Postcards from ww1 soldiers

[Nikki Mitchell]

I have been able to buy this postcard today and I’m hoping someone may be able to help me find out who this man is?

thank you

nikki 

[tullybrone]

Hi,

 

It appears that the card sender was George Buck, Scots Guards who died in France in 1917. 

 

His brother Fred appears to have enlisted at the same time and died in France in 1915. From a note on his CWGC entry the family may have hailed from Preston, Lancashire.

 

Steve

 

 

CWGC ref George Buck

 

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/499513/buck,-/

 

CWGC ref Fred Buck

 

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1558436/buck,-fred/

 

 

 

 

Edited 17 February , 2019 by tullybrone

[trooper23]

Interesting to see how both MIC cards were filled in by the same hand. Does this imply that one individual clerk was given the task of completing all the MIC cards say from the 6th 'Blanksires'?

[Nikki Mitchell]

I am overwhelmed again with the details thank you so much 

[tullybrone]

9 hours ago, Nikki Mitchell said:

I am overwhelmed again with the details thank you so much 

 

You're welcome.

 

Scots Guards Attestation books are on FMP so you’ll likely glean more information about the Buck brothers there.

 

You also ought to be able to find details of both men on 1911 census - the Preston adress may be a clue as to their whereabouts.

 

You can also check both FMP & Ancestry for their service records.

 

If you haven't got access to FMP/Ancestry you may be able to get free access via your local library.

 

Steve

[Woodnbits]

Ancestry has free access today

 

UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 for George Buck

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60506&h=308510&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Egc301&_phstart=successSource

 

UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 for Fred Buck

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60506&h=624107&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Egc294&_phstart=successSource

 

Tim

[tullybrone]

21 hours ago, trooper23 said:

Interesting to see how both MIC cards were filled in by the same hand. Does this imply that one individual clerk was given the task of completing all the MIC cards say from the 6th 'Blanksires'?

 

I think you’d need to look at a larger sample than 2 MIC to come to that conclusion.

 

MIC were completed from the actual medal rolls.

 

Steve