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On 24/03/2021 at 18:52, Pat Atkins said:

List posted today (24th March 2021):

 

305383 Pte Haslam, C, 2/8th Sherwood Foresters is in fact Cecil Heslam, and has a MIC and Medal rolls entry (BW&VM) in that name.

 

512389 Spr Sadler, R is in fact James Russell Sadler (he seems to have habitually used Russell as a first name).

He has a fair few papers on FMP, though many are damaged. He was a carpenter from Falmouth and enlisted aged 21 into 3rd Works Company, Cornwall (Fortress) RE on 7th December 1914. His original Territorial Force service number was 741; 512389 will be his number after the 1917 renumbering of the TF. He served with the BEF from 3rd October 1915, spending a week in hospital in May 1916 with a septic left foot. His hospitalisation in December 1917 led to him being treated in the UK; he was discharged on 23rd March 1918 "wound healed" and was back in France at the RE Base Depot on 20th May 1918, joining 427 Field Company on 8th June 1918 and quickly injuring himself on a loose duckboard (sprained ankle, found not culpable for injury) which sent him briefly to hospital again. Sapper Sadler was returned to the UK on 23rd January 1919 for demobilisation (Group 30) on 12th February.

 

 

Reinforcement Company? Sounds plausible, but - can't find any reference to such a thing existing... Sorry...

Pat

 

There were 13 RE Reinforcement Companies, the first being formed in January 1917. This was in response to the shortage of tradesmen caused principally by recruiting in the early years of the war when not much consideration was given to future infrastructure projects in the BEF and, of course, the formation of new infantry battalions was paramount.  

 

These units were raised by sending men from the RE Base Depot in small parties where they would work on projects in an allocated Army area until such time as they received notice to send them to their allocated unit. It was only intended to be a temporary measure and they were disbanded before the end of the year

 

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That's very interesting, thanks Terry, had no idea. The Army seems to have been getting to grips with its expanded organisation in 1917. 

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In the list posted today, 43059 Pte H. Day has some papers on Ancestry (also some on FMP, but Ancestry include these). Harold Day was a hosiery warehouseman from Bowers Avenue, Woodborough, Nottingham and attested 7/12/1915 aged 18 years and 11 months. He had 3 service numbers during his military career: 42935 (19th Sherwood Foresters), 43059 (10th Royal Irish Rifles) and M/377772 (ASC Mechanical Transport).His service was:

 

14/4/1916 mobilised

17/4/1916 posted to 19th Sherwood Foresters

24/7/1916 posted to 11th Sherwood Foresters in France

8/8/1917 transferred to 10th Royal Irish Rifles

17/12/1917 hospitalised and evacuated to UK, where he was in hospital for 49 days with trench feet

15/2/1918 posted 17th Royal Irish Rifles

2/3/1918 transferred to Army Service Corps (MT) as learner driver

8/3/1918 passed B2 'fit for overseas'

16/5/1918 heavy lorry driver

14/11/1919 discharged to Class Z Reserve from 18 GHQ MT Coy, ASC

 

His records state he served 19 months in the infantry and 17 months as a lorry driver in France, Belgium and Germany (in the army of occupation). He made a disability claim for 'bad legs' as a result of heavy marching and trench feet, December 1917; examined at 31 CCS Cologne, his claim was turned down.

 

 

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From today's list: 17112 L/Sgt E. Frost of 1st Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers has a few papers on FMP. His forename was Edward, and he seems to have had 2 RSF service numbers: 17112 and 61254. His medal rolls entries for the 1914-15 Star and BW&V Medals use this latter number, and I postulate (but this is really just a guess) that he served originally as 17112, returned to the UK with this injury and served subsequently with 201st Infantry Battalion of the Training Reserve with the number TR/2/92081 (stated in his FMP papers) and was then for some reason renumbered on returning to 1st Bn RSF.  His records don't say a lot about his service generally but they do, unusually, explain his injury" "ripped open leg on enemy wire whilst on a night raid" - a look at the War Diary (available from The National Archives or via Ancestry) for 1st RSF might well be instructive.

