Searching Joseph henry Davis

[HTSCF Fareham]

Are we talking about Private 242567Joseph Henry Davies, who enlisted at Walsall?

 

242560 enlisted 04/05/1915.

242566 enlisted 07/09/1915.

242564 enlisted 25/10/1914

Edited 22 July , 2020 by HTSCF Fareham

[jonbem]

Hi Jilly

Any more info? Date/place of birth, Regimental number etc

there are numerous possibilities

[clk]

Hi Jilly,

 

The amount of War Gratuity shown as paid in his Soldiers' Effects record can be used to back calculate that his service counted from circa May 1915, as the amount paid was a reflection of rank and time served.

 

As an apparent Territorial Force man he probably served prior to 1917 (when the TF were renumbered) under a 3 or 4 digit number. The problem is that in the absence of a service file we don't know what that number might have been, nor what line unit of what Battalion that might have been.

 

Where a service file no longer exists, it is sometimes possible to make some reasonable inferences based on commonalities shown in surviving papers for 'near number' men from the same unit - the larger the sample size, the better. The records for the six digit 6/South Staffordshire men that HTSCF Fareham posted show:

 

242560 Ash - joined up on 4.5.1915 and initially served with the 5/South Staffordshire as #418. His record indicates that he was subsequently posted to the 1/6 Bn on 22.12.1916 whilst at 9 Infantry Base Depot.

 

242562 Giles

Joined up 4.5.1915. His record was silent on an earlier service number/unit

 

242566 Fellows

Joined up 7.9.1914, and previously served as #9099 with the 5/South Staffordshire

 

242564 Willett 

He too was a 5th Bn man (#1241?), he joined up 25.10.1915 and appears to have been posted to the 1/6th Bn on the same date as Ash.

Images sourced from Findmypast

 

Findmypast seem to have a fragment medical 'update' on Joseph, albeit undated and place not specified:

Image sourced from Findmypast

 

If you were able to find service papers for two or more men from his unit on the list, that should enable to establish commonalities of 'hospital'; and likely date and place of injury, against which you could cross reference to the Battalion war diary to see if anything obvious jumps out for that record.

 

I guess that you probably already know that he seems to have died as the result of being gassed.

Image sourced from Fold3

 

Regards

Chris

 

Edit:

 

It would seem likely that the 'progress' report was based on information received from 26 General Hospital

 

240914 Eccleston

 

241357 Hawtin

Images sourced from Findmypast

 

1/1 N.M. F.A = 1/1 North Midland Field Ambulance

23 CCS = 23 Casualty Clearing Station

 

There is information about evacuation chains here.

 

The Battalion War Diary (TNA link) shows:

Image sourced from the National Archives

 

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Edited 23 July , 2020 by clk

[Jilly]

Hi can anyone tell me when this man joined the army . Please Joseph henry Davies died France 1918 from gas poisoning buried in etaples thanks in advance