AndyC1085 Posted 6 January , 2018 Share Posted 6 January , 2018 I am pretty confident I have found everything I will be able to on my Great Uncle. The chronology of events now fit perfectly, apart from one little anomoly. In late 1917, he is finally sent to Mesopotamia with the 6th South Lancashire Regiment. He is there until April 1919 when he is posted to India, finally returning to the UK in July 1919. However, in July 1918, he is recorded as being on a ship from Folkestone to Bologne, and then recorded as being in Etaples. I can see no mention or obvious reason for this! Could this be some kind of R&R?! Seems an odd place to send them! Unless the R&R was in the UK before July 1918, and he visited Etaples on the way back to Mesopotamia/India?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 6 January , 2018 Share Posted 6 January , 2018 From Mesopotamia, any medical treatment or recreational leave would have been in India. If the information was found in a service record, is it in the correct file? Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC1085 Posted 6 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 6 January , 2018 17 minutes ago, Maureene said: From Mesopotamia, any medical treatment or recreational leave would have been in India. If the information was found in a service record, is it in the correct file? Cheers Maureen Yeh, definitely the correct file. There is, obviously, the possibiliy that the single sheet of paper isn't his. The name is correct on it though. I guess it's possible it is for another person with the same name?! Now you mention it, the Regiment section at the top appears to say 1st Loyal North Lancashire. He was never (as far as I can tell) part of them. Although there was a JA Callaghan of officer rank who was with the Leicestershire Regiment. I wonder if this single sheet of paper is for someone else?! The other information on it re RAF Reading seems odd as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 7 January , 2018 Share Posted 7 January , 2018 (edited) Mate, Yes I would agree most AIF soldiers in Mespot were sent to India for leave or illness, but a large number were also sent to Egypt. Some officers & soldiers were sent further on special reasons to England or Australia, these reason could be a death or illness in the family or some other reason the powers that be agreed to. I had one officer sent home on leave due to his business being in trouble? Cheers S.B Edited 7 January , 2018 by stevebecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 7 January , 2018 Share Posted 7 January , 2018 On 06/01/2018 at 15:25, AndyC1085 said: I wonder if this single sheet of paper is for someone else?! The other information on it re RAF Reading seems odd as well! I strongly suspect that this is a different officer and I would suggest J. A, (James Albert) Callaghan who served with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and the RAF and this could be from his file The stamp which appears twice is not very clear in either case, however it looks to me like a match for 1st L.N. Lancs Regt WO 374/11813 || 2nd Lieutenant James Albert CALLAGHAN || 1915-1921 he also appears in the listings on this RFC/RAF/RNAS site http://www.airhistory.org.uk/rfc/people_index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC1085 Posted 7 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 7 January , 2018 3 hours ago, michaeldr said: I strongly suspect that this is a different officer and I would suggest J. A, (James Albert) Callaghan who served with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and the RAF and this could be from his file The stamp which appears twice is not very clear in either case, however it looks to me like a match for 1st L.N. Lancs Regt WO 374/11813 || 2nd Lieutenant James Albert CALLAGHAN || 1915-1921 he also appears in the listings on this RFC/RAF/RNAS site http://www.airhistory.org.uk/rfc/people_index.html Amazing! Thank you for finding that out. Do you think I need to let the National Archives know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 7 January , 2018 Share Posted 7 January , 2018 It can't hurt Andy and you will be helping other researchers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 7 January , 2018 Share Posted 7 January , 2018 (edited) Andy you never said what J A stands for? or where he was from? Edited 7 January , 2018 by museumtom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC1085 Posted 7 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 7 January , 2018 14 minutes ago, museumtom said: Andy you never said what J A stands for? or where he was from? Sorry, my bad. The JA Callaghan that I am interested in is Joseph Aloysius Callaghan. He was an officer in the 3rd and 6th South Lancashire Regiment. He was from the Bolton area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 7 January , 2018 Share Posted 7 January , 2018 Ah that's grand, there are a few J A Callaghan's about and that helps to narrow it down.] Kind regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC1085 Posted 25 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 25 January , 2018 Have let the National Archives know and they have amended the file. was hoping something for my relative might have slipped into the other file, but unfortunately not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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