 

31/1/1915 enlisted

7/7/1915 to BEF with 1st RSF

17/12/1917 hospitalised and evacuated to UK; 151 days in various hospitals

28/8/1918 returned to duty

12/1/1919 demobilised

 

Edit: on reflection, I don't like the look of that TR number, but as it's an area I know nothing about I can't think currently of a better scenario!

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From today's list: 351627 Pte Bell, T, Labour Corps has discharge papers on FMP and  Silver War Badge entry on Ancestry. His name was Thomas Bell and he had been a coal miner; his address was 39 Oswin Avenue, Forrest Hall, near Newcastle, and he was 22 when discharged as permanently unfit (KR para 392 xvi) in June 1918. He had a curvature of the spine, not attributable to his military service, and his papers rather baldly state that on discharge he was 'no use as a soldier'.

 

27/2/1916 attested

1/8/1917 mobilised

3/8/1917 posted to 89th Training Reserve Bn, service number 79127

4/9/1917 transferred to 297th Reserve Labour Company, Labour Corps

7/10/1917 with BEF, 106th Labour Company

1/12/1917 reports sick (DAH)

18/12/1917 evacuated to UK for hospitalisation

29/1/1918 I think he was discharged, having been cured of his bronchitis

26/2/1918 back in hospital, bronchitis

20/4/1918 discharged from hospital to furlough

23/6/1918 discharged to Class W Army Reserve, unfit, from Eastern Command, Labour Corps

 

 

 

 

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From today's list: 590867 Rfn E.C. Binnington, 18th London Regiment (London Irish Rifles). He appears to be 2620 Rfn Edward C. Binnington, who was awarded the 1914-15 Star, joining the BEF in France on 10/3/1915. I'm guessing the 6-digit number was allocated to Rfn Binnington with the London Irish on the occasion of the early-1917 renumbering of the Territorial Force. He was transferred, along with other London Irish men, to the King's Royal Rifle Corps and allotted the number 56534, which is what's given on his BW&VMedal rolls entry along with his previous service with London Irish.  

 

There is some uncertainty about that 6-digit number though. FMP has a medical record from 139th Field Ambulance - the admission on 19/4/1918 of 505276 Rfn Binnington, E.C. of 18th Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps. His age is 34, and 590867 Rfn Binnington, E.C. was recorded as aged 33 in Dec 1917. I'm guessing this is the same man, and one(or both) of those 6-digit numbers are wrongly transcribed; this is, I think, plausible - but not proven. 

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From today's list: 280236 Cpl Button, T.E., RGA is in fact Gunner Tutton. He was Cpl Thomas Edward Tutton, RGA; his medal index card and 1914-15 Star entry only gives the service number SR/5236 (with or without SR/ prefix), but a pension card on Ancestry and the BW&V Medal rolls entry give both numbers 5236 & 280236. His BW&V Medal rolls entry has been amended: Cpl  Gnr. He seems to have joined the BEF in France on6/6/1915 or 6/11/1915 (there's  discrepancy between the medal index card and the medal rolls).

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Thank you, Pat. All of these corrections are so important [and brings their names to the fore]. 

