Guest Puddles Posted 31 August , 2015 Share Posted 31 August , 2015 I would be very grateful if anyone could help me interpret this medical card. I have tried, but am no expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJV Posted 31 August , 2015 Share Posted 31 August , 2015 Top right shows he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Chinese Labour Corps. He was awarded the British War and Allied Victory medals - the numbers show the medal roll reference where you may find more details (available on ancestry). Below that he is shown on the Silver War Badge list (SWB) - look this up (available on ancestry) and you may find more details. His correspondence address is given on the back of the card (second image). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 31 August , 2015 Share Posted 31 August , 2015 LG/18-3-19 refers to the London Gazette announcement in which he relinquishes his commission on account of ill health. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 31 August , 2015 Share Posted 31 August , 2015 He also has a service record held at Kew in WO 339/122599 Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJV Posted 31 August , 2015 Share Posted 31 August , 2015 London Gazette - That's interesting Phil - thanks, I have learnt something too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian J Posted 31 August , 2015 Share Posted 31 August , 2015 You could also check The Long, Long Trail, hope this helps as well! http://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/interpretmic.html - J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Underdown Posted 1 September , 2015 Share Posted 1 September , 2015 Many of the officers of the Chinese Labour Corps were men who had worked in China before the war, being commissioned more for their language knowledge, rather than their military experience. A quick google didn't find any definite evidence of this in his case, but does seem to have had an engineering background viz http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US1428129 He was also being pursued by creditors in 1914 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13779/page/129/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 1 September , 2015 Share Posted 1 September , 2015 He was also being pursued by creditors in 1914 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13779/page/129/ Also the subject of Bankruptcy proceedings in 1922 Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 1 September , 2015 Share Posted 1 September , 2015 His S.W.B record has the address 6 Palmerston Mansions Queens Club Gardens SW14 the same address given on one of the links provided by David His M.I.C shows his USA address It looks like Lieut J W B Balfour may have skipped to the USA to escape his creditors He died in Fort Worth Texas in 1938 regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Puddles Posted 6 September , 2015 Share Posted 6 September , 2015 Thank you all so much for your help! I had found the Gazette entries and seen the U.S. address, but had not been able to use much of the advice on the Long Long Trail. How on earth did you find all that out!? Very clever. He was clearly a creative individual. He wrote the lyrics to several popular patriotic songs during the war, which my grandfather composed. I suspect they met while recovering from injuries. I want to find his heir as I need his/her permission to get a copy of the sheet music held by the British Library. I can take up the search in Texas then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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