rksimpson Posted 6 March , 2016 Author Share Posted 6 March , 2016 HI James All sorted years ago, he was in the army and I applied for his records and originally got a summary as discussed above, then asked and got the full records. Worth doing. Also got a summary of his regiments war diaries. Did not mention it then as I thought it was not appropriate in a WW1 forum. I did discuss it on WW2 Talk. regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rksimpson Posted 20 April , 2016 Author Share Posted 20 April , 2016 Hi My thanks to everyone who posted about the medals being able to be claimed, I received them on Monday. regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rksimpson Posted 3 February , 2018 Author Share Posted 3 February , 2018 Following on with my Grandfather, I got a hospital admission and discharge page from FMP for him. I have a query on it, with the discussion before, he went to France with the 12th RS, looks like he was wounded in January 1917 (published in The Scotsman in Feb 1917) - we thought send to 2nd on recovery- and again later on in 1917 as discussed before- and sent to 7th. With this page from No 3 Casualty Clearing Station, it has an entry for him, see attachments. The first entry has one issue for me, if this is his first time to a hospital, then should he have been with the 12th Battalion, not the 2nd? Everything else on that side is fine, although I don not know why someone wrote a 0 over the 8 with his service number? No one with the number 15009 served in the RS and had a MIC, and no W Simpsons with that number in any regiment? I understand the code for his wounds, thanks to a nice index in the front of the book. With the second side, I cut some of it out, he was in on 5.1.17 and out on 7.1.17, presumably sent somewhere to recover? The last bit I don't understand- 3 w To No 21 and presumably some-ones initials AT? Is No 21 another CCS? See the 3rd picture for the heading of that section, with an example below it. I would appreciate some clarification if possible, thanks. regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveE Posted 3 February , 2018 Share Posted 3 February , 2018 Don’t know about the “3 W” but I’d suggest that “To No.21 AT” is “To No.21 Ambulance Train”. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rksimpson Posted 3 February , 2018 Author Share Posted 3 February , 2018 (edited) Thanks Steve, certainly makes sense. Does anyone have any information on No.21 Ambulance Train? regards Robert Edited 3 February , 2018 by rksimpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rksimpson Posted 16 November , 2020 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2020 HI Just following on with my Grandfather. I have a fairly good story on him but am stuck on a couple of records. FWR have 4 records for him being wounded, two I can find in The Scotsman newspaper (both 1917) but the other two I cannot see in it. The National Library for Scotland has a list - https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/144481815 From FWR they have an entry for my Grandfather- I am after Incident Details: War Office Daily List No.5693 Report Date: 11/10/1918 Which seems to be in weekly list 63, and I cant see it in the full list? So the list seems incomplete, or am I missing something. Would it be elsewhere? The other one is - First Name: W Surname: Simpson Resided Town: Coatbridge Report Date: 28/08/1916 Information: Listed as "Wounded" on the Casualty List issued by the War Office from 28th August 1916. I cannot find that in The Scotsman and the NLS records don't go that far back. Can anyone else find it somewhere? I would just like to have the original report on both, I do not trust transcriptions only! Appreciate any help. regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rksimpson Posted 3 January , 2021 Author Share Posted 3 January , 2021 Hi all I have just found out my Grandfather was wounded for a 4th time. A transcription was on FWR and I got a copy of the original Weekly Casualty List from NLS , see attached photo.http://ww2talk.com/index.php?attachments/british-military-lists-weekly-casualty-lists-oct-1918-edited-2-jpg.289273/ I presume it says Edinburgh, because that is where they were married and where she lived. After the war they were in Coatbridge. Does the date reflect the time of wounding, i.e. 11th October, or the date the report got to the appropriate person to record? Obviously, it was published on 15th October.http://ww2talk.com/index.php?attachments/british-military-lists-weekly-casualty-lists-page-heading-jpg.289274/ I know from his medal roll (BM & V roll) that he was with the 7th Battalion Royal Scots at the time – see attachmenthttp://ww2talk.com/index.php?attachments/w-simpson-r-scots-edited-jpeg.289278/ But his MIC only has –, see attachmenthttp://ww2talk.com/index.php?attachments/mic-jpg.289275/ Both also miss him being in the 13th Battalion, but we have a date from here – see attachment -http://ww2talk.com/index.php?attachments/s2_gbm_mh106_mh106-1140_0060-edit-c2bmf-jpg.289277/ That is an extract from the admission and discharge book for No 18 General Hospital and says - Index number on admission 2924. 13 Royal Scots B Company 15809 Lance Corporal Wm Simpson age 23, 3-years’ service, 24 months with Field Force. VIII (1) of arm R.S. 2.8.17- date of admission, 4 days treatment (Gunshot Wounds of the Upper Extremities- 1. Simple flesh contusions and wounds – right arm slight) Religion – Roman Catholic. So I have: - Joined Nov 1914 (to confirm) Entered France 11/5/15 with 12th Royal Scots as Private 15809 Wounded 28 Aug 1916 (to confirm) from FWR record Transferred to 2nd Royal Scots Wounded 5 Jan 1917 Confirmed in The Scotsman Feb 1917- also medical record Transferred to 13th Royal Scots At some-time appointed Lance-Corporal Wounded 2 Aug 1917 Confirmed in The Scotsman Sep 1917 (also L/Cpl) – also medical record as above Sent to UK 5 Aug 1917 Married 26 Oct 1917 in Edinburgh Transferred to 7th Royal Scots, maybe 2/7 - part of 65th Division and based at Dublin from January 1917. They were there until they were disbanded in March 1918. I have been told the troubles in Northern Ireland had settled down by then, but would someone have taken a pot shot at a Catholic who had NI heritage and was in the British Army? Or could it be the 1/7th? They were in Palestine in late 1917, then sent to France in April 1918. Looking at War Diary for 1/7 they were in a battle late September and they do note casualties. No names as usual. So wounded for a 4th time, in late September 1918? Then Posted to 3rd Royal Scots – also in Ireland. They discharged home, probably early 1919 if not earlier as their first child was born on 20th October 1919, Dad was born 12th July 1921 etc. So my questions are: - Do you know if the 2/7 would have been recorded in the weekly casualty list, or just the 1/7? I thought given he had been wounded 3 times that he would have been sent to 2/7th but could be wrong. I have been told on Great War Forum that newspaper recordings of casualties appeared about a month after the actual casualty, so I presume the casualty list would only be a week or two after the event, would that be right? Having a heritage of being a Catholic in Northern Ireland, I would also presume that could be a reason to send him there with the 2/7. Or am I guessing too much? I wish his record had survived, it would make things so much easier. Appreciate any help. regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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