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Index No

Regt/Bn/Corps

Sqdn/Bty/Co

Regtl No

Rank/Name

Diseases/Wounds/Injuries

Admission

Discharge

Entrained

Detrained

Ward P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T 7942

4 Seaforth

B

203741

Pte Ross, P

Corneal Ulcer L

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7943

2/4 R Scots

A

200259

Pte Aitken, T L

Debility

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7944

18 London

HQ

590085

Rfn Slater, F

Debility

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7945

1 E Lancs

D

24917

Pte Deardon, J

Contus: Eyeball R

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7946

M G Coy

182

67400

Pte Platten, R J

Whitlow Thumb R

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7947

1/9 K L Reg

D

332618

Pte Wharton, J

Blepharitis

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7948

2/4 York & Lancs

B

201385

L/Cpl Cooke, W

Carbuncles Back

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7949

8/9 R Dub Fus

B

22156

Pte Murphy, A

PUO

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7950

10 Queens Reg

BLANK

S/60284

Pte Crane, F

Chr: Bronchitis

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7951

1/6 B Watch

A

201494

Pte Carruthers, J

Keratitis Profunda

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7952

2 R Scots Fus

C

10241

L/Cpl Riches, G

Bullet: Arm L

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7953

16 Middx

B

10657

Cpl Turner, H

GSW Eye L

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7954

HAC att

GHQ

9518

Pte Ifield, H E

Neurasthenia

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7955

9 Welsh

HQ

63074

Pte Jeans, A E

Epilepsy

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7956

EFC ASC att

Mineral Water Factory

6855

Pte Foster, A

Myalgia

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7957

1 N Fus

W

459

Sgt Lawrence, A T

PUO

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7958

RFA

D/152 Bde

36056

Bdr Fit Bridson, T S

Debility

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

T 7959

2/5 S Staffs

B

242673

Pte Feakes, J T

Dermatitis Seborrhoea

17/12/17

17/12/17

Etaples

Calais

Ward E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trip No 170

46758

13 R Fus

3

6578

L/Cpl Barker, W J

Bronchitis

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

46759

RE

175 Tunn

175851

Spr Morrell, F

GSW Leg R

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

Ward M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46760

1 N & D

BLANK

72654

Pte Smith, A

Trench Fever

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

46761

1/5 D W W Rid

BLANK

26669

Pte Lofting, A

? Nephritis

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

46762

13 R B att

130 Mobile W’shop

31648

Pte Brown, W

Piles

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

Ward N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46763

M G Coy

3

3793

Pte Allen, C E

Appendicitis [ALL STRUCK OUT]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

46764

6 DCLI

Z

29627

L/Cpl Stevens, S

Follicular Tonsillitis

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

Ward O

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46765

RE

334 R C Co

260715

Pte Simpson, A

PUO

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

46766

ASC MT att

355 Batt

199449

Dvr Cameron, J

Otitis

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

46767

ASC MT att

51 Group

201443

Pte Knight, S

TB Glands of Neck

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

46768

ASC MT att

2 A CCS

       10

Dvr Barnes, J W

Rheumatism

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

46769

RGA

29 Siege

101292

Cpl Chipperfield, H

Injury to Knee

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

46770

7 KRR

14 ? ? Batt

204276

Rfn Bennett, A F

Hernia

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

46771

RGA

405 Siege

26762

Sgt Nicholls, G

Laryngitis

19/12/17

19/12/17

Trois Arbres

Wimereux

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Well, I've got nowhere with this one! A. Lofting is niggling me, can't find him or anyone who might be him. Sure I'm missing something. His 1/5th West Riding Regiment number 26669 is missing on the medal rolls out of a sequence of men who moved from an infantry battalion to the Labour Corps and then to WRR. All show 1/5th and then 1/6th WRR in a (possible) chronology e.g.

 

26668 Pte Camlen E.C.

23119 10/R. Berks

94232 158 Labour Corps

26668 1/5 WRR

             1/6 WRR

 

The original unit varies as does the Labour Company, but the battalion-LC-1/5 WRR-1/6 WRR sequence is identical for numbers 26660-26673. There is no entry for the numbers 26666 and 26669. 

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I thought there may be trouble with so many missing MICs on my first run-through but it just shows how spoilt we've become with TNA/FMP/Ancestry files to dip into whenever we want and, mainly, find what we are looking for. Thanks for having a go, Pat. Appreciated

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So, the back catalogue...  From list posted 09 May 2020: 266036 Dvr F. Newton, 2/1st Bucks.

