CassieRae Posted 30 June , 2020 Share Posted 30 June , 2020 Company Quarter Master Serjeant 75064 John Joseph Leach joined the Labour Corps, Worcestershire Regiment. When I look this up I find that the seemed to have been formed in 1916/17. How can I discover what Bn he was in please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 30 June , 2020 Share Posted 30 June , 2020 Hi, His medal roll shows: Image sourced from Ancestry Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassieRae Posted 30 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 30 June , 2020 Thanks Chris, I have also looked for his CWGC Certificate and so far cannot find this. I will try another service no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 30 June , 2020 Admin Share Posted 30 June , 2020 He must have been wounded then transferred to the Labour Corps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 30 June , 2020 Share Posted 30 June , 2020 He seems to have returned to the Worcestershire Regiment with a new number of 75064, against which he was presumably accredited with the Victory Medal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 30 June , 2020 Share Posted 30 June , 2020 Hi, His DCM citation: Image sourced from the National Archives Findmypast has a hospital admission/discharge register record which reads as: First name(s): J J Last name: Leach Age: 34 Service number: 6674 Rank: Company Quartermaster Sergeant Unit: 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment; 'Y' Company Admitted to 2nd General Hospital on 17.4.1916 suffering from indigestion. Discharged to 'T B Rouen (Dentures)' on 19.4.1916 14 years completed service/1 in the field Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassieRae Posted 30 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 30 June , 2020 (edited) Goodness, thank you for all of that information, I wonder then when he died as he is on the memorial list and on the church war memorial and inside plaque. It rather looks as if he lived "4 years completed service/1 in the field" Leach, John a. Memorial: Longworth (WMR 31718), Longworth, Oxfordshire What is the usual reason why some men have more than one service number? Thanks you. Edited 30 June , 2020 by CasseRae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 30 June , 2020 Share Posted 30 June , 2020 Bit of a mix-up on the Medal Index Card ? Shows first war theatre as France 23.9.1915. According to the DCM citation he was at Gallipoli in June 1915. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassieRae Posted 30 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 30 June , 2020 (edited) I just wondered how and when he 'moved'? This makes me more confused regarding his movements - decided to try the local paper and found this: Edited 30 June , 2020 by CasseRae added text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassieRae Posted 30 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 30 June , 2020 49 minutes ago, sotonmate said: Bit of a mix-up on the Medal Index Card ? Shows first war theatre as France 23.9.1915. According to the DCM citation he was at Gallipoli in June 1915. Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War Vol 1 Gallipoli (1915)The First Phase - Capt Fitz.M.Stacke a Google Book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acknown Posted 30 June , 2020 Share Posted 30 June , 2020 1 hour ago, CasseRae said: decided to try the local paper and found this I think that's a different man: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/235046/leach,-/. Acknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassieRae Posted 30 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 30 June , 2020 Thank you for looking this up for me. So glad it isn't 'my' John Leach. The insertion came under the village name Hinton Waldrist, so I assume he mush have been living there and could be a cousin as it was in a surrounding village that the John I am researching lived. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 30 June , 2020 Share Posted 30 June , 2020 (edited) Hi, Looking at his service numbers. I hope that I've got this right. 6674 - Worcestershire Regiment (Regular Army) 6671 Wright - attested initially on a 'short service' basis (7 years with the Colours, and 5 years in the Reserve) on 13.1.1902. Initially posted to the 3rd Bn 28.1.1902 6674 6675 Herbert - attested initially on a 'short service' basis (7 years with the Colours, and 5 years in the Reserve) on 20.1.1902. Initially posted to the 3rd Bn 28.1.1902 6677 Harrison - attested initially on a 'short service' basis (7 years with the Colours, and 5 years in the Reserve) on 13.1.1902. Initially posted to the 3rd Bn 28.1.1902 An enlistment in January 1902 would seem to tie back nicely to the 14 years completed service noted in the medical record of April 1916. NB - what confuses the situation slightly is that there are some surviving service papers for men that attested to Militia Battalions (5th/6th) of the Worcestershire Regiment (some of which have identical numbers to 'Regular' men) around the same time. In their case in late April 1902. I assume though that if John had originally served in the militia, he would have been given a new service number when he signed up as a regular soldier. 653297 Labour Corps Service papers show: 653292 Blackman* - transferred to the Labour Corps 15.10.1918 653296 Hughes - transferred to the Labour Corps 15.10.1918 653297 653312 Burroughs* - transferred to the Labour Corps 15.10.1918 653330 Stott* - transferred to the Labour Corps 17.10.1918 Once transferred they were sent to differing units. *these records specifically note them as 'compulsory transfers'. 75064 Worcestershire Regiment This looks like it might be a post WW1 service number, and may indicate that John was discharged, but decided to join up again in 1920. 