T8HANTS Posted 9 February , 2019 Share Posted 9 February , 2019 Whilst looking for something else, I found this fading telegram from Buckingham Palace dated 20/02/19120, requesting the attendance of the recipient. It reads as far as I can make out Cap't Reginald ??? 2 St Thomas Street Ryde I.W. is required at Buckingham Palace on Friday next the twenty seventh instant at fifteen o'clock ??? Service Dress. Please telegraph acknowledgment. Contrachen Wire London. I know its not a family memento, probably found as a bookmark or something. Sadly I cannot make out the surname of the recipient, but presumably he is being requested to attend because of his military service as service dress is required. Anybody know what might have been going on in the Palace on the 27th Feb 1920, or who Cap't Reg' might have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 9 February , 2019 Admin Share Posted 9 February , 2019 I notice the stamp says Portsmouth Docks, could be a navy man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootrock Posted 9 February , 2019 Share Posted 9 February , 2019 (edited) He was Captain Reginald Lake Flux, RFA, who was awarded presented with the Military Cross on that date. I note that it had been Gazetted on 17 April 1916. . Martin Edited 9 February , 2019 by tootrock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 9 February , 2019 Share Posted 9 February , 2019 Did the Navy use the term "service dress"? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T8HANTS Posted 9 February , 2019 Author Share Posted 9 February , 2019 (edited) Looking at the telegram again, I think I can make out the name Flux, so you are probably right Martin - Thank you. Do we have a citation for the award of the M.C. ? Edit, just found on our own local newspaper index that he has at least 15 references. He served with the 5th Hants Howitzers and was captured at Kut el Amara. As a point of interest the trail of one of his guns is on display at the Military Museum Northwood I.W., it was brought back to the Island following the war. Edited 9 February , 2019 by T8HANTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootrock Posted 9 February , 2019 Share Posted 9 February , 2019 According to his MIC, Reginald Lake Flux lived in Thomas Street, Ryde, so it must be the same man. No citation for the MC Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 9 February , 2019 Share Posted 9 February , 2019 (edited) Hi T8HANTS, The MC index card for Reginald Flux does seem to confirm that he was decorated on 27.2.1920. Image source: The National Archives - file WO 389/13 As tootrock says the publication in the LG (and subsequent issues) don't appear to carry an associated citation - see p106/159 of this free download. The Red Cross appear to have a PoW card for him... ...which links to a record which indicates that he was taken PoW on the fall of Kut on 29th April 1916 Images sourced from the ICRC The record appears to be undated, but suggests that at he time he was in a camp in Yozgad. It seems that he was likely the son (birth) of Francis George Flux and Louisa Lizzie Lake (marriage). In the 1901 census he appears to have been living with them - link, but by 1911 he was living away from home - link and link, What appears to be left of his service file appears to be here at the National Archives. Regards Chris Edited 9 February , 2019 by clk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T8HANTS Posted 9 February , 2019 Author Share Posted 9 February , 2019 Thank you one and all, its fascinating what can be uncovered by the unearthing of a crumbling piece of paper. As stated I have no idea where it came from and was just found sandwiched between some of my late father's papers I must track a photograph down now. Excellent work chaps........Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 11 February , 2019 Share Posted 11 February , 2019 Solicitor and/or articled clerk before the war: search for his name in here: https://archive.org/details/recordofserviceo00soli/page/n8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T8HANTS Posted 11 February , 2019 Author Share Posted 11 February , 2019 Thank-you, page 190. His father was Major Francis George Flux J.P. who died 1922 aged 61. The unexpected arrival of new Grandson has prevented me from looking him up in our local paper archive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline S nee Flux Posted 22 June , 2020 Share Posted 22 June , 2020 Fascinated to come across this when researching my grandfather Reginald Lake Flux. My father, John Flux, died in 2018 and my sister now has our grandfather's medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 23 June , 2020 Share Posted 23 June , 2020 Welcome to the forum! If you are interested, The Road to Yozgad: My War 1914-19 by. Lt Arthur Valentine Holyoake (Menin Books, 2013) is just one of many books that cover the Kut experience. sJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline S nee Flux Posted 23 June , 2020 Share Posted 23 June , 2020 Thanks for that seaJane I will look for the book. Sadly I never met my grandfather. He died on 1 July 1940 and I believe is buried in Ryde church. We have one photograph of him in his army uniform. Also my father had a small photo album of photographs taken by his father during WW1 which I think my sister now has. I will see if I can upload a photo on this site when I've spoken to my sister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline S nee Flux Posted 11 October , 2020 Share Posted 11 October , 2020 A photograph of my grandfather Reginald Lake Flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 8 November , 2020 Share Posted 8 November , 2020 (edited) This is the entry in the book referred to by seaJane in her much-earlier post above: Edited 8 November , 2020 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 8 November , 2020 Share Posted 8 November , 2020 These courtesy FindmyPast newspapers (there are others): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 8 November , 2020 Share Posted 8 November , 2020 A fellow 1/5th Hants officer and PoW was Henry Curtis Gallup who has a diary and a photo album held by the National Army Museum. Have a look at this link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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