ss002d6252 Posted 14 April , 2019 Share Posted 14 April , 2019 (edited) In 1911 the Gabriel Byrne from the service record is with 58th Bty RFA in India - https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC%2F1911%2FRG14%2F34978%2F0287&parentid=GBC%2F1911%2FRG14%2F34978%2F0287%2F13 Craig Edited 14 April , 2019 by ss002d6252 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandererpaul Posted 14 April , 2019 Share Posted 14 April , 2019 Same man has an earlier RAMC record too. Gabriel Last name Byrne Birth year 1888 Birth parish Arran Quay Birth town Dublin Birth county Dublin Birth country Ireland Service number 2951 Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps Year 1907 Attestation date 14 Sep 1907 https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbm%2fwo96%2f1283%2f290%2f004&parentid=gbm%2fwo96%2f1283%2f1598296 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 14 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 14 April , 2019 Craig and Paul that's a great bit of searching. Thank you very much indeed. Paul, I dont have access to Ancestry and your searches are very much appreciated. Craig you have me confused, how did you find that on FMP and I could not? What is your secret? Thanks again from an incompetent gobseen. Kind regards. Tom. (Red faced). Call be Redser in future I think. I use this url to search and suing your service number he does not appear. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?sourcecategory=armed+forces+%26+conflict&collection=first+world+war&keywordsplace_proximity=5&sourcecountry=great+britain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 14 April , 2019 Share Posted 14 April , 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, museumtom said: Craig and Paul that's a great bit of searching. Thank you very much indeed. Paul, I dont have access to Ancestry and your searches are very much appreciated. Craig you have me confused, how did you find that on FMP and I could not? What is your secret? Thanks again from an incompetent gobseen. Kind regards. Tom. (Red faced). Call be Redser in future I think. I use this url to search and suing your service number he does not appear. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?sourcecategory=armed+forces+%26+conflict&collection=first+world+war&keywordsplace_proximity=5&sourcecountry=great+britain It's easier using the Advanced Search - https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-military-armed-forces-and-conflict/and_first-world-war?firstname=gabriel&firstname_variants=true Buy you're right Tom, it doesn't seem to show up easily in searches and, trying again, it's very difficult to locate it. Trying Service Number + wildcards on the name is not presently showing it for me. Very odd... Craig Edited 14 April , 2019 by ss002d6252 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 14 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 14 April , 2019 Thank you Craig for keeping me on the straight and narrow. I have saved your search page and will use that in future, you are a star, thank you kindly. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 14 April , 2019 Share Posted 14 April , 2019 Just now, museumtom said: Thank you Craig for keeping me on the straight and narrow. I have saved your search page and will use that in future, you are a star, thank you kindly. Tom. No guarantee it'll help at the moment though ! I have been having major access issues with FMP over the last few days so hopefully there's just a temporary search engine issue. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 14 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 14 April , 2019 Y;know I seem to be having the same issue, saved search pages give a message service no longer available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 15 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Sorry to disturb you on this cold and wintry day here in the Emerald Isle. Can you help with this man please? He is a Waterford man, so I reckon he might have service after August 1914. I have trawled FMP without success, can you locate him please? Thank you in advance for any help you can give. Kind regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 15 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Sorry to double up, but the essential medical page that shows the cause of discharge is missing from the file of 961 Frederick Charles Coghlan on FMP. Would there be any chance that the necessary page exists somewhere else please? It should say caused by or aggrevated by war service. Thank you in advance for any help you can give. Kind regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Morning Tom. Coffey isn't Royal Irish Rifles 12053 who seems to have survived the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 15 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Apologies Dai, he is 3811 Thomas Coffee, not John as it says on the Cert. There is a note on the side that corrects it. Sorry about that, how silly of me. Kind regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Just now, museumtom said: Apologies Dai, he is 3811 Thomas Coffee, not John as it says on the Cert. There is a note on the side that corrects it. Sorry about that, how silly of me. Kind regards. Tom. OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Is Coghlan 961 Southern Irish Horse? Discharged 7/11/1914 as Medically Unfit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 15 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Yes that is him, the necessary page on him is not in FMP, if it exists at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Coghlan's Pension record is quite thin on Ancestry. Was in the army from August t0 November 14. Abnormalities listed- 2/9/14- False teeth, suppuration of gums. 18/9/14 - Orchitis, he says from hitting the boys on the pommel of his saddle. 5/10/14 - Orchitis - very little swelling. Was discharged November11th 1914. Doesn't list any other medical conditions unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 15 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Thank you humbly Dai, it was worth a shot. Thank you for your time and effort, I do appreciate it very much. Kind regards. Tom,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Ancestry. Thomas Coffey 3811 Discharged 9th April 1915 " No longer physically fit for War Service Para.392 (XVI) KR" Later: a)Rheumatism b)Paroxysmal tachycardia Blah. blah "Probably the result of military service". Unfortunately, not what he died of. Still reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 15 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Fingers crossed Dai!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Morning this might help for Coghlan George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 ...but maybe not George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 15 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Bummer, thank you kindly for the document George, sadly it will not allow him to go forward. This next one looks easy peasy and a doddle, well nothing I post in here is easy. If it is posted in here it has totally defeated me into oblivion! Can you hack this soldier, it should be simple, now where have I heard that before? Thank you for any help you can provide in advance. Kind regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 (edited) Thanks George, The FMP images are far superior to Ancestry, and much easier to read. 'Not so caused' [by Military Service]. A great shame. You know, if somebody died today of fulminant TB, and their medical records revealed that a year previously, they'd had uninvestigated joint pain and irregular heart rate and obvious lymph glands in the neck, the case would be indefensible. Different times. Edited 15 April , 2019 by Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 15 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Them's the rules, mores the pity Dyfed. I have saved him with the other Irishmen though. Thank you for trying though!! The lad above I found him believe it or not he was Private Frederick John Gilkes, it does not even rhyme with Collins!! Kindest regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 (edited) As he has CWGC burial... First Name: Frederick John Initials: F J Surname: Gilkes Birth Town: Lambeth, Surrey Resided Town: Camberwell Nationality: British Date of Death: 06/09/1916 Fate: Died of Wounds at Home Rank: Bandsman Service Number: 8795 and its a day late? George Edited 15 April , 2019 by George Rayner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 It is Frederick Collins George Still looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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