75109 Bond - joined up 27.3.1920 75122 Bash - joined up 31.3.1920 75154 Gillard - joined up 14.4.1920 75169 Davenport - joined up 14.4.1920 7 hours ago, CasseRae said: Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War Vol 1 Gallipoli (1915)The First Phase - Capt Fitz.M.Stacke a Google Book On Ancestry the 4th Bn Gallipoli war diary starts here The LLT says of the Bn... Image sourced from the LLT Regards Chris Edited 30 June , 2020 by clk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassieRae Posted 1 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 1 July , 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, clk said: An enlistment in January 1902 would seem to tie back nicely to the 14 years completed service noted in the medical record of April 1916. That would make him 15 as born/baptised in 1887. Sounds sensible Chris thank you as does the 653297 Labour Corps Your thoughts (cannot take off embolden!) are sound and really helpful so thank you again. I note that he was still given the service number 6674 when he was awarded the DSM whilst in the Dardanelles. I still cannot discover when and where he died though. Chris what does LLT mean please? Edited 1 July , 2020 by CasseRae added comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 (edited) Hi, I think that we've been barking up the wrong tree. Longworth Church Interior War Memorial shows: Image sourced from http://www.longworth-history.org.uk/ The date of death makes him the man that served with the Canadian Army (per the CWGC link in post #11). His service papers are here. They show that his mother lived in Little London, Southmoor, Abingdon. Regards Chris Edited 1 July , 2020 by clk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassieRae Posted 1 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 1 July , 2020 (edited) Oh my goodness. I am sorry that I didn't check that out. I shall go through remainder and note the plaque dates. Chris thank you so very much for all the thought and time you given to sorting this out. I came here to tell you that the one we have been following JJ Leach died in the Dardanelles. This man lived came home, married, died 6.9.15 and had a son who also died in WW2. http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/casualty/leach-john-leslie-2/?fbclid=IwAR1sjqmwjbcP2OQQlmiLS2AKvgrwQ7MAKSTmyqdP2OjB3RbfFkM5OPVXQJA Have uploaded this list really to show you and ask if you know this. Someone sent it to me as I had joined a FB group this morning to see if somebody could help over his death. I did ask for source but they've not come back to me. Cheers and thanks agin for your support Chris. Really appreciated. Edited 1 July , 2020 by CasseRae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 Great work Chris, master of your game 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassieRae Posted 1 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 1 July , 2020 Chris has been absolutely wonderful in response to many questions from me.I cannot thank him enough. I looked at the linked service records Chris but had not realised that there were so many. Now all dl and copied. What a great find. I have others who left for Canada and came back to fight. Where would I find these please if I wish to follow the source for other men? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 (edited) Hi, 4 hours ago, CasseRae said: I have others who left for Canada and came back to fight. Where would I find these please if I wish to follow the source for other men? If they served with Canadian units, the files are held in the Library and Archives Canada. The search page is here. If you find one that you are interested in, clicking on the link gives you an initial 2 page view, but if you then click on the link I've circled in the image below, it takes you through to the full record. The Library and Archives Canada also hold their unit war diaries. There is some information here. 13 hours ago, CasseRae said: what does LLT mean please? It's short for the Long, Long Trail - the website run by the original founder (Chris Baker) of this forum - link. Regards Chris Edit: I had a quick look at a couple (literally) of men on the list that you were sent. They seem to be Worcestershire Regiment men that were awarded the DCM, with the date shown being the date of the London Gazette in which the citation was published. For example, for the other man that we were talking about: Image sourced from Findmypast Images sourced from the National Archives Edited 1 July , 2020 by clk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassieRae Posted 2 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 2 July , 2020 (edited) Many thanks Chris, I will follow up the Canadian links. I did start looking in the Gazette but I was called away and then I found your message saying we had the wrong chap. You have been an absolutely wonderful help. We had the wrong chap, but that happens in research and you learn along the way. All's well that ends well. Thank you. Have just bought your Flanders book Chris. Edited 2 July , 2020 by CasseRae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 2 July , 2020 Share Posted 2 July , 2020 Hi, 1 hour ago, CasseRae said: Have just bought your Flanders book Chris. I didn't realise that I'd written any books. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassieRae Posted 2 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 2 July , 2020 (edited) The Battle for Flanders: German Defeat on the Lys 1918 by Chris Baker | 21 Apr 2011 from LLT last copies from you? Edited 2 July , 2020 by CasseRae uploaded image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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