captain caveman Posted 27 April Share Posted 27 April Hi Everyone, Trying to research this lad from the Suffolk Regiment, served with several Suffolk battalion and also 2nd Northamptonshire as a sergeant. Awarded Military Medal, I believe with the 8th Suffolk Regiment. Any information in regards to Jack I would be grateful. Many thanks in advance. Capt Caveman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 27 April Share Posted 27 April Lives of the first world war will, inter alia, tell you this: Belgium-brewed Silly Scotch Ale: Sgt Jack Payne from Shepreth, Cambridgeshire first produced Silly Scoth Ale on 13th October 1918. It was named after the town of Silly in west Belgium where he was stationed with the Suffolk Regiment.The British soldiers missed English beer so Jack decided to make his own. Hops were in short supply in the summer of 1918 but the unit commander order some from Kent.Jack was not a brewer but he knew how it should taste. He worked with Brasserie de Silly to create a Britsh beer to satisfy his fellow soldiers.The soldiers liked it and so did the people of Silly. It is still being made.After the war Jack stayed in Silly and married Emilie Timmerson. He worked in the brewery for many years and died aged 86. To mark the centenary the label on the bottles has Jack in uniform holding a glass of Silly Scotch Ale.His families from the UK and Belgium toasted his memory at the brewery to celebrate the centenary. https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/3436802 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain caveman Posted 27 April Author Share Posted 27 April Wow, cheers I need to try and get some of that . Thankyou for a prompt reply, C. Caveman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 27 April Share Posted 27 April https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-45838445 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 27 April Share Posted 27 April https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/242698-irchonwelz-communal-cemetery-belgium/page/3/ He did earn an MM and bar but I didn't see it mentioned in the above links. The award of a bar to a brewer is apt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Anderson Posted 27 April Share Posted 27 April (edited) MM Index Card - The National Archives' reference WO 372/23/152524 First MM with 7th Sussex, 2nd with 2nd Northamptonshire. Both MMs for actions during 1918. Medal Roll (Ancestry) Edited 28 April by Ivor Anderson Additional Info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esco Posted 27 April Share Posted 27 April Sgt.Payne was recommended for a second bar to his M.M but it was not awarded . The recommendation for his bar reads '' For gallantry and devotion to duty in the capture of the Rouvroy-Fresnes Line on 7th and 8th October 1918 and the Drocourt-Queant Line on the 11th October 1918 '' Regards . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Anderson Posted 28 April Share Posted 28 April (edited) 9 hours ago, esco said: Sgt.Payne was recommended for a second bar to his M.M but it was not awarded . Great that the citation for his bar survives. A 2nd bar being declined was probably due to quotas and his late war MM bar itself being already in the system and only gazetted in the LG of 23 July 1919: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31469/supplement/9343 His first MM, listed in the LG 16 July 1918, was for the German Spring Offensive, March/April 1918: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30797/supplement/8325 Edited 28 April by Ivor Anderson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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