Peter Williams Canberra

[Guest]

Hello, I became aware of the forum just over a week ago when researching my grandfathers military history. Purely by coincidence my search took me into a posting by Peter Williams of Canberra, member no. 23,638. In the posting he requests information about my grandfather, John Coucill, on behalf of a friend of his, Lyn. This is very intriguing and I would appreciate any help in contacting Peter Williams. I have tried to PM but I am unable to do this due to an error.

Thank you in anticipation.

Paula

[River97]

Paula,

To get to the PM phase you need to have 10 posts. If you would like I'll send him one on your behalf.

Cheers Andy.

[Guest]

Thanks Andy, that would be great.

Paula

[River97]

Done.

Cheers Andy.

[Guest]

Andy

Thanks so much, this is really important to me and my family.

Paula

[ddavemanc]

Hello, I became aware of the forum just over a week ago when researching my grandfathers military history. Purely by coincidence my search took me into a posting by Peter Williams of Canberra, member no. 23,638. In the posting he requests information about my grandfather, John Coucill, on behalf of a friend of his, Lyn. This is very intriguing and I would appreciate any help in contacting Peter Williams. I have tried to PM but I am unable to do this due to an error.

Thank you in anticipation.

Paula

Hi paula

Have you tried the manchester regiment forum?

Regards

Dave

[PDW]

Here I am Paula.

How can I help you?

Peter

Hello, I became aware of the forum just over a week ago when researching my grandfathers military history. Purely by coincidence my search took me into a posting by Peter Williams of Canberra, member no. 23,638. In the posting he requests information about my grandfather, John Coucill, on behalf of a friend of his, Lyn. This is very intriguing and I would appreciate any help in contacting Peter Williams. I have tried to PM but I am unable to do this due to an error.

Thank you in anticipation.

Paula

[River97]

Peter, Paula,

Pleasure doing business, anything to help.

Cheers Andy.

[Guest]

Here I am Paula.

How can I help you?

Peter

Hello Peter

Thank you for contacting me. Difficult to know where to start! I recently acquired my grandfather's medals and decided to see what I could find out about his involvement and experiences in the 1st World War. I discovered that he was with the 25th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, I knew he was wounded, I believed in France but I didn't know where and I couldn't trace the regiment overseas. I typed the regiment name in for a google search and it took me into your posting of March last year. I continued to read your posting because I thought I might learn where he was posted and where and when he was wounded. I was then amazed to see his name and number and to learn that he had a daughter (Lyn) in Canberra. This meant that if your John Coucill 10371 is my grandfather that my mother has a sister or half sister in Canberra.

I wondered if Lyn would want to know more about her father and perhaps our family as we are interested in knowing more about Lyn. I don't know if you are in contact with her but hoped if you were that you might pass this information on.

Kindest regards

Paula