Dannemois Posted 15 November , 2019 Share Posted 15 November , 2019 Details on his Red Cross record card William ‘G’ George, 13 Bristol Terrace, Brithdir was Ward Orderly & Hospital Ship. Army Form B 268a reveal William ‘Thomas’ George joined 2nd Welsh Field Ambulance and discharged at Working 17 December 1917. Form B200 show he enlisted 14 Aug 1914 and joined at Cardiff. Posted 3/2nd 11 January 1916. His MIC show he received the SWB (No 300533). It would appear he was at Gallipoli where he suffered with Dysentery. Would like to know more - what Hospital ship was he on or any other details. I would appreciate any help. Regards, Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 15 November , 2019 Share Posted 15 November , 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dannemois said: His MIC show he received the SWB (No 300533) You mean his SWB Index Card His MIC, which is under his old TF number 1806, shows he entered theatre 3 Egypt 19/7/1915 His Service file also adds inter alia that he was MEF 19/7/15-26/10/15 , Disembarked Suvla Bay 10/8/15 then admitted 26 CCS, Gallipoli, sick, 12/10/15. Evacuated Mudros 21/10/15 then back home. Form B103 has useful detail. But I couldn't see any clue as to HS names. But I assume he was 1/2nd Welsh FA throughout this period. Charlie Edited 15 November , 2019 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 15 November , 2019 Share Posted 15 November , 2019 War Diary for 1/2nd WFA is here at NA and is available through Ancestry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannemois Posted 16 November , 2019 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2019 Hi Charlie Thank you for pointing out my error; shows my inexperience!. On the top left hand corner of form B200 is the name Royal Hospital? any idea where this was? Unfortunately I do not have Ancestry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 16 November , 2019 Share Posted 16 November , 2019 4 hours ago, Dannemois said: Unfortunately I do not have Ancestry. Nor do I. It's annoying that the Gallipoli diaries having been scanned by Ancestry still remain accessible online only via Ancestry and not direct from NA; I wonder how long this will continue ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 16 November , 2019 Share Posted 16 November , 2019 4 hours ago, Dannemois said: On the top left hand corner of form B200 is the name Royal Hospital? That would normally suggest 'Chelsea' and Army Pensioner. But not neccesarily an in-house pensioner ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 16 November , 2019 Share Posted 16 November , 2019 I see that FindmyPast has two versions of his Service Record. Most info is duplicated. But there's another date:- Dysentery- origin Gallipoli Oct 8th 1915 which is 2 days before that admission to 26 CCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannemois Posted 16 November , 2019 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2019 Thanks again; I hope you don't mind me going off track here. Luckily for me another person from our village who served in the RAMC sent postcards home to his wife whilst he was training. On one card he mentioned he had arrived safely at Aldershot - excuse my ignorance; but was it normal for those joining RAMC to train at Aldershot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 16 November , 2019 Share Posted 16 November , 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Dannemois said: was it normal for those joining RAMC to train at Aldershot? Interesting link here re RAMC postcards from Aldershot At the start of WW1 Aldershot housed the RAMC Depot and would have been the training centre. I'm not an expert but the answer to your questionis clearly 'yes'. Charlie Edited 16 November , 2019 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannemois Posted 16 November , 2019 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2019 As you say, interesting site; and one I had found some time back whilst attempting to research the two local lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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