Cannot find 1914 Star medal roll for Honourable Artillery Company

[WilliamRev]

On Ancestry I am having trouble finding the 1914 Star medal roll for (1st Battalion) The Honourable Artillery Company. (The medal roll that appears under HAC is actually that for various Field Artillery units.) I would be very grateful if anyone can point me in the right direction please?

 

Thanks in advance, William

[Allan1892]

Is this what you are looking for? (seems to start on page 217) [image courtesy of Ancestry]

Ancestry.co.uk - UK, World War I Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920

[WilliamRev]

Allan - that is fantastic!

[I'm on the trail of 1914 deserters, but it looks as though I am not likely to find many here; seems that nearly everyone who was not a casualty was commissioned.] 

Thanks, William

Edited 9 September , 2022 by WilliamRev

[Coldstreamer]

I seem to remember that On the Coldstream guards  roll all the deserters seem to be towards the back of the rolls. Certainly lots of supplementary notes I found there

[WilliamRev]

58 minutes ago, Coldstreamer said:

I seem to remember that On the Coldstream guards  roll all the deserters seem to be towards the back of the rolls. Certainly lots of supplementary notes I found there

Interesting how each roll is organised slightly differently. I am currently mostly interested in 3rd and 6th Divs deserters in 1914, but I intend to choose a sample Guards battalion for comparison, and had the 2nd Coldstream Guards in mind for this (although I made this decision a while ago, and have forgotten now why I chose them - it will come back to me I'm sure.

[Coldstreamer]

Looking at the police gazette will give you info on deserters too

[Coldstreamer]

Here’s some from 1915 that came via this source . There are also files at the NA

They are all in the 4th Bn.

Name, Number, Complexion, Hair, Eyes, Trade. Enlisted.
Born
Deserted.
Marks and Remarks.
James Cook, 5413. 281⁄4. 5’81⁄4. Fresh, brown, hazel, Farm Labourer. 11/02/04. Birmingham
Thornbury, Worcester.
7/5/15. Windsor.
Scar r knee.
Sidney Ellis 9575. 211⁄4 5’91⁄2. Fresh, dark, grey, labourer. 19/04/12. Sheffield.
Chesterfield.
7/05/15. Windsor.
Scar last joint r thumb.
Frank Ernest Fox. 1513? (0 or 6 or 8). 31. 5’9. --. --. --. Driver. 28/01/15. York.
--.
13/05/15. Caterham.
Love for Floss r arm, clasped hands left.
Jesse Fretwell 13737. 19. 5’81⁄4. Fresh, brown, grey, quarryman. 16/11/14 Sheffield
Lower Bradfield
10/05/15. Windsor
Scar r shin.
T. Geoffrey Knight. 6692. 33 5’101⁄4. Fresh, brown, grey, Butcher. 14/03/06. Warwick.
Arrow, Warwickshire.
8/05/15. Windsor.
Anchor L forearm, ring l hand.
Harold A. Maligny 15450. 25 5’11. Fresh, brown, hazel Actor. 15/02/15. London.
--.
26/04/15. White City.
Mole r shoulder, scar r calf.
Harold E. Salisbury. 8739. 26 5’101⁄2. Fresh, brown, grey, Engineer. 30/05/10. Birmingham.
Birmingham.
9/5/15 Windsor.

 George Walters. 8448. 233⁄4 5’113⁄4. Dark, brown, blue. General labourer.
28/09/09. London.
Norwood, London.
Mole above navel.
Harold Woodward. 4935. 301⁄2 6’01⁄2. Fresh, brown, hazel, Porter. 10/12/02. Warwick.
Leamington, Warwickshire.
8/05/15. Windsor.
Scar lower end r ulna, knuckle l little finger.
Those who rejoined.
Name, Number, date first advertised, ?date deserted.
Again all 4th Bn.
J. Cave. 11479. 30/03/15. S. Duggin 6133. 6/04/15. D. Gray. 12201. 20/04/14.
All the rest are 18/05/15. H. Harvey. 21419.
R. Hayward. 6328.
T. Hilton. 13640.
W. Hughes. 12479. D. Jordan. 6632. W. Morgan. 10763. J Murphy. 4396. T O’Neill. 2953.
F. Picker. 11384.
G. Richardson. 10353. J. Simpson. 11137.
H. Southwell. 13649. J. Stoneman. 5009.
W. Symes. 12451.
T. Wood. 13464.
R. Wilson. 15659.
C. Wood. 10704.
D. Woolrich. 13664.
 

I’ve had medals to a few of them over the years

Edited 9 September , 2022 by Coldstreamer

[WilliamRev]

2 minutes ago, Coldstreamer said:

Looking at the police gazette will give you info on deserters too

Thanks for pointing this out - I hadn't come across this before, but have had a google and it looks interesting.