john ring Posted 7 May , 2019 Share Posted 7 May , 2019 Hello forum :- Inside a book , in a box of jumble bought at a car boot sale , i discovered a brass button stick . Machine stamped on one arm is the regiment and number ...... R.A.M.C ...... 6529 ..... MY guess is royal army medical corps ? Marked with maker's name " Bodill Parker & Co Limited Manufacturers & Contractors , Birmingham . It would be nice to put the owner's name to this artifact , but i have no idea how to ? Any info on this topic would be greatly appreciated , or any details on the person who owned it would be even better ...... Many thanks ....... John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMB1943 Posted 7 May , 2019 Share Posted 7 May , 2019 (edited) My first pass would be to visit the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website (CWGC.org) to determine whether he died in the war. Otherwise, if in UK, visit your local public library to look up the service number on Ancestry. Regards, JMB [edit: note that you are not in UK; perhaps you can still access Ancestry]. Edited 7 May , 2019 by JMB1943 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 7 May , 2019 Share Posted 7 May , 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, john ring said: Hello forum :- Inside a book , in a box of jumble bought at a car boot sale , i discovered a brass button stick . Machine stamped on one arm is the regiment and number ...... R.A.M.C ...... 6529 ..... MY guess is royal army medical corps ? Marked with maker's name " Bodill Parker & Co Limited Manufacturers & Contractors , Birmingham . It would be nice to put the owner's name to this artifact , but i have no idea how to ? Any info on this topic would be greatly appreciated , or any details on the person who owned it would be even better ...... Many thanks ....... John Hi, Find my past have two records for 6529, Royal Army Medical Corps; One is a red herring, an Artilleryman poorly indexed. The other is for a man named Clare Frank Codling. Born 1893. New Lakenham, Norfolk. Parents. Frank and Ellen Maud, two brothers, Francis(Frank) and Henry (Harry), and five sisters, Ellen B., Florence M., Elizabeth V., Martha A., and Ethel M. Enlisted 28/6/1912 and was discharged 31/8/1912; "unlikely to become an efficient soldier". An outward passenger list from 1913 shows him sailing for Portland, Oregon. Edited 7 May , 2019 by GWF1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 7 May , 2019 Share Posted 7 May , 2019 (edited) This officer has a cryptic note "Former reference in its original department: 6529" and may well be another red herring, as I don't know what that reference means: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C670915 Edited 7 May , 2019 by seaJane typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john ring Posted 7 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 7 May , 2019 3 hours ago, JMB1943 said: My first pass would be to visit the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website (CWGC.org) to determine whether he died in the war. Otherwise, if in UK, visit your local public library to look up the service number on Ancestry. Regards, JMB [edit: note that you are not in UK; perhaps you can still access Ancestry]. Hello :- Thanks for the reply . i searched the war graves site as you kindly suggested . 147 died in ww1 with that service number 145 in the army and 2 in the navy , but no-one in the RAMC with that number died ...... so that is a blank !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john ring Posted 7 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 7 May , 2019 40 minutes ago, seaJane said: This officer has a cryptic note "Former reference in its original department: 6529" and may well be another red herring, as I don't know what that reference means: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C670915 Hello :- Thanks for the reply . So it seems there are two possible owner's & no way of proving one over the other . Mmmmmmm !!! . Maybe some things are destined to remain unknown ! It is a nice artifact anyway and would be better having a definite name to go with it , but it will join my other ww1 bits & bobs that i have gathered over the years !!! Many thanks for all your replies ...... you're the BEST !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 10 May , 2019 Share Posted 10 May , 2019 It is unlikely that an officer would have a button stick, as a batman or servant would do his brasses, and officers did not have numbers in WW1. I think seaJane’s number is for a file reference. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 10 May , 2019 Share Posted 10 May , 2019 Thanks for clearing that up, daggers. I did think it might be a red herring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john ring Posted 12 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 12 May , 2019 Thanks for the replies guys . So if the liet. is ruled out as Dagger's suggested officers did not have a number then that leaves Mr Coding as suggested by GWF 1967 Even though he was in the army less than two months before been drummed out . Thanks guys ..... you're the BEST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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