North Staffs 1918

[mmm45]

Hi whilst researching my local roll of honour

I came across this 31857 Pte Fred m WILSON kia Southern Russia 26/8/18 with 7th North Staffs can anyone give me a heads up on what operations they were on in that region at that time.

Thanks very much

Ady

[Blackblue]

Try Weston here. He was a Corporal with the 25th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (25 AIF). He was formerly a local to Leeds and obviously emigrated to Australia prior to the war.

http://www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp

http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm131/052/052200.pdf

http://www.awm.gov.au/database/awm8/name.asp

http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/23_42_1/pdf/0016.pdf

http://www.awm.gov.au/database/133/page.as...&surname=weston

You can have his papers digitized here:

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/ItemDetail.asp?M=0&B=8381916

According to the Bn history the unit appears to have been out of the line when he died. Prior to this the Bn were undergoing their very first spell in the line in France/Flanders at Armentieres (also known as 'The Nursery'). There is reference to some shelling soon after they arrived and to men being shot by snipers.

Rgds

Tim

[mmm45]

Try Weston here. He was a Corporal with the 25th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (25 AIF). He was formerly a local to Leeds and obviously emigrated to Australia prior to the war.

http://www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp

http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm131/052/052200.pdf

http://www.awm.gov.au/database/awm8/name.asp

http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/23_42_1/pdf/0016.pdf

http://www.awm.gov.au/database/133/page.as...&surname=weston

You can have his papers digitized here:

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/ItemDetail.asp?M=0&B=8381916

According to the Bn history the unit appears to have been out of the line when he died. Prior to this the Bn were undergoing their very first spell in the line in France/Flanders at Armentieres (also known as 'The Nursery'). There is reference to some shelling soon after they arrived and to men being shot by snipers.

Rgds

Tim

Just bumping this back up.

Ady

[mmm45]

Try Weston here. He was a Corporal with the 25th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (25 AIF). He was formerly a local to Leeds and obviously emigrated to Australia prior to the war.

http://www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp

http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm131/052/052200.pdf

http://www.awm.gov.au/database/awm8/name.asp

http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/23_42_1/pdf/0016.pdf

http://www.awm.gov.au/database/133/page.as...&surname=weston

You can have his papers digitized here:

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/ItemDetail.asp?M=0&B=8381916

According to the Bn history the unit appears to have been out of the line when he died. Prior to this the Bn were undergoing their very first spell in the line in France/Flanders at Armentieres (also known as 'The Nursery'). There is reference to some shelling soon after they arrived and to men being shot by snipers.

Rgds

Tim

Just bumping this back up.

Ady

[Dolphin]

Ady

The 7th North Staffords were part of Dunsterforce, a formation sent to head off Turkish advances in the Caspian. It's been mentioned a few times on the Forum, so a search should dig out something.

You could try seeking out a copy of these books:

The Adventures of Dunsterforce by Maj Gen L C Dunsterville, printed in the 1930s

The Day We Almost Bombed Moscow by Christopher Dobson & John Miller, ISBN 0 340 33723 0; and

Stamping out the Virus by Perry Moore, ISBN 0 7643 1625 7.

I hope that this helps.

Gareth