oxlade134 Posted 1 March , 2017 Share Posted 1 March , 2017 Harold Parrish Hamilton born 1889 in Uxbrdige Ontario has a Canadian service record that shows he transferred to the RAMC in 1915 , I cant find his service history with the RAMC at NA but do have a Medal record that shows he was awarded a MID Gazetted 6th December 1916 . Can anyone please shed any light on this and his career with the RAMC from 1915-1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 1 March , 2017 Share Posted 1 March , 2017 A GOOGLE search of his name comes up with quite a few hits His MC 1917 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29886/supplement/35 His Mil OBE WW2 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37599/supplement/2824 Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxlade134 Posted 1 March , 2017 Author Share Posted 1 March , 2017 Yes I do have these records thanks , Im really trying to find out where he served in both wars especially in regard to the fact he rose to a Colonel in the RCAMC. I feel given his prominence more must have been written about him outside of the WW1 and WW2 service records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 1 March , 2017 Share Posted 1 March , 2017 If you give all the info you already have when asking for help, it makes our job of looking a bit easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Underdown Posted 1 March , 2017 Share Posted 1 March , 2017 Unfortunately the records of temporary RAMC officers don't seem to have survived. There should be London Gazette entries for his commission and each subsequent promotion and the relinquishment of the commission. Typically the first commission will be under his full names, promotions etc would just be under initials and surname (make sure you include a full stop with each initial when you search ie H. P. Hamilton). Some of the name data extracted from war diaries as part of the tagging being carried out in Operation War Diary is available for searching, see https://talk.operationwardiary.org/#/boards/BWD000000l/discussions/DWD0001559 for more info. You may be lucky and find some hints there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxlade134 Posted 1 March , 2017 Author Share Posted 1 March , 2017 Thanks David for the link, Harold Hamilton was eventually to become a Colonel in the RCAMC and awarded the OBE for his services, so his records may sit in the Canadian WW2 archives, I visit Canada each year so will attempt to get them when there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petestarling Posted 3 March , 2017 Share Posted 3 March , 2017 I have all the RAMC First World War MC's recorded but there is no reference to a source of a citation on my database. The BMJ and Lancet published quite a lot of them but not his Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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