JOHN MEINHOLD Posted 25 April , 2020 Share Posted 25 April , 2020 Can anyone tell me how to find what hospital ship my grandfather, Dr William Claude Horton, RAMC, served on during the Gallipoli campaign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 25 April , 2020 Share Posted 25 April , 2020 John, Welcome to the forum, Your grandfather's medal card shows that he served with 11 Casualty Clearing Station. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1262/30850_A000778-00565?pid=4548559&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1262%26h%3D4548559%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DbmY38865%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=bmY38865&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true The War Diary for 11 C.C.S. is available on Ancestry, and your grandfather will almost certainly be mentioned, and may say which hospital ship he was transferred to. This link takes you to one of the pages. https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=bmY38861&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&dbid=60380&cp=0&gskw=4356&gskw_x=1&new=1&rank=1&uidh=9y4&redir=false&msT=1&gss=angs-d&pcat=39&fh=5&h=15156&recoff=&ml_rpos=6&queryId=6c0d2231d59be5a23f797ad7fea1dd5d Regards, Alf McM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN MEINHOLD Posted 29 April , 2020 Author Share Posted 29 April , 2020 Many thanks Alf. I must admit, I think I need an army interpreter with me to read the medal card! Very difficult to understand what it all means. But a good starting place for me. I would love to track where he served during the Great War. Gallipoli was the only place he ever mentioned to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 29 April , 2020 Share Posted 29 April , 2020 Welcome to the Forum, John For the sake of 20 minutes or so, you might care to look for articles about the RAMC in Gallipoli on JSTOR which is offering free access to its archive at present. Recently I've looked for "Salisbury Plain" articles, and the best results related to RAMC activities there as reported in the British Medical Journal. You would be very lucky indeed to find a reference to your grandfather, but you might get an idea of the type of work a doctor did. And who knows, another member may come along and suggest other sources of background info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 29 April , 2020 Share Posted 29 April , 2020 He went to New Zealand after the war - from his entry on the Lives of the First World War project: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1967719 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 30 April , 2020 Share Posted 30 April , 2020 John, 11 C.C.S. moved to France after Gallipoli. Their War Diary is available here {for free at present if you register} https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/1b7c84b2b8904f87bab453d477b4866d Hopefully he will be mentioned. Regards, Alf McM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 30 April , 2020 Share Posted 30 April , 2020 Loose end - on his medal card, the listings beneath the main name block are Medal - listing the medals he was awarded, the British War and Victory and the 1914/1915 Star, the medal rolls and page they are listed on and the remarks record the IV (Issue Voucher) details when they were issued to him. (The award rolls show the same issue dates as on his card and no further detail) Officers had to claim their medals. The first line on the rear of the card is his application through Commander Etaples Admin District for the Star and the next line is his own application when a civilian in 1919 for the other two medals followed by his reply in 1920 when he got the first. Holt and Co were his bankers through which he received his mail. His service record which would show where else he served should be at the National Archives but I haven't been able to track them down. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 30 April , 2020 Share Posted 30 April , 2020 Max, I don't think that service records for Temporary Medical Officers were kept. Because these officers were temporary there was no need to keep the records for pension purposes. Regards, Alf McM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 30 April , 2020 Share Posted 30 April , 2020 Alf's advice is confirmed by the link "Researching the RAMC" http://www.ramc-ww1.com/research.php "Temporary Officers were doctors who only served during the war and unfortunately their service records are missing, presumed to have been destroyed in the 1930s." Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 30 April , 2020 Share Posted 30 April , 2020 Thank you both - a useful snippet to tuck away. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN MEINHOLD Posted 2 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 2 May , 2020 Many thanks to all for the information. I feel very humble to have received so much input and help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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