John Vincent Furey

[Guest furey1918]

Hi , I am trying to find out about my great grandfather's military career.

The only thing I know for sure is that on my grandfathers birth certificate he lists his occupation as " ex-Sargeant Middlesex Regiment "

His name was John Vincent Furey and I am hoping that there is someone out there who can assist me in finding out more info.

Any assistance would be VERY gratefully recieved.

Regards

Ozzie Borne ( 25 Feb 2005 )

family_jungle@yahoo.com.au

Ozzie,

Have merged your 2 postings and changed the header to enable easier searching

Peter Beckett, Moderators

PS Where in Oz are you located?

Edited 25 February , 2005 by Peter Beckett

[Guest Celtic75(cdn allies)]

Hi , I am trying to find out about my great grandfather's military career.

The only thing I know for sure is that on my grandfathers birth certificate he lists his occupation as " ex-Sargeant Middlesex Regiment "

His name was John Vincent Furey and I am hoping that there is someone out there who can assist me in finding out more info.

Any assistance would be VERY gratefully recieved.

Regards

Ozzie Borne ( 25 Feb 2005 )

family_jungle@yahoo.com.au

HI im kinda new at this but have been researching my grandfathers ww1 career.you should search the national archives,try the medal roll its free to search.If your great grandfather was intitled to any medals he will be there.from there you should be able to trace his regiments and so on,hope that helps

good luck

Drew..

[Guest Celtic75(cdn allies)]

Hi , I am trying to find out about my great grandfather's military career.

The only thing I know for sure is that on my grandfathers birth certificate he lists his occupation as " ex-Sargeant Middlesex Regiment "

His name was John Vincent Furey and I am hoping that there is someone out there who can assist me in finding out more info.

Any assistance would be VERY gratefully recieved.

Regards

Ozzie Borne ( 25 Feb 2005 )

family_jungle@yahoo.com.au

hey there agian,i did a search at the archives, there is a

John Furey

Regiment # 11563

Middlesex 5th Battalion

Serjeant 1920

The page is W0372/7

Sounds like that may be him compared to the other John Furey,s

[Blackblue]

Hi Ozzie,

You can download his Medal Index Card here:

http://www.documentsonline.nationalarchive...1&resultcount=9

This will advise you what medals he was awarded and probably other information. I suggest you post a copy here and people will be able to help.

Research you can do to trace your man is outlined here. Have a look at Research and Grandad's War. A lot of WW1 service papers were destroyed in WW2 (about 60%) but his may still be held at National Archives which will require a manual search in London:

http://www.1914-1918.net/

You can read about the 5th Manchesters here:

http://www.1914-1918.net/mancs.htm

The 5th battalion was a territorial battalion. They expanded the original battalion to two battalions during the war. Being the 1/5th Battalion and the 2/5th Battalion. The 1/5th were in the 42nd Division (same as the one my grandad spent most of 1918 with).

Rgds

Tim

(Fellow Ozzie)

[Paul Reed]

The MIC index shows him as Middlesex Regiment, not Manchesters.

It's a curious one, as the 5th Battalion did not serve overseas in WW1 - they were a Reserve Battalion. By his number I would say he was a Kitchener's Army man, or he is a regular and his 'L' prefix is missing.

[Chris_Baker]

By coincidence, another Furey (Michael Furey) is among the soldiers stories in the Ordinary Heroes on The Long, Long Trail.