thedawnpatrol Posted 13 November , 2022 Share Posted 13 November , 2022 Here is another medal group from my collection that i would like to find more infomation about, i believe he was an observer on 16 squadron, but any additional information would be nice please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 14 November , 2022 Share Posted 14 November , 2022 Service numbers and what info do you have so we do not cover what you already know please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted 14 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 14 November , 2022 Morning, only have what you see on the wording above the medals............thank you. Julian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 14 November , 2022 Share Posted 14 November , 2022 I believe he is #52315 RAF Courtesy Ancestry Muster roll has him as an air gunner https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60999&h=54063&tid=&pid=&queryId=f5e403c094657b5453fca2f4818351d2&usePUB=true&_phsrc=hZE5979&_phstart=successSource&_gl=1*16bwys*_ga*MTI4OTAzMDIwMy4xNTk3NTU4NTI3*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY2ODQwODQ4OC4zNDYuMS4xNjY4NDEyNTE5LjYwLjAuMA.. Also Canada, World War I CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918Edwin David Harvey George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topgun1918 Posted 14 November , 2022 Share Posted 14 November , 2022 Edwin David Harvey was a 2nd-Class Air Mechanic, service number 52315. He was with No 16 Squadron and on 15 April 1917 was aboard B.E.2f A3150 which crashed in a forced landing between Mont St Eloi and Bray due to engine trouble while viewing the lines; both he and his pilot, No 170 Sergt John Dangerfield, were unhurt. Five days later he was posted missing when B.E.2f 2553 failed to return from a patrol between Avion and Willerval, both and Sergt Dangerfield being taken prisoner. London Gazette number 31759, dated 30 January 1920, carried the following - The names of the undermentioned Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men have been brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War, in. accordance with the terms of Army Order 193 of 1919, for valuable services rendered whilst prisoners of war or interned. Dated 5th May, 1919; Harvey's name appears on page 1228. Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 14 November , 2022 Share Posted 14 November , 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, thedawnpatrol said: Morning, only have what you see on the wording above the medals..... There should be different service numbers on the BWM/VM, on the IGSM and the LS&GC medal? I think this is his Burma award: Courtesy Ancestry medal rolls. Service number 7255861. There should be an MoD held service file for him. Yes, under this officer file ref: E D Harvey 17 Jul 1894 Army Officers P128885 Edited 14 November , 2022 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 14 November , 2022 Share Posted 14 November , 2022 (edited) as George has linked above, Served Canadian MGC in France. admitted 9CanFA 3/7/16 then.. Subsequently attached 1st Wing RFC 13/11/16 testing and a spot of leave before being struck of strength upon enlistment to RFC. courtesy Ancestry Canadian Service files. Edited 14 November , 2022 by charlie962 Add file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josquin Posted 15 November , 2022 Share Posted 15 November , 2022 Edwin David Harvey was born on 17 July 1894, at Havant, Hampshire, which was also his residence at the time of the 1911 Census for England. He emigrated to Canada and stated his occupation as "farmer" when he enlisted in the C.E.F. at Niagara, Ontario, on 10 June 1915. As CEF Private 408456, he was posted to the 8th Company, Machine Gun Corps, 3rd Canadian Division, embarked from Halifax on 27 November 1915 en route to the U.K., and was overseas as of 2 April 1916. After service with the 8th Brigade, Canadian Infantry, he was attached to 1 Wing, R.F.C. on 13 November 1916 and was appointed an Air Mechanic, 2nd Class on 28 December 1916. He was probably posted at this time to 16 Squadron as an Aerial Gunner and granted an R.F.C. service number, 52315. Repatriated on 29 November 1918, he was transferred to the Canadian Air Force Reserve on 26 March 1919 and discharged on 20 April 1920. His subsequent service has been discussed on this forum. I could not locate any information about his residence after the Great War, but he died in June, 1989, at Chichester, Sussex. Josquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted 15 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 15 November , 2022 Thank you Josquin, thats very intresting and sums up his service. thank you to each of you for your imput, another brave officer that we have made sure will not be forgotten best julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshipped Posted 16 November , 2022 Share Posted 16 November , 2022 For those without an Ancestry subscription you may wish to note that our Canadian friends offer access to their records free of charge, e.g. E.D. Harvey's file: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B4133-S049 (Unfortunately their site can often be slow to load the files but it's a great resource). Unwounded, according to the Red Cross records: https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Search/#/3/2/224/0/British and Commonwealth/Military/Harvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted 16 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2022 Thank you Airshipped, thats really useful, lots of information there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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