 

This is Pte Frederick Newton. 2/1st Bn Ox & Bucks were disbanded on 22/2/1918 and the officers and men transferred en masse to form 25th Entrenching Battalion; shortly afterwards, a draft of 200 men went to 8th Bn Royal Berkshire Regt, and Pte Newton was with them. He was renumbered on arrival as 220509, and his entry for the British War & Victory Medals is on the Berkshires roll under this number.

 

Edit, the next man on this list followed a path from OBLI to RBR; however, according to his BW&VM rolls entry his route was slightly different: 265881 Pte A.G. White, 2/1st Bucks - 220380 Pte Albert G. White, 1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regt, also 2nd Bn RBR. 

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From the list dated 9th May 2020: 1538 Pte T. Ward, 62 Labour Company.

 

I can't find his medal details or anything else, except FMP has his name and LC number on List HA 18180 dated 2nd January 1918, under the Cork Record Office; it states 'late South Irish Horse". His Labour Corps number was in a batch allocated on formation of the Labour Companies to what had been the 14th (Labour) Bn Scottish Rifles; 62 Labour Company was formed from the Cheshire Regt and had a different number block. Couldn't find a way to use any of this info to find T. White - but maybe someone else will.

 

From the same list: 317S Gnr Robert Holloway, RMA has a single page of service record on FMP under this name and service number; can't find him in the medal rolls, etc., however. He enlisted 1st January 1915, served in No1 Gun Howitzer Brigade in France, and survived the war (demobilised Feb 1919). He was born 1895 and came from Bolsover, Derbyshire.

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No worries, Diane, it's a pleasure. From the list posted 30th April 2020: 

 

41582 Rfn Smith, C, 11th R. Irish R. is Charles Smith, Royal Irish Rifles; Ancestry has his British War & Victory Medals rolls entry under his full service number 11/41582 (11 as in 11th Bn RIR), and states that he had previously been in 6th Northamptonshire Regt with the number 30271. A search in FMP using this regiment and number turned up his MIC, whereas I had previously got nothing other than the 31 AT record using his RIR number.

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No wonder I couldn't find his MIC on TNA as they have transcribed it as 11/47582. Still can't locate it on Ancestry to have a proper look though. Brilliant; thanks Pat

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I couldn't get him at first using the number with or without 11/ prefix in Ancestry's search, and now - annoyingly - can't remember what I did which was successful.:rolleyes:

 

From the list posted 24th April 2020:

 

271055 (William)WHC Rogers, 1st/8th Royal Scots has a MIC and medal rolls entries on Ancestry and FMP, but searching with this number doesn't turn anything up. His medals entries give him as 2454, 19th London Regt; 610281 Royal Engineers; 345277 8th Royal Scots. His other RS number is a mystery to me, I'm afraid. Because of his initials and 8th Royal Scots I'm pretty confident this is the man, just can't explain the 271055 number.

 

203091 (Francis) F Turrell, 2/6 Royal Warwickshires, has several pages of documents in FMP but a semi-legible scrawl in the original led to them being transcribed with a final 8 rather than 1. I think his military journey was:

Attested 7/12/1915, a 32-year-old wood machinist born in Aston; joined Royal Warwicks (possibly 5th Reserve Bn) 24/5/1916

Served in France 7/10/1916 - 14/1/1917 with 5th RWR (seems to say 2/5th RWR, with the number 20207)

   "          "      "       late April 1917 - 14/3/1917 2/6th Bn RWR

19/3/1918 Home service 945 AE Artizan Company, Labour Corps, with number 473000

1919 transferred to 242 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers, with number 364017

Yet another service number is noted on one document, but without giving the unit: 19159. No idea, I'm afraid.

 

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From list posted 20th April 2020:

 

204682 Pte W Gray, 7th Seaforth Highlanders - this is William Gray from Glasgow. His service number was 204684; he has a medal index card and a British War & Victory Medals rolls entry under this number. Sadly, William Gray died on 20/07/1918, aged just 20, and is commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial: he has no known grave. 7th SH were involved in an attack on the 19th and it is conceivable he was wounded then. The battalion War Diary (available from The National Archives here, and also via Ancestry) doesn't name Other Ranks, so it's impossible to tell.

