Dannemois Posted 7 December , 2013 Share Posted 7 December , 2013 Can anyone please help find details on the award of M.M. to Oscar Barrett Tanner, Corporal 27341, King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion (formerly 2209 Welsh Cyc Regt.) He was killed in action April 14 1918, commemorated on Panel 112 to 113 on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilEvans Posted 7 December , 2013 Share Posted 7 December , 2013 Hate to be pedantic, but it's the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th Shropshires Posted 7 December , 2013 Share Posted 7 December , 2013 Hi Dannemois I do not think he won his M.M. with the Shropshires because 1) his name is not in the awards list in Regimental History 2) he would have only joined the 1st K.S.L.I. on the 3rd April 1918. The Battalion moved from Reserve at Potijze Wood to Support between the 6th & 8th April and moved into the front line on the 11th April. He belonged to the 16th Welsh Regiment which was disbanded in Feb 1918, Pte. Tanner and at least 275 men of the 16th Welsh joined the 1st Entrenching Battalion on or near 27th Feb, before joining the 1st K.S.L.I. Annette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannemois Posted 8 December , 2013 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2013 Hi Shropshiremad No problem correcting me with the proper name; I copied the details third hand and not being an expert failed to spot the error, I've just editted the text in the original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 8 December , 2013 Share Posted 8 December , 2013 Hi Easy peasy, lemon, squeezy page.pdf Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannemois Posted 8 December , 2013 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2013 Hi Annette Just found reference to him in the Edinburgh Gazette, Issue 13163, published 5 Nov 1917 L/Cpl 56583 O.B. Tanner, Welsh Regt. (Tirphil) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannemois Posted 8 December , 2013 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2013 Graeme Thanks for that; as you can see I am learning, just found the reference in the Edinburgh gazette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 8 December , 2013 Share Posted 8 December , 2013 Hi Nice one ! Try this. Google "london gazette" with a number and/or name (must be as highlighted). Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannemois Posted 8 December , 2013 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2013 Graeme Would you believe it I've tried "london gazette" with O.B. Tanner, no result. I then tried a search with every permuntation going, still nothing is it me or what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbrover Posted 8 December , 2013 Share Posted 8 December , 2013 Try page 11343 (I just put in his number - 56583 with no name and it came up with page 11343!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 9 December , 2013 Share Posted 9 December , 2013 Morning "london gazette" tanner 56583 works for me, top of the list Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannemois Posted 9 December , 2013 Author Share Posted 9 December , 2013 Hi Graeme I carried out a search ("london gazette" 56583 tanner) in Google, still nothing; I then tried Mozilla Fire Fox and bingo, first one on the page. Strange. Thanks for trying to educate this old silver surfer. Regards, Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 9 December , 2013 Share Posted 9 December , 2013 Hi Roy Strange !! I obviously use Mozilla but, if I want to move from one page to the next, use Chrome (I think Ive set up Mozilla incorrectly and it wants to 'save' any PDF rather than open it in the browser). At least we got there in the end, Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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