Guest colinwh Posted 15 October , 2005 Share Posted 15 October , 2005 Thanks anyway Terry. I appreciate the look-up. Cheers, ~Dan <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest colinwh Posted 15 October , 2005 Share Posted 15 October , 2005 Hi All My grandfather was Sgt Samuel Harvey 1/6 Btn RWR, amazingly a survivor of the great war. We (the family) think he was wounded at some point, returned to England and ended his military career in the 5th Btn, with a different service number. Is this possible? Have been interested to see The Antelope publication mentioned in earlier posts. Are copies of this available to see - maybe at B'ham central library or the RWR museum? Here goes with my first post - my children will be amazed!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest colinwh Posted 15 October , 2005 Share Posted 15 October , 2005 Hi All My grandfather was Sgt Samuel Harvey 1/6 Btn RWR, amazingly a survivor of the great war. We (the family) think he was wounded at some point, returned to England and ended his military career in the 5th Btn, with a different service number. Is this possible? Have been interested to see The Antelope publication mentioned in earlier posts. Are copies of this available to see - maybe at B'ham central library or the RWR museum? Here goes with my first post - my children will be amazed!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ] Jan, I had an Uncle in the RWR who died just before Armistice Day, of pneumonia, however he came home, re-enlisted and kept his old number. The RWMuseum was very helpful to me in finding out some details. He died Italy, Cremona 1918. Nov. Anyone any info, on what was happening there then please? Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest argentn@mobile.rogers.com Posted 16 October , 2005 Share Posted 16 October , 2005 Hi Rob: Would you be able to able to look up George J. Cooper number 33296. He was drafted in after being injuryed in Amy Service Corp we think in late 1916. Thank you Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Carter Posted 16 October , 2005 Share Posted 16 October , 2005 Hi All My grandfather was Sgt Samuel Harvey 1/6 Btn RWR, amazingly a survivor of the great war. We (the family) think he was wounded at some point, returned to England and ended his military career in the 5th Btn, with a different service number. Is this possible? Have been interested to see The Antelope publication mentioned in earlier posts. Are copies of this available to see - maybe at B'ham central library or the RWR museum? Here goes with my first post - my children will be amazed!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello Jan Have you any medals belonging to him? They will have his service number either on the edge or the reverse if he was entitled to a 1915 Star. I have checked the medal Index card register and there is a Sgt Samuel Harvey No.202569 of the 1/6 Royal Warwicks It will cost you £3:50 to see it. It may not give you any further information. The link is below. Regards Terry Sgt Harvey's Medal card Index Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Carter Posted 16 October , 2005 Share Posted 16 October , 2005 Hi Rob: Would you be able to able to look up George J. Cooper number 33296. He was drafted in after being injuryed in Amy Service Corp we think in late 1916. Thank you Nigel <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry, have no soldier of that name and number as being wounded. Regards terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest argentn@mobile.rogers.com Posted 16 October , 2005 Share Posted 16 October , 2005 Sorry, have no soldier of that name and number as being wounded. Regards terry <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for looking, much appreciated Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycad Posted 16 October , 2005 Share Posted 16 October , 2005 Dear Terry, Would you have anything on Private A. Cadwallader, No.3664 of the 1st/16th RWR, I believe a Territorial Battalion, who was killed on 1st July 1916, whilst crossing the Serre Road. Any information would be of value. Thank you Tonycad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brindlerp Posted 17 October , 2005 Share Posted 17 October , 2005 From: http://www.cwgc.org./cwgcinternet/casualty...casualty=762676 Casualty Details Name: CADWALLADER, ALBERT Initials: A Nationality:United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Warwickshire Regiment Unit Text: 1st/6th Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 3664 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 9 A 9 B and 10 B. Cemetery: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Also check out: A search on this site for Serre will reveal further interesting information. Regards Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Nix Posted 17 October , 2005 Share Posted 17 October , 2005 Sgt Samuel Harvey 1/6 Btn Hi Terry Thanks for the reply. I don't have his medals myself but they are still in the family - the usual three plus the MM and a long service TF medal, also two MIDs. Samuel's original four digit service number was 1083, changed to 202569 following renumbering. A complete mystery is the number 7346 which is on the MM. This also appears on the MIC and refers to Sgt S Harvey, 5th Res. Btn. Late 1/6 Btn. Gazetted Nov 11 1916. Other documentation we have confirms that Samuel ended his army service in the 5th Btn although the number 7346 does not appear again. Do you have any record of him listed as wounded? We have a couple of photographs of him wearing what my aunt calls "hospital blues" and seem to be taken in the grounds of a hospital. Regards Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Carter Posted 17 October , 2005 Share Posted 17 October , 2005 Hi Jan According to the 1/6th RWR Battalion History, Sgt S Harvey 1083 served in C Company. He was most probably wounded on 1 july 1916 during the attack upon