Neil 2242 Posted 22 October , 2018 Share Posted 22 October , 2018 I've found an individual on SDGW who could be a family member....the details look promising anyway. He's 11835 Cpl John Thomas Boulton, 2/KOSB CWGC doesn't add anything, he's listed just as J.Boulton But the medal card has confused the issue, as on FmP it has 11836 A/Cpl Jonathan Boulton So one digit out on the number and different first name. Any other sources that would sort this out? I'm hoping the SDGW entry is correct. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin RussT Posted 22 October , 2018 Admin Share Posted 22 October , 2018 (edited) Soldiers' Effects Record has a 11835 John Thomas Boulton Regards Russ His MIC and Medal Rolls have 11835 on them Edited 22 October , 2018 by RussT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 22 October , 2018 Share Posted 22 October , 2018 (edited) This MIC: Boulton is issued to A/Cpl. John Boulton, 11835. (Although the card clearly states K.O.S.B., Ancestry has mistranscribed it as King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.) This MIC is issued to 11836 K.O.S.B. Private Andrew McIntyre: McIntyre (Again the card clearly states K.O.S.B., but Ancestry has mistranscribed it as King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.) Edited 22 October , 2018 by Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil 2242 Posted 22 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 22 October , 2018 Thank you both. Would seem that FmP has a bad transcription of that MIC then as well. Looks as if John Thomas Boulton is the correct name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil 2242 Posted 22 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 22 October , 2018 Follow up question if I may... Russ, you mention the Soldier's Effects Records. I'm not familiar with them. Generally speaking, are they worth looking at? Do they add much information? Enough to warrant paying money for...... Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 22 October , 2018 Share Posted 22 October , 2018 Hi, 4 minutes ago, Neil 2242 said: Russ, you mention the Soldier's Effects Records. I'm not familiar with them. Generally speaking, are they worth looking at? Do they add much information? For 11835 Boulton it tells you that his father was called Thomas, and as it notes him as 'sole legatee' it points towards a will - available from here. Probably not worth the £10 charged to get it though. It also records the amount of War Gratuity that was paid. If there is no service file, as the amount was based on rank and length of service, given the DoD it can be used to back calculate a reasonable estimate of when service counted from. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 22 October , 2018 Share Posted 22 October , 2018 13 minutes ago, Neil 2242 said: Follow up question if I may... Russ, you mention the Soldier's Effects Records. I'm not familiar with them. Generally speaking, are they worth looking at? Do they add much information? Enough to warrant paying money for...... Cheers They are one of the primary record sets for WW1 research (some people may say I'm a little biased) and they can often add a lot of detail which is otherwise missing in a person's background. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 22 October , 2018 Share Posted 22 October , 2018 #11859 was allocated 18 March 14. Feeding the war gratuity in to my calculator indicates that #11835 was also likely allocated pre-war.https://wargratuity.uk/war-gratuity-calculator/ Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil 2242 Posted 22 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 22 October , 2018 Thanks again both. In this particular case, father called Thomas is another bit of info that points to this man being who I think he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 22 October , 2018 Share Posted 22 October , 2018 Hi, Craig is the resident specialist on all things War Gratuity based. The Soldiers' Effects records are available on Ancestry - link. 17 minutes ago, clk said: it points towards a will - available from here. Probably not worth the £10 charged to get it though Thinking about that statement a bit more. The will itself may only be a few words on a form extracted from his pay book, and would come as a low resolution B&W scan of the original. However, it would probably give an address for his father. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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