spoon with number 143758

[battle of loos]

good evening,

 

I allow myself to submit this spoon to identify its owner :

 

Number : 143758

No regimental initials

 british or canadian ?

 

 

Found during the construction of an industrial zone in 1986

Sector South West of Hill 70 - Loos en Gohelle.

 

This area was occupied by the British and Canadians during the German retreat after Vimy Ridge was taken in April 1917.

 

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

 

Kind regards

 

michel

[GWF1967]

1 hour ago, battle of loos said:

good evening,

 

I allow myself to submit this spoon to identify its owner :

 

Number : 143758

No regimental initials

 british or canadian ?

 

 

Found during the construction of an industrial zone in 1986

Sector South West of Hill 70 - Loos en Gohelle.

 

This area was occupied by the British and Canadians during the German retreat after Vimy Ridge was taken in April 1917.

 

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

 

Kind regards

 

michel

Hi Michel,

 At least five possible British soldiers with that number.

William Aspin. R.A.M.C.   Charles Stokes Cutbush. R.G.A.   A/II/Cpl.  Edward Park. Royal Engineers.   William Walker Pritchard. Labour Corps.   William Henry Albert Wray. M.G.C.

 

 

 

[battle of loos]

good evening,

 

thank's a lot for your answer.

where it's possible to find the number of Coy - battery ... ?

 

William Aspin. R.A.M.C. :

 

Charles Stokes Cutbush. R.G.A.

no find the medal cards 

 

 A/II/Cpl.  Edward Park. Royal Engineers. :

 

William Walker Pritchard. Labour Corps. :

William Henry Albert Wray. M.G.C

no find the medal cards 

 

it's possible thi spoon was used by one canadian soldier.

because the number are Inside the 114001 to 144000 (76th Battaillon)

the 76th Canadian Battaillon :

first incoming drafts from : 13th - 19th - 20th - 35th - 38 th - 44th - 77th - 91st

 

My uncle found in his garden (about 100 meters from the discovery of the spoon) a Canadian identity plaque of an officer of the 20th Canadian Bat.

 

I found the passage on Loos the following Canadian battalions:

13th-19th-20th-44th

 

For the attack of August 15, 1917, the area there was under the control of the 2nd Canadian Division.

 

 

the 19th & the 20th could respond

 

but I don't find any soldier with this number in the canadian army.

 

 

regards

 

michel

 

[Mark1959]

Papers exist for Charles Stokes Cutbush. Served in BEF from 1/3/18. Served there with 22nd Heavy Battery RGA until early 1919. There is an MIC but no additional info.

Edited 7 February , 2018 by Mark1959

[battle of loos]

good evening,

 

thak's a lot for your answer.

 

Do you know which division or Army Corps is attached to this battery ?

 

regards

 

michel

[Mark1959]

Trying to work it out. Document indicates a Brigade but cannot work it out. He actually joined the unit 5/4/18.

Wray I can place with the MGC in the 41st Division in April 1918 due to hospital admission to 139 FA. The MGC Number was probably allocated to him early in 1918.

[battle of loos]

good morning,

 

Thanks again for your help.

 

Thanks to these few information, I will be able to push my investigations into the presence of British regiments being passed on Loos sector.

 

Kind regards

 

 

michel

[Mark1959]

Think you can forget about William Aspin. There are scraps of his papers. This seems to show he only served abroad with the KSLI. Joined RAMC mid-1918 when he got his RAMC number. All his service with the RAMC was in the UK. So not his spoon it would seem.

[battle of loos]

Perfect.

 

Thanks to your help, we'll be able to put a name on this spoon

 

regards

 

michel