patrick welsh gloustershire reg died 11-1916

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my gr.grandad was patrick welsh after researching my family tree i have found that he was killed in 1916 in somme

he was 26 years old and left my granfather without ever meeting i feel it is my duty to try and find out as much as i can about this brave young solider

any help would be really apreciated

thanks

[Guest codie1]

sorry ive done it twice very new to this and didnt think it had worked the first time

please if any one can offer any help would be very gratefull

[Stebie9173]

The Basics:

Name: WELSH, PATRICK

Initials: P

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment

Unit Text: 8th Bn.

Age: 26

Date of Death: 09/11/1916

Service No: 37083

Additional information: Husband of Mary Ann Evans (formerly Welsh), of 60, Bentley Lane, Walsall, Staffs.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: L. 43.

Cemetery: AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/casualty_...casualty=186653

Cemetery Details

Cemetery: AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Country: France

Locality: Somme

Visiting Information: Wheelchair access with some difficulty. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our enquiries department on telephone number 01628 634221.

Location Information: Aveluy is a village in the Department of the Somme, immediately north of Albert. Using the D929 from Bapaume to Albert, continue until you come to La Boisselle, and then take the right turning signposted to Aveluy on the D20. On entering Aveluy the cemetery will be found after taking the first right turn in the village.

Historical Information: Aveluy village was held by Commonwealth forces from July 1915 to 26 March 1918. The extension to the communal cemetery, begun by the French who held this part of the line previously, was continued by our units and field ambulances from August 1915 to March 1917. In the latter month the 3rd and 9th Casualty Clearing Stations began to use it, the 9th remaining until November 1917. On 26-27 March 1918, the village and the cemetery were lost during the German advance but were retaken at the end of August. Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension contains 613 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 26 of the burials are unidentified and three graves, the exact locations of which could not be found, are represented by special memorials. The extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

No. of Identified Casualties: 587

Medal Index Card:

Medal card of Welsh, Patrick

Corps Regiment No Rank

South Staffordshire Regiment 349 Private

Gloucestershire Regiment 37083 Private

Could have been a pre-war regular with the South Staffordshires or a Territorial.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...1&resultcount=1

Gloucestershire Regiment:

http://www.1914-1918.net/glos.htm

8th Gloucestershire Battalion was in 57th Brigade/19th Division:

http://www.1914-1918.net/19div.htm

Do you have any of this information?

If you check the Long, Long Trail link at the top of the page it will help you understand some of the information here, especially the Medal Index Card.

Steve.

[Guest codie1]

thanks very much i did have some of the information but not about the medical card

is there a way in which i may be able to find anything else about him

sorry if i sound dumb but i really am very new to this and dont know how far you can go with information

thanks again for all your kind help