latcho Posted 3 September , 2014 Share Posted 3 September , 2014 Arthur born in clayhanger Brownhills Walsall. He survived the war but I cannot find anything on him. He was my grandfather. The only info I have ( and its sketchy ) is he was a sergeant was overseas suffered badly from being mustard gassed, I think maybe his records were destroyed in the ww2 bombing raid. Big thankyou to everyone who looked him up for me. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Are you sure he served overseas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Arthur born in clayhanger Brownhills Walsall. He survived the war but I cannot find anything on him. He was my grandfather. Mike Do you know anything else about his service that may help identify him ? Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDWARD1 Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Arthur Yates b 1st Feb 1893 Clayhanger Staffs, 1911 census at 13 High Street Bloxwich with his widowed mother Rebecca, two elder brothers, Albert 24, & Thomas 21,both miners underground, he was employed as a chain maker. Cant find any Military service records. Could be reserved occupations. Eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 I could not find a MiC for him on ancestry. You could look for one on National Archives website. If there is one there, it would show his number and regiment and medals awarded. If not, he could have served but not gone overseas. Finding a MiC will not be conclusive unless his nok name and address is on the reverse. If his brothers served and you can find info on them it may give you an idea of which regiment he served with as they may have joined up together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 20 September , 2014 Share Posted 20 September , 2014 Do you know when he married? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 21 September , 2014 Share Posted 21 September , 2014 there are 27 sergeant A or Arthur Yates on FMP.four have a SWB card West Yorks Regt. discharged march 1915, R.E disch April1917, one A disch from R.D.C April 1919 and one A.E disch April 1918 Cheshire Regt. is there an elderly aunt or uncle you could ask for more information. being a miner he could have been R.E you could try colliery records, I know someone else on the forum found info through the N.C.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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