daggers Posted 5 February , 2010 Share Posted 5 February , 2010 Liverpool Town Hall's Roll of Honour has many oddities among its 13000+ entries, some of which have been solved with help from this forum's members. Here is another: This soldier's unit is given as in the topic title CURRIN PTE. E I have not been able to find this and wonder if he served in an 'Empire' unit, as many Australians and Canadians of Liverpool origin are named on the Roll. His name may not even be correct, but I have used Geoff's excellent search engine to comb the CWGC's register with no result so far and the LLT search is silent. All ideas welcomed. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveE Posted 5 February , 2010 Share Posted 5 February , 2010 Daggers I suspect it's a Canadian outfit.... 158th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Battalion or 199th (Duchess of Connaught's Own Irish Rangers) Battalion. He wouldn't have been listed as a casualty with either of these battalions as I believe they were used in England to supply drafts to Infantry units in France. Based on that I suspect it's this man.... Name: CURRIN Initials: E Nationality: Canadian Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) Unit Text: 14th Bn. Date of Death: 07/08/1917 Service No: 920068 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 10. Cemetery: MAZINGARBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterlad2 Posted 5 February , 2010 Share Posted 5 February , 2010 Great spot Steve. Good candidate here http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databas...p;id_nbr=130681 Ernest with nok at 88 Denman St Liverpool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveE Posted 5 February , 2010 Share Posted 5 February , 2010 From the Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group's "Matrix Project", in particular the Richardson Collection of Nominal Rolls they show he came over from Canada with the 199th Battalion...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 5 February , 2010 Author Share Posted 5 February , 2010 Thanks to all for such a comprehensive reply. My column for 'remarks' will have to be expanded to fit all that in. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 5 February , 2010 Share Posted 5 February , 2010 Very nice bit of work there, pals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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