Violet Posted 1 May , 2015 Share Posted 1 May , 2015 My great uncle, Edward James Baker, I believe was in the Queen's Regiment in WW1. His number was 1076. He was born in Frensham , Surrey. Can anyone help me find out anything further about him, please. I couldn't find any records for him on Ancestry. Thankyou in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medaler Posted 1 May , 2015 Share Posted 1 May , 2015 Hi Violet, Having just checked out the MIC's on Ancestry, I may have found him. There is a card for a James E. Baker with the number G/1076 in The Queens. It might pay you to search again using those slightly altered credentials. Warmest regards, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medaler Posted 1 May , 2015 Share Posted 1 May , 2015 Having found the MIC, I have also found his 2 medal roll entries. The entry for his BWM and Vic shows him as 6th (Service) Btn and confirms him serving as James Edward rather than Edward James. Regards, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted 1 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 1 May , 2015 Thankyou so much. Will check and see. I know nothing about him, so I didn't know where to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medaler Posted 2 May , 2015 Share Posted 2 May , 2015 Hi Violet, You are most welcome. If you think I can help further just let me know, I am however decidedly not a "Queens" expert! If you want to know more about his Regiment and Battalion, try this...... http://www.1914-1918.net/queens.htm And if you want more on what they were involved in........... http://www.1914-1918.net/12div.htm All that will give you a bit of background and doubtless prompt a whole host of questions - Well, that's how it usually works for me at any rate! There may be a War Diary for the Btn on Ancestry - if you want a "blow by blow" account of their war, Failing that, you can download it here...... http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7352689 For the princely sum of £3.30 - worth every last penny IMHO. I did have a quick look for a service record on Ancestry, but nothing popped up straight away. You may have more luck if you are more persistent and try different sets of search criteria. The "Date of entry" on his MIC is given as 01/06/1915 which seems to tie in nicely with your man being a "founder member" rather than part of a later reinforcement draft. Without having gone into great detail, his service number seems to denote an early enlistment - perhaps September 1914 - circumstantial evidence for that here........... "When Britain went to war with Germany a week later, the number series above was continued for men enlisting with the Queen's under regular enlistment terms of service. Recruits to the service battalions, joining up for war-time service only, were given numbers from a new series which began with the number 1 and was prefixed with the letter G/." - so that actually tells you something about the terms under which he enlisted too. Warmest regards, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 2 May , 2015 Admin Share Posted 2 May , 2015 The war diaries have been transcribed and can be read online (might be a bit easier to navigate and read than ancestry) http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/war_diaries/war_diaries_home_new.shtml There is a typo in the drop down menu, as noted above it is the 6th (Service) Battalion not the 1/6th but click on that anyway! Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted 15 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 15 May , 2015 Thankyou so much. Will do a bit more digging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted 15 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 15 May , 2015 Tried the war diaries but they deal with 7th battalion and not the 6th, don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFBSM Posted 15 May , 2015 Share Posted 15 May , 2015 Tried the war diaries but they deal with 7th battalion and not the 6th, don't they? Hi there Violet, You need to select 1/6th Battalion to read the 6th Battalion Diaries. One of my relatives also served with the 6th Queen's, and in fact he appears on the same page on the medal roll G/1085 William Rapley, he died on 18 September, 1915, and is buried in the Tancrez Farm Cemetery, which at the time of his death was an aid post. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted 15 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 15 May , 2015 How uncanny that they should both be on the same page! Ted was lucky to survive, looking at that page. Thankyou for your help. Hazel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFBSM Posted 15 May , 2015 Share Posted 15 May , 2015 Oops, sorry Hazel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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