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F M Upton?


Janet Butler

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Hi all,

Please help.

I have come across a reference in an Australian magazine style record (not official) to 'our quartermaster, F M Upton'. I know all those in the know are probably rolling around laughing by now, but I did check the quartermaster's name (not Upton). Then it dawned on me. Does anyone know if this was a slang name used in the Great War?

Kind regards and many thanks

Janet

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Janet,

Upton is a legitimate last name. There was a Camp Upton at Yaphank (believe it or not) Long Island, New York that served the US Army in WWI and WWII. It was named after a Civil War General according to Wikepedia.

tyrim

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Janet,

Upton is a legitimate last name. There was a Camp Upton at Yaphank (believe it or not) Long Island, New York that served the US Army in WWI and WWII. It was named after a Civil War General according to Wikepedia.

tyrim

Thanks Tyrim,

You are right about the name. I checked all the rolls,though, and there is no-one with that particular combination of initials and name serving. Knowing Australian humour (and possibly British), it made me wonder.

Kindest

Janet

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Janet,

Hmmm.

Are you saying then that in spite of it being a legitimate last name you still think that someone is UP TO N o good? :whistle:

with uncalled for punisment,

tyrim

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Janet,

Upton is a legitimate last name. There was a Camp Upton at Yaphank (believe it or not) Long Island, New York that served the US Army in WWI and WWII. It was named after a Civil War General according to Wikepedia.

tyrim

Indeed - and my Grandmother was Florence Mary Upton, so I quite fail to see this as some sort of joke...

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Hi

She is right about one thing, there was no F M Upton in the Australian Army in WW1, check the AWM.

regards

Robert

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Hi Andrew,

Apologies: no disrespect was ever intended to your name ( and of course not to your grandmother). It is a puzzle though. I found the reference in a magazine that did contain humour, and it clearly refers to the author as 'our quartermaster, F M Upton'. I have the quartermaster's name, and even checked the quartermaster sergeant. Neither was called Upton. There is no FM Upton serving in the AIf that I can find online, and I have also checked the F Uptons and M Uptons, in case he enlisted under only one of his names. I wanted to trace the author's family, to quote what he had written,so I would much rather he was real! i guess I will have to let it go. Apologies again - truly, no slight was intended.

Kindest

Janet

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