Bernard_Lewis Posted 6 August , 2017 Share Posted 6 August , 2017 This chap has a pretty unhelpful MIC on Ancestry. No service record I can see. No RWF battalion. No date of entry to theatre. He was my wife's granddad, worked on the railways (Cardiff, Neath) post-war. Married to Elsie Buckley. Died 1955 and I've seen his probate entry. Anyone come across him in their RWF researches? Family war memories record a leg wound that left a disability and a gassing...but nothing else. Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandererpaul Posted 6 August , 2017 Share Posted 6 August , 2017 (edited) He has a silver war badge record Felton Last name Edmunds Service number 235609 Rank Lance Corporal Badge number B168045 Enlistment date 09-Dec-1915 Discharge date 06-Mar-1919 Regiment/unit R. W. F. Regs. Cause of discharge Army Order 29/19 Para 392 (16) King's Regulation Whether served overseas Yes Badge date of issue 09-May-1919 Age on discharge 22 Record set Silver War Badge Roll 1914-1920 **this is the card you're seeing as an MiC record Edited 6 August , 2017 by wandererpaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_hughes Posted 6 August , 2017 Share Posted 6 August , 2017 According to the (limited) version I have of the medal roll, and not the one on websites such as Ancestry or FindMyPast, his BWM/Victory pair was first earned as Private 201852 in the Monmouthshire Regiment, transferring to the 14th Battalion RWF. Very possibly he was switched while in the Base depot after landing, along with others - the men around him in the RWF numerical sequence came from the Monmouths and went to the 14th RWF. There's no note of his being "off the strength" on the roll, eg. as a casualty who had to pass through the Base en route to "Depot", or attached to another formation. If he's on a wounded list, member Hywyn would likely have a note of that. Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandererpaul Posted 6 August , 2017 Share Posted 6 August , 2017 He is in the medal rolls as Felton Hunt. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/5119/41629_626640_11640-00202?pid=442127&backurl=http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DEOo5937%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3DIWOServiceMedalAwardRolls%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26_F8007A65%3D235609%26_F8007A65_x%3D1%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dea7%26pcat%3DUK_WWI_COLLECTIONS%26fh%3D4%26h%3D442127%26recoff%3D101%20102%26ml_rpos%3D5&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=EOo5937&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandererpaul Posted 6 August , 2017 Share Posted 6 August , 2017 This is his Medal Index Card - also under Felton Hunt https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1262/30850_A000798-02426?pid=3588517&backurl=http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DEOo5952%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3DMedalRolls%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26_F8007A65%3D235609%26_F8007A65_x%3D1%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dea7%26pcat%3DUK_WWI_COLLECTIONS%26fh%3D6%26h%3D3588517%26recoff%3D61%2062%26ml_rpos%3D7&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=EOo5952&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hywyn Posted 6 August , 2017 Share Posted 6 August , 2017 He is indeed on a casualty list namely RWF wounded list in War Office Weekly list for 8 10 1918. You'll know that there's usualy 4 to 6 weeks from event to list publication so wounded sometime beginning September. He's on as Edmunds with next of kin placename as Cardiff. I agree with Clive i.e he's gone over as a Mons Regt man, gone to IBD and been transferred to RWF posted 14th Bn. I make this as happening mid August 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandererpaul Posted 7 August , 2017 Share Posted 7 August , 2017 Felton Edmunds married an Elsie Kate Bucknell in Q1 1917 in Cardiff. - FMP link. In 1939 they lived at 23 Harle Street , Neath M.B., Glamorganshire, Wales. - FMP Link There are 8 other family members living at the address. Felton Edmunds DoB on the register is 24 June 1893. So an error on his SWB as being 22 years old? Elsie Kate Edmunds DoB is given as 18 May 1896. Now under FELTON HUNT there are two school admissions on FMP. Felton Last name Hunt Birth year 1893 Birth date 01 Jun 1893 Event year 1899 School name Abertillery Church School (Infants) Town Abertillery County Monmouthshire Country Wales Parent name(s) William Book type Admissions Archive Gwent Archives Also this one: Felton Last name Hunt Birth year 1893 Birth date18 Jun 1893 Event year 1899 School name Park Street School (Infants), Cross Keys Town Cross Keys County Monmouthshire Country Wales Parent name(s) William Hunt Book type Admissions Archive reference CEA48/12 Folio / page no.- Archive Gwent Archives Record set National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914 Category Education & work Subcategory Schools & education Collections from Great Britain, Wales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandererpaul Posted 7 August , 2017 Share Posted 7 August , 2017 (edited) There's a 1911 census for Felton Hunt - FMP link. Aged 17 and a Builders Merchant Clerk Living at; 216 Inverness Place Roath Cardiff, Cardiff, Glamorganshire William - Father and Annie - Mother, plus 7 siblings. Ancestry link to 1911 Census Ancestry link to 1901 Census A Felton Edmunds was registered for birth in Newport in 1893. a Felton Edmunds was registered for death in Neath in June 1955. His probate record is here. Edited 7 August , 2017 by wandererpaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard_Lewis Posted 7 August , 2017 Author Share Posted 7 August , 2017 Thank you all. The property in Harle Street, Neath, was still in the family until a few years ago. Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandererpaul Posted 7 August , 2017 Share Posted 7 August , 2017 Why did he use Hunt and then Edmunds, do you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard_Lewis Posted 7 August , 2017 Author Share Posted 7 August , 2017 Good question! At some point the family may have gone by Hunt-Edmunds but later some went by Hunt, others by Edmunds. He seems to have used both! My wife's aunt may know so I'll check. Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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