SSherry78 Posted 26 March , 2014 Share Posted 26 March , 2014 Hi, Looking for Service Record/info on Peter Sherry: Birth Place: Arden, Lanark Death Date: 28 Jun 1918 Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Glasgow Rank: Gunner Regiment: Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery Number: 109068 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis1918 Posted 26 March , 2014 Share Posted 26 March , 2014 Medal index card on Ancestry shows Victory & British War medals . No date of entry into theatre so after 1915 . Dod 28 Jun 1918. Confirms regiment , rank & service number you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis1918 Posted 26 March , 2014 Share Posted 26 March , 2014 CWGC shows him as 15th brigade Royal Field Artillery buried Terlincthun British Cemetery , Wimille , France - used for burials from service hospitals . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSherry78 Posted 28 March , 2014 Author Share Posted 28 March , 2014 Thanks for your replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSherry78 Posted 27 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 June , 2018 Hi all. My Great Uncle Peter fell 100 years ago today. I am writing up a blog post about what is known about his life. Lack of service records are of course a challenge to piece together his war. However, his brothers Arthur and Michael served in the RFA and have similar service numbers: Michael's service number: 109066 Arthur's service number :109065 Is it possible that all three enlisted on the same day? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 28 June , 2018 Share Posted 28 June , 2018 It's very possible, but that number sequence appears to be alphabetical, rather than chronological. For example, 109067 was James Sherry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Porter Posted 28 June , 2018 Share Posted 28 June , 2018 7 hours ago, SSherry78 said: Is it possible that all three enlisted on the same day? Yes it certainly is. The surname alphabetical sequence is rather short running from 109054 to 109070. All these men appear to have arrived at No. 6 Depot RFA, Glasgow on November 1, 1915 having attested a few days before. In the case of Arthur and Michael Sherry (and possibly James Sherry) this was October 27, 1915. The final proof for Peter Sherry was found in the service record of 109069 William Webster. In addition these men were subsequently sent to 33rd Reserve Battery, 6A Reserve Brigade RFA, also a Glasgow, on November 2, 1915 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSherry78 Posted 28 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 28 June , 2018 Thank you so much for this! Would I be correct in assuming that the Attestations for Peter and James no longer exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 28 June , 2018 Share Posted 28 June , 2018 Ancestry has a fragment of Arthur’s attestation etc The have indexed as 109005. Enlistment Date given as 28/10/15. Address 33 Causeyside ??? Trade: Miner Age:27 Married 1/12/12 to Catherine? Child born 26/3/15. Mobilised 1/11/15 as shown above. Also shows a 5299 number. Asked for a pension. Letter says at bottom A Battery 115 Brigade 26th ??? [Division?) Suffered from malaria and dysentery at some point. Discharged 28/2/19 left Devonport 15/3/16. Arrived Alexandria 26/3/16. Left Alex 28/3/16 and arrived Salonika 3/4/16 and posted to 115 Brigade RFA 5/4/16 Back to UK late Nov 1918. orher bits and pieces. Do you have ancestry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSherry78 Posted 28 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 28 June , 2018 1 minute ago, Mark1959 said: Ancestry has a fragment of Arthur’s attestation etc The have indexed as 109005. Enlistment Date given as 28/10/15. Address 33 Causeyside ??? Trade: Miner Age:27 Married 1/12/12 to Catherine? Child born 26/3/15. Mobilised 1/11/15 as shown above. Also shows a 5299 number. Asked for a pension. Letter says at bottom A Battery 115 Brigade 26th ??? [Division?) Suffered from malaria and dysentery at some point. Discharged 28/2/19 left Devonport 15/3/16. Arrived Alexandria 26/3/16. Left Alex 28/3/16 and arrived Salonika 3/4/16 and posted to 115 Brigade RFA 5/4/16 Back to UK late Nov 1918. orher bits and pieces. Do you have ancestry? Yes. Thats my Great Uncle Arthur. I found his and Michael's records on there a couple of years ago. I do know that all the older Sherry brothers went to War. They had another brother John Sherry 1896-1947. But I could never find his or James' Records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 28 June , 2018 Share Posted 28 June , 2018 Peter Sherry died in No 2 Australian General Hospital at Wimereux (Register of Soldiers' Effects). He was in D battery of 15 Brigade RFA which, in the night 25/26 June sustained 4 officers and 28 other ranks gas casualties in what the war diary describes as a "heavy gas bombardment concentrated on a small area" - on the linked map/image running from where the road enters the wood in square J 21 down to bend in the canal between squares 26 and 27. http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=50.6486&lon=2.5318&layers=101464999&right=BingHyb While one cannot be sure that that was where he was gassed, the diary records no earlier D Battery casualties in May or June . In any event, the brigade had been in that area since returning from Italy in early April so it is legitimate to suggest that was the area from which he was evacuated to hospital. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSherry78 Posted 28 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 28 June , 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, MaxD said: Peter Sherry died in No 2 Australian General Hospital at Wimereux (Register of Soldiers' Effects). He was in D battery of 15 Brigade RFA which, in the night 25/26 June sustained 4 officers and 28 other ranks gas casualties in what the war diary describes as a "heavy gas bombardment concentrated on a small area" - on the linked map/image running from where the road enters the wood in square J 21 down to bend in the canal between squares 26 and 27. http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=50.6486&lon=2.5318&layers=101464999&right=BingHyb While one cannot be sure that that was where he was gassed, the diary records no earlier D Battery casualties in May or June . In any event, the brigade had been in that area since returning from Italy in early April so it is legitimate to suggest that was the area from which he was evacuated to hospital. Max Thank you! Is the War Diary available online so I can quote the source? Edited 28 June , 2018 by SSherry78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 28 June , 2018 Share Posted 28 June , 2018 If you have Ancestry, it is most easily found by going to the France/Belgium/Germany etc War diaries search box and entering 1528 in the keyword box and nothing else. That brings up the whole diary, ignore the title which suggests it stops at Nov 1917. Advance to image 545 of 585 which is mid June 1918. The National Archive reference in full is WO 95/1528/2. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSherry78 Posted 28 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 28 June , 2018 2 hours ago, MaxD said: If you have Ancestry, it is most easily found by going to the France/Belgium/Germany etc War diaries search box and entering 1528 in the keyword box and nothing else. That brings up the whole diary, ignore the title which suggests it stops at Nov 1917. Advance to image 545 of 585 which is mid June 1918. The National Archive reference in full is WO 95/1528/2. Max Brilliant! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 28 June , 2018 Share Posted 28 June , 2018 Hi, I suspect that you may have already seen them, but just in case FWR appear to have some MH 106 transcription for Arthur and Michael which read: First Name: A Surname: Sherry Age: 29 Rank: Gunner Service Number: 109065 Years Service: 2 years Months With Field Force: 1 year 6 months Ailment: Malaria R. Date of Admission for Original Ailment: 06/10/1917 Date Discharged Back to Duty: 23/10/1917 Notes written in the Observations Column: No. 4 Convalescent Depot. Religion: Roman Catholic Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Battalion: 115th Brigade Other unit info: A Battery Archive Reference: MH106/1348 - Representative Medical Records of No. 28 General Hospital, Salonika First Name: M Surname: Sherry Age: 22 Rank: Gunner Service Number: 10966 (sic) Years Service:12 months Months With Field Force: 7 months Ailment: Malaria Date of Admission for Original Ailment: 23/09/1916 Date Transferred to Sick Convoy: 24/09/1916 Notes written in the Observations Column: To Ambulance Train Religion: Roman Catholic Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Battalion: 115th Brigade Other unit info: A Battery Archive Reference: MH106/548 - Representative Medical Records of Servicemen from No. 31 Casualty Clearing Station First Name: M Surname: Sherry Age: 25 Rank: Gunner Service Number: 109066 Years Service: 2 years Months With Field Force: 1 year 8 months Ailment: Malaria rec. Date Discharged Back to Duty: 22/09/1917 Date of Transfer From Other Hospitals: 10/09/1917 Notes written in the Observations Column: No. 4 Convalescent Depot. No. 28 Casualty Clearing Station. Religion: Roman Catholic Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Battalion: 115th Brigade Other unit info: A Battery Archive Reference: MH106/1345 - Representative Medical Records of No. 28 General Hospital, Salonika First Name: M Surname: Sherry Rank: Gunner Service Number: 109066 Ailment: Dysentery and malaria. Date of Admission for Original Ailment: 06/01/1919 Date Discharged Back to Duty: 09/01/1919 Notes written in the Observations Column: Trip No.243. Convalescent for England to HM Ambulance Transport Kashmir and Aberdonian. Notes written by FWR when Transcribing: Entrained Marseilles. Detrained Le Havre. Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Battalion: 115th Brigade Other unit info: A Battery Archive Reference: MH106/2011 - Representative Medical Records of 31st Ambulance Train. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSherry78 Posted 28 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 28 June , 2018 1 hour ago, clk said: Hi, I suspect that you may have already seen them, but just in case FWR appear to have some MH 106 transcription for Arthur and Michael which read: First Name: A Surname: Sherry Age: 29 Rank: Gunner Service Number: 109065 Years Service: 2 years Months With Field Force: 1 year 6 months Ailment: Malaria R. Date of Admission for Original Ailment: 06/10/1917 Date Discharged Back to Duty: 23/10/1917 Notes written in the Observations Column: No. 4 Convalescent Depot. Religion: Roman Catholic Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Battalion: 115th Brigade Other unit info: A Battery Archive Reference: MH106/1348 - Representative Medical Records of No. 28 General Hospital, Salonika First Name: M Surname: Sherry Age: 22 Rank: Gunner Service Number: 10966 (sic) Years Service:12 months Months With Field Force: 7 months Ailment: Malaria Date of Admission for Original Ailment: 23/09/1916 Date Transferred to Sick Convoy: 24/09/1916 Notes written in the Observations Column: To Ambulance Train Religion: Roman Catholic Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Battalion: 115th Brigade Other unit info: A Battery Archive Reference: MH106/548 - Representative Medical Records of Servicemen from No. 31 Casualty Clearing Station First Name: M Surname: Sherry Age: 25 Rank: Gunner Service Number: 109066 Years Service: 2 years Months With Field Force: 1 year 8 months Ailment: Malaria rec. Date Discharged Back to Duty: 22/09/1917 Date of Transfer From Other Hospitals: 10/09/1917 Notes written in the Observations Column: No. 4 Convalescent Depot. No. 28 Casualty Clearing Station. Religion: Roman Catholic Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Battalion: 115th Brigade Other unit info: A Battery Archive Reference: MH106/1345 - Representative Medical Records of No. 28 General Hospital, Salonika First Name: M Surname: Sherry Rank: Gunner Service Number: 109066 Ailment: Dysentery and malaria. Date of Admission for Original Ailment: 06/01/1919 Date Discharged Back to Duty: 09/01/1919 Notes written in the Observations Column: Trip No.243. Convalescent for England to HM Ambulance Transport Kashmir and Aberdonian. Notes written by FWR when Transcribing: Entrained Marseilles. Detrained Le Havre. Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Battalion: 115th Brigade Other unit info: A Battery Archive Reference: MH106/2011 - Representative Medical Records of 31st Ambulance Train. Regards Chris Great stuff Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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