 

From same list:

 

47890 Pte Wright, N. Labour Corps is Norman Wright who has medal entries on Ancestry and FMP and a Silver War Badge rolls entry also. He joined the King's Liverpool Regiment on 14/3/1916, served in a KLR Labour battalion, and was discharged unfit on 30/5/1918, aged 23. I think the 'Labour battalions' of KLR were 23rd and 27th Bns, which became 1st and 2nd Labour Companies on the formation of the Labour Corps; however, Norman Wright's LC number wasn't allocated at that time by either LC on their formation according to the LLT here. The British War & Victory Medals roll entry shows a large number of KLR men like Norman who are consecutively numbered, so he transferred as part of a large draft.

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Index No

Regt/Bn/Corps

Sqdn/Bty/Co

Regtl No

Rank/Name

Diseases/Wounds/Injuries

Admission

Discharge

Entrained

Detrained

Ward S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46772

ASC MT att RE

177 Tunn Co

148077

Pte Williams, E

Clinical [Dysentery]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46773

M G Coy

112

55830

Dvr Castle, H

Clinical [Dysentery]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46774

ASC MT att

66 Aux Petrol Coy

283552

Pte Walker, P W

Clinical [Dysentery]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46775

13 R B

HQ

5281

Rfn Gallop, J J

Clinical [Dysentery]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46776

10 R Warwicks

BLANK

25877

Pte Wellard, A

Clinical [Dysentery]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46777

8 Somersets

A

15193

Cpl Warburton, E

Clinical [Dysentery]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46778

8 Somersets

A

28831

Pte Thomas, W

Clinical [Dysentery]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46779

17 Manchrs

A

42126

Pte Bryson, H

Clinical [Dysentery]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46780

10 R Warks att

9 Corps Rein Camp

25769

L/Cpl Shute, G

Clinical [Dysentery]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46781

Lab Coy

193

421389

Pte O’Brien, J

Clinical [Dysentery]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46782

10 R Warks att

9 Corps Rein Camp

27219

Pte Symonds, R C

Clinical [Dysentery]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46783

RAMC

96 F Amb

31823

Pte Hoyle, G P

Clinical [Dysentery]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46784

9 Welsh att

9 Corps Rein Camp

202732

Pte Davies, J L

Clinical [Dysentery]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46785

8 Somersets

C

28407

Pte Harris, J E

Dysentery [Flexner]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46786

8 Lincs att

9 Corps Rein Camp

38271

L/Cpl Dickinson, T E

Clinical Dysentery

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46787

18 K Liver Rgt

C

300569

Pte Highcock, P

Clinical Dysentery

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

Ward B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46788

2 R B

B

4292

Cpl Evans, G

Bomb Wd: Thigh R Hand R Leg R Frac: Tib [Amp]

