Wallace William 201924

[Phill Jones]

Hello , please can i ask for some help /advice on the above Soldier , I came across his id tag in a local flea market and wanted to find out more about him , I have the usual documents etc , as he was entitled to the SWB  (see attached ) I had hoped some one can explain the comments in the very last column on the right Yes aos b(1)d/10 8/17

Thank you  

Edited 27 August , 2022 by Phill Jones
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[charlie962]

11 minutes ago, Phill Jones said:

on the right Yes

Yes is answer to did he serve overseas. Then follows an army order under which he was discharged. I suspect it is AO392. LongLongTrail will explain this to you.

He was discharged for wounds. He appeared in the Daily Casualty List of 5/11/17 as Wounded, home town /place of enlistment as East Woodburn.

These lists came out typically a month after the actual wounding so you should be searching for something in the war diary about 5th Oct 1917. 

Charlie

 

[charlie962]

His pension card, available via WesternFrontAssociation and Fold3 tells us it was GsW left shoulder. 

Born 1897. Living Fencehouses Co Durham.

 

Edited 27 August , 2022 by charlie962

[Phill Jones]

Hi Charlie , thank you for this , can i ask about the Daily Casualty Lists , can these be accessed if so where, a massive resource indeed ? Thanks   

[Mark1959]

https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/144481815

These are the weekly list but individual daily lists are within them. These run from Aug 1917. Some earlier ones were in The Times but I can tell you they are almost impossible to search. 

[charlie962]

Through subscription sites eg Findmypast newspapers ( or Brit newspaper archive), The Genealogist, Forces War Records etc. No extra info.

[Phill Jones]

Thank you very much all for this most helpful