russtobin Posted 16 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 16 August , 2018 1 hour ago, DavidOwen said: Well done, I can see it now. Sorry about the confusion but can confirm that the name is Private E Gain of 2nd Bn RMLI RND Regards Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtobin Posted 16 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 16 August , 2018 1 hour ago, horatio2 said: No E CAIN RMLI. Edit: Probably Private Edward GAIN, Plymouth/948(S), RMLI. Surivived WW1 (demobilised) but died in WW2. K.i.a. as an Assistant Steward Merchant Navy when the SS ALMEDA STAR was torpedoed off Scotland by U.96 on 21 January 1941. His brother Walter GAIN Plymouth/1009(S) was k.i.a. with 1st Royal Marine Battalion 19 August 1917. Fantastic information horatio2 very impressive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 16 August , 2018 Share Posted 16 August , 2018 18 hours ago, russtobin said: Pte J Playford ?? Regt Looks like Somerset but I cannot read the Bn. There was a James Frederick Richard Playford ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtobin Posted 16 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 16 August , 2018 4 minutes ago, charlie962 said: Looks like Somerset but I cannot read the Bn. There was a James Frederick Richard Playford ? Private J Playford Somerset Regiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMB1943 Posted 16 August , 2018 Share Posted 16 August , 2018 Russ, You might want to check all of the transcriptions for typos because, 1) there was no East Sussex Regt, 2) the 1st Bn Royal Sussex Regt. spent the entire GW in India. Regards, JMB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtobin Posted 16 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 16 August , 2018 2 minutes ago, JMB1943 said: Russ, You might want to check all of the transcriptions for typos because, 1) there was no East Sussex Regt, 2) the 1st Bn Royal Sussex Regt. spent the entire GW in India. Regards, JMB Thx JMB - the list I've posted was complied several years ago by another forum member. He wrote the list using the photograph earlier posted as his source! fyi 1) should read East Surrey Regiment 2) should read 7th Royal Sussex I will now correct the list using the original material. Regards Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtobin Posted 16 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 16 August , 2018 This is the definitive list of 60 names with as much information as I have so far. Regards Russ Surname Name Rank Details Service History Moir W Pte 6th Gordon H Cors Leary J Pte 50th Division RAMC Wilkinson A Pte 12th Manchester Regiment Gillepsie J AB 1st Hawke Royal Naval Division Hexley Pte 2nd Royal Warwicks Divall J Pte 10th Battalion The Queens Own RVS Rowe A Pte 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment Pearce H Pte 8th Battalion The Devon Regiment Bowles G Pte 121 Machine Gun Corps Green W Pte WRFA RAMC TF Osborne G L/Cpl Inniskilling DRGS Sims J Sgt 9th West Ridng Regiment Millar Pte 6th Battalion ASH Arglle? Sully D 15th Divisional Motor Transport Wilkins G Pte 23rd Middlesex Regiment Pinnock J Pte 3rd London Regiment RF Willats A L/Cpl 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment Mcleod JS Gunner RGA Heavy Bat Wilson R Pte 7th Royal Sussex Regiment Plunket H Pte 2nd Royal Irish Mcdonald J Pte 4th Battalion HLI Hunt C Pte 3rd Worceshire Regiment Holliday J Sgt Tyneside Scottish Houseman J Pte West Yorks Chitty JA Pte London Regiment Royal Fusiliers Braybrook J Pte 1st London Regiment RF Hargreaves W Pte 12th Manchester Regiment Panter C Pte 6th Battalion Northants Regiment Eaglesfield J Pte I.S. Staffs Regiment Chitty F Pte 19th Battery 19th Battalion Pioneers The Welsh Regiment Grace J Cpl 7th Manchester Regiment Altoft Sgt 8th Battalion East York Phipps BH Pte 8th Battalion Rpyal Fusiliers Bradley WC Bandsman 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington Regiment Rooke J Sgt 8th Yorkshire Regiment Cash H Pte Royal Munster Fusiliers Harvey C Rifleman 1/9th London Regiment (QVR) Machan RB Sgt 32nd Royal Fusiliers Earnshaw H Rifleman London Rifle Brigade Waugh J Pte 7th Northumberland Fusiliers Young W Pte 9th HLI Glasgow Highlanders Cass RH Sgt RE Tracy HJ Pte 6th London Field Ambulance Cameron C Pte Cameron HDRS Hewer J Pte 1st Battalion Royal Berks Mernagh G Rifleman 4th Royal Irish Rifles Campbell RT Pte 13th Royal Scots Burniston A Pte 26th Royal Fusiliers (Bankers) Hawker Pte 17th Notts and Derbyshire Gain E Pte 2nd Battalion RMLI RND Gage S L/Cpl 8th Battalion Somerset Regiment Wormald Pte 8/10 Gordon Highlander Knipe W Pte 9th West Ridng Regiment Hudson S Pte 8 Coy 19th Battalion The Welsh Regiment Pioneers Akers Rifleman 13th Kings Royal Rifles Lee W Pte 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment Playford J Pte ? Battalion Somerset Regiment Bentley WJ Sgt 3rd Battalion Kings Royal Heal H Cpl Royal Warwick Regiment Rothwell WH Pte 4/5th LN Lancs Regiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Underdown Posted 16 August , 2018 Share Posted 16 August , 2018 19 minutes ago, russtobin said: WRFA RAMC TF For clarity, this is presumably West Riding Field Ambulance, 6 of those in total serving with either 49th (West Riding) Division or 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtobin Posted 16 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 16 August , 2018 2 minutes ago, David_Underdown said: For clarity, this is presumably West Riding Field Ambulance, 6 of those in total serving with either 49th (West Riding) Division or 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division Information has been copied from the original embroidered squares as it was written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 16 August , 2018 Share Posted 16 August , 2018 2 hours ago, russtobin said: Somerset Regiment Somersets would be Somerset Light Infantry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtobin Posted 18 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 18 August , 2018 Discovered detailed military history for R B Machan . Records clearly show his time spent at the North Staffordshire Infirmary. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1219&h=1496907&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=TfK5388&_phstart=successSource Was wondering if anyone with more experience than myself would care to glance over the records and give a synopsis? Regards Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 18 August , 2018 Share Posted 18 August , 2018 (edited) Masses of pages, but not a lot in them really. Looks as though he developed a cough with hoarseness of his voice in February 1917, severe enough for him to be sent back to the UK where he was initially at Stafford from March to June, then Sandon Red Cross hospital till mid July. In fact, at one stage, he had aphonia- total loss of voice. Diagnosed as severe laryngitis and bronchitis. Had a laryngoscopy which only showed severe inflammation of the vocal cords. Tested and treated with whatever they had in those days ( not much), and condition gradually improved. Discharged, then sent to Tipperary. Then to South West Africa in February 1918. His little episode kept him out of front line action for a whole year. Who knows what the cause was. Infection? Gas? (No record of it). Vocal abuse? Difficult to know now. The inflammation on laryngoscopy seemed genuine enough. I only mention that, as aphonia- (loss of voice) was a common symptom in cases of neurotic illness, hysteria, shell shock etc. Edited 18 August , 2018 by Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtobin Posted 18 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 18 August , 2018 Wow that's amazing Dai - diolch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrrip Posted 26 August , 2018 Share Posted 26 August , 2018 Harold Hicks Earnshaw 5th London Regt (London Rifle Brigade) 301749 later 619332 Labour Corps. 6 digit army number on MIC suggests overseas post Feb 17 - no pension or service file on Ancestry. enlisted late 14/early 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 26 August , 2018 Share Posted 26 August , 2018 Sgt 12621 Joseph Rooke 8th Bn Yorkshire Regiment G.S.W knee (amputation) Has service record /SWB entry Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofatfortakeoff Posted 26 August , 2018 Share Posted 26 August , 2018 Amazing-great effort in this post-wonderful it has survived 🙏🏽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtobin Posted 26 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 26 August , 2018 Thanks for the continued interest and support - much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtobin Posted 26 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 26 August , 2018 5 hours ago, chrrip said: Harold Hicks Earnshaw 5th London Regt (London Rifle Brigade) 301749 later 619332 Labour Corps. 6 digit army number on MIC suggests overseas post Feb 17 - no pension or service file on Ancestry. enlisted late 14/early 15. Can you please explain what MIC means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted 26 August , 2018 Share Posted 26 August , 2018 40 minutes ago, russtobin said: Can you please explain what MIC means? Medal Index Card. See here: https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/how-to-research-a-soldier/campaign-medal-records/ Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtobin Posted 27 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 August , 2018 17 hours ago, chrrip said: Harold Hicks Earnshaw 5th London Regt (London Rifle Brigade) 301749 later 619332 Labour Corps. 6 digit army number on MIC suggests overseas post Feb 17 - no pension or service file on Ancestry. enlisted late 14/early 15. Can you please explain what MIC means? Thx for that Dave I realised as soon as I posted - it had been a long day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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