28th Div. Signals Group. Alexandria. 1915. Help to I.D. Officer Please.

[GWF1967]

Hi,

 A collection of cards once belonging to Spr. Frederick Craig Longstaff. 1328/ 538220.  Home Counties T.F. R.E.;  Egypt. 6/11/1915. 

 

2 Photo Postcards of the same group of 29 men,  one with helmets, one without,  views of Alexandria,  field service cards,  green envelope,  Bulgarian F.S.cards and a section roll of 35 names,

- "This is a roll of the section the Privates are men from units of infantry attached to sect. I made out 100 copies of the roll yesterday"

 

The roll is not without mistakes *.  24 men on the roll feature in the group photographs.  40 men are named between the roll and photographs; 31 have surviving service papers.

9. men transferred from 5th Queens (they all appear to have been trained telegraphists), another from the Buffs and another from the London Regt.

 

Roll.

1. 1246  Sgt. Edward Baverstock - (538151) R.E.   (Queens)

2. 1247  Sgt. Albert Avery. - (538152) R.E.   (Queens)

3. 1253 Cpl. Maurice Arthur Cooper. - (538157). R.E.  (Queens)

4. 1263  Cpl. Ernest Edwin Wright. - (538167) R.E.  (Queens)

5. 1211   L/Cpl. Arthur Albert Martin. - (538120) R.E.

6. 1259 L/Cpl. Frederick Albert Love. - (538163) R.E.  (Queens)

7. 3649 Spr. William Harold Ayling. - (538503) R.E. 

8. 1250  Spr. Norman Booth. - (538155) R.E.  (Queens)

9. 1364 Spr. Frank Brazier. - (538250)

10. 1194 Spr. Christopher J. Button. - (538015) R.E.   No Service Record.

11.  1169 Spr. James Arthur Capon. - (538075) R.E. 

12.  1252 Spr. Alfred John Chudley. (538156) R.E.  (Queens)

13.  3627 Spr. William Thomas Day. - (538486) R.E. 

14.  3606 Spr/ Transport Cpl.  William John Dance. - (538469) R.E.

15.  1255 Spr. Archibald Arthur Dench. - (538159) R.E.  (Queens)

16.  15811 Pte. David Frankland *.  2nd East Yorks.  No Service Record.

17.  8296  Pte. William Henry Golpin. 2nd King's Own Royal Lancaster.

18.  * 2163  Pte. J.V. Haig.  - No record found.    ( 2168 -  Adam (F.J. on F.M.P?)  Haig.  Light Armoured Motor Battery)

19.  * 23540 Pte. W. Hay. - No record found. 

20.  9885 Pte. Edward Arthur Ernest Hawkins. 2nd King's Own Royal Lancaster.

21.  3587 Dvr. Walter William Hayler. - (538451) R.E. 

22.  1394 Spr. Stuart Clement Herbert. - (538279) R.E.

23.  1496 Spr. Arthur Bond Holland. - (538375) R.E.

24.  3651 Spr. Albert E. Inwood. - (538505) R.E.  (London Regt.)   No Service Record. 

25.  1232 Dvr. Frederick John Jupp. - (538138) R.E.

26.  1328 Spr. Frederick Craig Longstaff. - (538220) R.E.

27.  3594 Dvr. Thomas Henry Ridge. - (5380457) R.E. 

28.  1493 Spr. Alec Charles Sainsbury. - (538373) R.E. 

29.  18487 Pte. Percy Sawyer. 2nd East Yorkshire Regt.   No Service Record.

30.  3572 Spr.  Lewis Edward Simmonds. - (538354) R.E.    D.O.W.  6/12/1917.

31.  8649 Pte. Daniel Stones. 1st York + Lancaster Regt.

32.  20198 Pte. Joseph Tipping. 1st York + Lancaster Regt.  No Service Record.

33.  3693 Dvr. Albert Walter Joseph Willett. - (538540) R.E.

34.  * 1220. Wilson F.E.  ( 1223 Pnr. Frederick Edward Wilson. - (538131) R.E.

35.  1312 Spr. Cecil Harry Wiseman. - (538205) R.E.

