TonyWBaxter Posted 15 April , 2010 Share Posted 15 April , 2010 Any help please. I have found a passenger list for the 15th Nov 1919. It has my grand mother, my dad and two uncles on the Konigin Luise (Orient Line) from Bombay to Plymouth. Try as I may I cannot find my granddad. Sgt James Edgar Baxter No. 9274. 2nd Batt King's Liverpool Regiment. I beleve he was Regular Army as he was a corporal in 1912 when he married his wife in Yorkshire. By 1922 he was out of the army and back in Yorkshire. His Medal Index card states he was due the Victory and Britsh War medals. The 15 Star and the Indian General Service Afgan NWFF 1919 Medal. Any information on his possable movements would be much apprecheated. Tony Baxter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 15 April , 2010 Share Posted 15 April , 2010 Tony Were there any other soldiers on board this vessel ? If not it might just have been that they hadn't finished their work yet and were to travel back on a troopship. His rank may also have allowed his family the privilege of a "pukka" steamship passage home. I note that after the end of the NWFF conflicts in Aug 1919 some of the 2nd Bn moved on to the Sudan Garrison whilst in 1920 the remainder of the Bn were demobilised. There seems to be no records remaining of his service,nor any War Diaires locatable using the Battalion details. Sotonmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulianB Posted 16 April , 2010 Share Posted 16 April , 2010 Tony, do you have any photographs of your grandfather ? I'm interested in seeing what badges the 2nd Bn wore in India. Thanks, Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyWBaxter Posted 16 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 16 April , 2010 Tony, do you have any photographs of your grandfather ? I'm interested in seeing what badges the 2nd Bn wore in India. Thanks, Julian Hi Julian Alas I have no photos of my grandad in uniform. My dads baptisum certificate states it has been entered in the Regimental Records, Peshawar 22-9-1916. That's all I have from that time. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantowi Posted 16 April , 2010 Share Posted 16 April , 2010 Was you Dad, Stanley ? If it is, you could order up his Birth certificate (assuming you dont have it :-) - Peshawar / 1916 / 76 (could be 75) Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulianB Posted 17 April , 2010 Share Posted 17 April , 2010 OK, thanks Tony, J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyWBaxter Posted 17 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 17 April , 2010 Was you Dad, Stanley ? If it is, you could order up his Birth certificate (assuming you dont have it :-) - Peshawar / 1916 / 76 (could be 75) Grant Hi Grant I have dads baptisum certificate but not a birth certificate. Would I have to get it through the Regt? On dads 2nd WW service record it has him as dual nationalaty. But he always insisted he was born under the British flag. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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