COL THOMAS DALY

[nevgeoran]

hi all,am trying to find out what RAMC units col thomas daly CMG served in during the war.he joined the army in 1885 as a surgeon and served in india and south africa.went to france december 1914.according to jstor.org,the british medical journal,he was ADMS with a divison of the new army on 14 june 1915.he drowned on HT ARACDIAN, when it was sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean with the loss of 277 people,on 15 april 1917.it was on its way to egypt with reinforcements and had left port in salonika when it was torpedoed.am thinking seeing he was a colonel it might be easier to find outthanks for your help,nev P.S. what does ADMS stand for?

[GraemeClarke]

Hi

Picture of his medals sold by Spinks, here, togther with a bio. (Lot 540).

http://www.spink.com/auctions/pdf/7012_Afternoon.pdf

Also see

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...aded&start=

Also from web;

7108. Thomas Daly. S., aftds. S. Capt., i Aug. 1885. S.M. i Aug. 1897. K. \

i Aug. 1897. Lt. Col. i Aug. 1905. Col. i Mar. 1915. C.M .<"..

1917. N.W. Frontier, India, 1897-1898. South Africa 1899-1902. <

(i 4-. b. 1 8 Jan. 1861. Drowned when the transport Arcadian was

sunk by an enemy submarine in the Mediterranean, 15 April, 1917.

(Doesn't answer your question, though.)

Graeme

[apwright]

ADMS = Assistant Director of Medical Services

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