the Heidenkopf Redoubt. Thats probably where he did his deed to earn him a Military Medal aswell. However, his name does not appear in any wounded list. Have you tried to see if his Service Papers still survive at the National Archives? regards terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOMMESOLDIER Posted 18 October , 2005 Share Posted 18 October , 2005 Hi Terry, Could I trouble you to see, if you have any information on 2742 Pte Walter George Steadman, 1/6th R.W.R. kia 1-6-15 ? Cheers Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Nix Posted 18 October , 2005 Share Posted 18 October , 2005 Hi Terry Thanks for checking the wounded list - much appreciated even though a negative result. Made my first visit to the Somme earlier this year which included a trip to the site of the Heidenkopft Redoubt. Unfortunately Samuel Harvey's Service Papers haven't survived. I have some photocopied pages from the 1/6 Btn RWR History and worryingly Sgt S Harvey does not appear in the list of MM decorations. Does anyone know anything about the 5th Reserve Btn RWR? My understanding is that this battalion was formed 1/9/1916 by merging the 3/5th and 3/6th, that its sphere of operations was Home Service, therefore no war diary - but is there any other written record for this battalion? Would just like to say what a brilliant forum this is - respect, credit and thanks to all concerned. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycad Posted 18 October , 2005 Share Posted 18 October , 2005 Dear Terry, Thank you for your response concerning Private Albert Cadwallader of the 1/6 RWR. I had read in one record that he was last seen approaching the HeidenKopf. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted 11 November , 2005 Share Posted 11 November , 2005 Terry, Do you have info on the following man: BENTLEY Walter Thomas Lance Corporal 931, 1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 09/12/1914, aged 27. Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 2 and 3. Cemetery: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL. Walter Thomas was born in 1886 in Wandsworth, the second child of Thomas and Susannah (nee Mills) Bentley. Walter’s father was from Mitcham and his mother from Tooting. The family had lived in Tooting Graveney and Wandsworth.Walter enlisted at Guildford. His name appears on the Mitcham War Memorial Thanks, Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhipkiss Posted 16 November , 2005 Share Posted 16 November , 2005 Hi Terry, Do you have anything on Private Frederick Arthur Hipkiss 16/1583? Thanks Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snooker Posted 17 November , 2005 Share Posted 17 November , 2005 Hi Rob Perhaps you can help me trace details of my fathers war service. An extract from the National Roll of the Great War states Walsh C Private. Royal Berkshire regiment Drafted to France in 1918 Gassed in action in Ypres, demobbed in 1919 with General Service and Victory medals. Address 24 Clarence Road Handsworth Birmingham I believe this information is incomplete. He also served in the Royal Warwicks and he had two Service nos The no on two of his medals is 42091. His date of birth was 14 May 1999 and I understand he enlisted when he was seventeen ie 1916. Any information would be appreciated. Thankyou Snooker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony N Posted 25 November , 2005 Share Posted 25 November , 2005 Hello Terry/Rob, Could you possibly check if there is any info on 14261 Pte William C W Bloor? He was awarded the BWM and Victory medal according to his MIC and survived the war. Any information would be great. Thanks Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1400 Posted 25 November , 2005 Share Posted 25 November , 2005 Hi Would you be able to give me any ino on 14935 Norman Mason 10th Bn K in A 21/03/1918. I am especially interested in anything that might tie him to Northamptonshire, Raunds in particular. Thanks Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoch beard Posted 9 December , 2005 Share Posted 9 December , 2005 terry, here is a scan from the black country bugle which might be of interest! enoch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Carter Posted 9 December , 2005 Share Posted 9 December , 2005 terry, here is a scan from the black country bugle which might be of interest! enoch Thanks He was an original volunteer to the 3rd Birmingham Battalion (16th Royal Warwicks). Is this a recent cutting from the Black Country Bugle ? Cheers Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoch beard Posted 11 December , 2005 Share Posted 11 December , 2005 this week terry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hone Posted 11 December , 2005 Share Posted 11 December , 2005 (edited) Interesting, Enoch-the newspaper strip is in the style of the late, great Midlands sports cartoonist Norman Edwards but it looks like a modern pastiche. Who drew it? Edited 11 December , 2005 by Mark Hone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffau0577 Posted 13 December , 2005 Share Posted 13 December , 2005 Hope I can be of help to someone. Over the years I have built up a database of members of the above Regiment. It currently has 39000 entries. By necessity, it is still not complete. However, if you want me to look someone up, just ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffau0577 Posted 13 December , 2005 Share Posted 13 December , 2005 Hope I can be of help to someone. Over the years I have built up a database of members of the above Regiment. It currently has 39000 entries. By necessity, it is still not complete. However, if you want me to look someone up, just ask Rob Would appreciate any info you may have on a private J Faulkner 2004 2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Reg. died 30 Oct 1914(fron CWGC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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