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46789

9 Cyclist Corps

1

1023

L/Cpl Hoppitt, H

VDH

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46790

RE

9 Sigs

161792

Cpl Matthews, W R

PUO

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

Ward C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46791

RGA

353 SB

166872

Gnr Blacker, F

Trench Fever

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46792

RGA

77 SB

164660

Gnr Cooper, W G

PUO

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46793

Lab Coy

12

6781

Pte Fleming, J

Tonsillitis

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46794

2 R S Fus

D

34983

Pte Findlay, W

Bull Wd: Forearm L ? Frac

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46795

2 R S Fus

A

19640

Pte McCallum, A

Chron: Bronchitis

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46796

RFA

B/87 Bde

12353

Bdr Taylor, J

Pleurisy

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46797

13 KRRC

A

37731

Rfn James, G

Trench Feet

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46798

6 Bedfords

B

26781

Pte Pratt, A W

SW Knee L Foot L Knee R Arm R Neck

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46799

13 KRRC

B

39407

Rfn Pettit, R J

Bull Wd: Leg L Synov Knee L

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46800

RE

153 Fd Coy

100655

Spr Mitchell, J

Trench Fever

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46801

13 KRRC

D

R/31257

L/Cpl Bloss, G S

Trench Feet

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46802

19 Manch Rgt

D

15199

Pte Pound, H J

Shell Wd: Buttock R Leg L

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46803

2 Yorks

D

9423

Pte McCabe, M

SW Back & Buttock L

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

46804

8 Somersets

C

28429

Pte Leaver, G

Pleurisy

19/12/17

19/12/17

Bailleul

Wimereux

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From Friday's list: 15199 Pte Pound, H.J. 19th Manchester Regiment. This is Harold John Pound, and he has a medal index card and British War & Victory Medals rolls entry under his later regiment and service number: 69614 8th Bn Royal West Surreys. He also has quite a few surviving pages of service record on FMP; a synopsis of his service is:

 

Enlisted 7/11/1916 and then joined TR Bn 51st Manchester Regiment on 21/2/1917 aged 17 years and 364 days. He gave his occupation as timber haulier. He moved to 229th Infantry Bn, and thence to 51st (Graduated) Bn Manchester Regiment.

 

He landed in France 2/12/1917 and joined 19th Manchesters soon afterwards. He was wounded by shrapnel in the right buttock and left knee almost immediately (about two weeks after arriving in France).

 

Harold Pound returned to the Western Front after recovering from his wounds, first with 22nd Manchesters with a new service number 61132. He was part of a draft of men from this battalion to join 8th Bn Royal West Surreys, receiving the service number 69614. He was gassed on 15/10/1918 but recovered and served in the army of occupation after the Armistice, being transferred from 11th RWS to Class Z Reserve on 26/10/1919 - still some 4 months shy of his 21st birthday.

 

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From the list posted 12th April 2020.

 

305270 Pte Mosedale, D. 2/8th Royal Warwickshire Regiment has a medal index card and British War & Victory Medals rolls entry under his Machine Gun Corps number of 157434. The medal rolls entry gives his original 2/8 RWR number as 2072 - the 6-digit RWR number is the one he was allocated in the renumbering of the Territorial Force in early 1917.

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Remarkable details for above posts and exceptional researching skills shown. Thanks, Pat

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Fortunately, little expertise required - just a bit of spare time, of which I have a fair amount at the moment Diane.:) And anyway, it's a genuine pleasure.

 

From the list posted 10th April 2020: 339187 Pte J. Brennan RAMC.

 

This is Joseph A. Brennan of 3/2nd West Lancashire Field Ambulance; there is a pension record on Ancestry and FMP (plus an additional hospital record on FMP) searchable with his 6-digit service number. According to FMP's hospital record he was treated in France in August 1917 (No18 General Hospital) for inflamed tonsils; at this time his age was noted as 38, and he had 3 years service, and 7 months with the field force - this roughly fits the 57th (2nd West Lancs) Division arrival in France, of which 3/2nd FR was part. This would fit his medal entitlement (no Star for service overseas prior to 1916). The pension record gives a date of enlistment of 16/8/1914 and date of birth 1881 (I suspect he massaged his age by 3 years: later in this record his d.o.b. is given as 1879); he was disembodied 26/2/1919. His occupation on enlistment was sick berth attendant. His pension records relate to chronic bronchitis from 'exposure on active service'; in fact, being gassed - he was in hospital for this from 25/3/1918, which strongly suggests he was a victim of the German Spring Offensive which used gas extensively on both the frontlines and the back areas. The last date on his records I could see was 14/5/1923; the records were stamped DECEASED sometime after this date. 

 

The only other Joseph A. Brennan RAMC I could find has a medal card and rolls entry (British War & Victory Medals) under the number 1549, which is an original Territorial force number; I suspect this may be our man (middle name Andrew) prior to the early-1917 renumbering of the TF. Alas, I can't find anything to prove it either way, however. 

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