stallturn Posted 10 February , 2009 Share Posted 10 February , 2009 Anyone know anything of Captain R. L. Alkin of the 4th East Lancs? I am not a relative, but his name appears on the backstrap of a Webley revolver that I have been offered. It adds, of course, to the interest to know something of the soldier that carried this revolver. Many thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theloft Posted 10 February , 2009 Share Posted 10 February , 2009 Hay! There are some entries in London Gazzette! http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/191...d-war-i/start=1 Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 10 February , 2009 Share Posted 10 February , 2009 From:- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...p;resultcount=2 Description Medal card of Alkin, R L Corps Regiment No Rank East Lancashire Regiment attached Royal Engineers Captain Date 1914-1920 Catalogue reference WO 372/24 Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War Piece Mentions in Despatches, Meritorious Service Medals and Territorial Force Efficiency Medals Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection Number of image files: 1 Image Reference Format and Version Part Number Size (KB) Number of Pages Price (£) 83186 / 2855 PDF 1.2 1 258 1 2.00 Total Price (£) 2.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Birch Posted 10 February , 2009 Share Posted 10 February , 2009 Hi there and welcome to the forum. Richard Ley Alkin. 4th East Lancs. Attached to 350th company Royal Engineers. Mentioned in dispatches (London Gazzette page 31085) 28/12/1918. Born Manaton warwickshire and (1891 census) lived at Atherstone in Warwickshire. His father lived on his own means. Can tell you his service papers exist under WO 374/904. Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjnd307 Posted 11 December , 2020 Share Posted 11 December , 2020 Here is a picture of him with his fellow 350th E&M Co RE officers, including my grandfather, John Alexander Davidson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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