partial reply: prior to World War I the recruiting system in place was
regimental with some general army reserve (never having heard of the RNR I
presume it to be one of those).
A soldier who joined a reserve echelon attached to aregiment would be shown
on the books as having been enlisted at the regimental depot, regardless of
where he actually took the shilling. Discharge would be at the depot also unless
at the time of discharge he were on active duty and his batallion was serving
overseas.
Aldershot is one of the Army general Headquarter locations (together with
Chester and Endinburg for example), so it is quite possible that the paperwork
was processed at Aldershot without your great-grandfather ever going there.
(My grandfather served through WWI having enlisted in Shrewsbury and being
discharged in Liverpool, but his service record lists Chester as both enlistment
and discharge location).
/. Ian .\
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