 

The men on the postcards are named.

 

Back Row.  Dodd.  Golpin.  *Hay.  Hayler.  Wilson.  Longstaff.  Booth.  Day.  Sawyer.  Wright.  Dench. Button.

Second Row.  Martin.  *Caple.  Simmonds.  L/Cpl. Cooper.  Sgt. Baverstock.  *Capt. Perkins.  Sgt. Avery.  Sgt. Debenham.  Wiseman.  Blake.  Holland.  Chudley.

Front Row.  Inwood.  Dance.  Sainsbury.  Jupp.  Brazier.  

 

36. 1299 Spr. William Henry Dodd. - (538194) R.E.  (Buffs)  Died. Malaria + Pneumonia. 17/9/1918.

37.  1254 Sgt.  John Debenham. - (538158) R.E.  (Queens) 

38. 1249. Spr.  Frederick Joseph William Blake. - (538154) R.E.  

 

  Can anyone provide a name for *Capt. Perkins,  28th Div. Sigs.  please?,  

 

F.M.P. lists  3. R.E. Captains named Perkins, one not commissioned until 1917,  so 2 likely candidates unless I'm missing something,  but nothing indicating service in Egypt/Salonica.    - Capt / Maj. Aeneas  Francis Quinton Perkins M.C.,  or  Capt. William Hughes Perkins. O.B.E.

 

Identities for *Haig, *Hay and *Caple would also be welcomed. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 16 June , 2019 by GWF1967

[Mark1959]

William Hughes Perkins appears not to have a Star so if the picture is taken in Egypt in 1915 it logically cannot be him.

[alf mcm]

Ancestry's record set 'British Postal Sevice Appointment Books' may narrow the search if the men were telegraphists.https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/britipsapoint/?name=_caple&event=1908&count=50&event_x=10-0-0_1-0&name_x=1_1

This list narrows Caple' to Samuel or Stanley.

 

Regards,

 

Alf McM

[Mark1959]

Any views on Francis Arthur Perkins

http://www.legacyquarterly.com/FRANK-PERKINS-DIESEL-ENGINE-COMPANY

Know to have served Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine on his Biography. 

https://www.perkins.com/en_GB/company/heritage/frank-perkins-story.html

Nothing to tie him specifically to the 28th Division.

There is a ref he was with the 34th Div. But they seem never to have been in Egypt so not logically correct

1915 Star is Gallipoli in Aug 1915. 

An outsider but a possible. Certainly similar face. 

[alf mcm]

There is a photo of Aeneas Perkins here  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10505336/aeneas-francis_quinton-perkins

 

Regards,

 

Alf McM

[GWF1967]

6 hours ago, Mark1959 said:

Any views on Francis Arthur Perkins

http://www.legacyquarterly.com/FRANK-PERKINS-DIESEL-ENGINE-COMPANY

Know to have served Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine on his Biography. 

https://www.perkins.com/en_GB/company/heritage/frank-perkins-story.html

Nothing to tie him specifically to the 28th Division.

There is a ref he was with the 34th Div. But they seem never to have been in Egypt so not logically correct

1915 Star is Gallipoli in Aug 1915. 

An outsider but a possible. Certainly similar face. 

Thanks Mark; the ears look a good match. 

 

6 hours ago, alf mcm said:

There is a photo of Aeneas Perkins here  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10505336/aeneas-francis_quinton-perkins

 

Regards,

 

Alf McM

Thanks for looking Alf. 

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Fascinating post. Apologies for what may be an ignorant question, but is it possible to get a high quality reproduction of this? I have SGT BAVERSTOCK's medals and would love to include this as part of the display...

[GWF1967]

On 29/12/2021 at 17:14, blackndecker said:

Fascinating post. Apologies for what may be an ignorant question, but is it possible to get a high quality reproduction of this? I have SGT BAVERSTOCK's medals and would love to include this as part of the display...

I'm glad you found my post, and it's good to know his medals are in safe hands. You'd be more than welcome to a copy of the postcards,  I've scanned them at 1200 dpi, but the original's are not the clearest; I hope they're ok.