Spr Frank Higham RE

[Guest fhaccord]

Hi

My Grandad Frank Higham joined the Royal Engineers in Sheffield his number was 2469. According to my father Grandad did not join when the war started and rec'd the dreaded white feather treatment

He ended the war in India (after being torpedoed en route) and the story is that when the end of the war was announced he and his comrades broke into the stores and all got drunk - they were court martialled and the sentence was an extra year in India. When he returned he married my Gran.

I have done the ancestry.co searches and cannot find anything.

Anyone any suggestions?

Many thanks

Frank

[rksimpson]

Hi Frank

Here is the reference to his medal index card - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...p;resultcount=1

It confirms what you said about him joining up later - see - http://www.1914-1918.net/renumbering.htm

By searching on Ancestry - do you mean you have looked for his service records? as his MIC should be there as well and that may have some more information on it. When searching for his service records try a few different things like adding or leaving out a few of the search parameters.

If you find nothing then unfortunately there is not much else you can try

Here are a few things you can look at

http://www.1914-1918.net/cre.htm

http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/records.htm

http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/medals.htm

http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/avl.htm

regards

Robert

[Terry_Reeves]

Frank

Looking at his medal index card, he was a member of 2/1st West Riding Field Company RE. This was renamed 458 Field Company in 1917 when there was a change in designation and at the same time personnel in TF units were renumbered. The company was originally raised in 1914 for the 62nd (West Riding) Division and transferred to the 49th (West Riding) Division on 23 June , 1915.

Their war diary can be found at the NA in : WO 95/2783 458 Field Company Royal Engineers 1915 June - 1919 May

TR

[sued]

Hi Frank,

My grandfather was also in the 458th Field Company RE. He joined up in November 1914 in Sheffield and kept a diary throughout 1915. You may be interested to know that I've obtained the company's war diary from the National Archives.

Sue

[Guest fhaccord]

Hi Sue

Sincere apologies for the delayed reply to this - I have been doing lots of research and must have missed your post.

Can you tell me how to get a copy of the war diary please?

Many thanks

Frank (fhaccord@aol.com)

Hi Frank,

My grandfather was also in the 458th Field Company RE. He joined up in November 1914 in Sheffield and kept a diary throughout 1915. You may be interested to know that I've obtained the company's war diary from the National Archives.

Sue