frispy819 Posted 2 September , 2014 Share Posted 2 September , 2014 Hi - My Great Uncle served with this unit in France between 5/7/1916 and 4/6/1917. During this time he was wounded and suffered illness, spending several periods in various medical establishments - listed in his service record as "57 FA", 70 FA, "FA BRS", 3 CCS, 4 Lan FA, 3 Can CCS and 32 Staty (?) Hospital Boulogne. I'd like to track his movements while on active service however I cannot find any information on his unit and while the medical units give some clues they tend to be vague and contradictory. Can anyone help. His name was James Moffat, his regimental number was 1463 and he enlisted 14/5/1915. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 23 February Share Posted 23 February I cannot assist further, but have come across the following individual in this unit. Reginald Curtis, born 1891 Enlisted under SR terms of service around 28 Oct 1914 in the South Wales Borderers, 15089. Disembarked in France on 21 Feb 1915 to join 1st Battalion. Transferred to the Motor Machine Gun Section, 541, at a date as-yet undetermined. Full Name Curtis, R Age 25 Index Number of Admission 2156 Rank Name Driver Service Number 541 Months With Field Force 1 year Years Service 1 year 4 months Ailment Dental caries Date Discharged Back to Duty 21/02/16 Date of Transfer from Sick Convoy 30/01/16 Religion Church of England Regiment Machine Gun Corps Battalion Motor Machine Gun Section Other unit info 4th Battery Archive Reference MH106/1435 Copyright © 2024 Fold3® by Ancestry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 23 February Share Posted 23 February The first link below is to 4 Battery's War Diary for the latter period of your man's service, it can be down loaded for free by creating an account. The second link may give you a lead to further info. Dave https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/e7531f67039e4829ad8a2d70120e145e https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/d6f09aaa-7e5b-4e42-bc5b-a214d828bd63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david murdoch Posted 24 February Share Posted 24 February (edited) On 02/09/2014 at 19:55, frispy819 said: Hi - My Great Uncle served with this unit in France between 5/7/1916 and 4/6/1917. During this time he was wounded and suffered illness, spending several periods in various medical establishments - listed in his service record as "57 FA", 70 FA, "FA BRS", 3 CCS, 4 Lan FA, 3 Can CCS and 32 Staty (?) Hospital Boulogne. I'd like to track his movements while on active service however I cannot find any information on his unit and while the medical units give some clues they tend to be vague and contradictory. Can anyone help. His name was James Moffat, his regimental number was 1463 and he enlisted 14/5/1915. He was commissioned in MGC 30/4/1918 so his service record will be in existence. He was a casualty replacement to 4th MMG battery who had been in France since March 1915. He would have been (on paper) transferred to MGC(Motors) probably in December 1916 with the same service number. The battery remained on the Western Front the entire war. It was rolled into 1st MMG Brigade in June 1918, but by the Brigade War Diary he is not listed amongst the officers of the any of the composite batteries. He appears on the 1918 Army list as 2nd Lieutenant MGC (Infantry). Edited 24 February by david murdoch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 24 February Admin Share Posted 24 February @frispy819 hasn’t visited the forum since 2016. My tag may alert them to your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 24 February Share Posted 24 February It is worth mentioning that since 2023, the MGC database as compiled by Graham Sacker has been put into the public domain. The entry for Moffatt is here https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/d6f09aaa-7e5b-4e42-bc5b-a214d828bd63 Other persons associated with MMGS 4 Bty can be found via the following search string https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=skr+4+bty Every day is a school day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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