Guest tim Posted 13 March , 2006 Share Posted 13 March , 2006 Have recently joined forum in hope of tracing the service history of my grandfather. Any pointers would be most appreciated ! George Henry Wood Date of birth 29/08/1899 Parents: Charles & Edith Wood Residence: No2 Parade Mews West Norwood London Possible regiments: 1/ Royal East Kent Regiment 7th Bt. (The 'BUFFS') Reg. 279249 G/17472 &/or 2/ Middlesex Regiment 19th Bt. Reg. G/86803 Believed to have been No.1 on 'Lewis' gun crew Served with comrade Richard 'Dicky' Ward n.b Possible 'tours' with Black & Tans in Ulster along with spell at H.M's (dis) pleasure @ Aldershot barracks. Rgds Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 17 March , 2006 Share Posted 17 March , 2006 You may be interested to know that G/17472 Pte GH Wood of the Buffs deserted on 19/8/1918 and was still in a state of desertion in May 1920. Consequently he wasn't issued with any medals. He had previously been 279249 in the 2/4 Londons Also, the Buffs didn't have 'Royal' in their title until the 1930's Mick Mills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tim Posted 17 March , 2006 Share Posted 17 March , 2006 Hello Mick Thankyou very much, this gives me another avenue to research. I'm actually trying to do some research on behalf of my dad & uncle who are both unable to make use of web resources ! I naively thought it might be pretty straight forward until I discovered that unless the soldier in question was in a guards reg. or an officer they didn't count !! Is there by chance a 'keeper of records' that pehaps my father could make contact with ? (using more traditional methods of communications ) Kind regards Tim Wood Now of Norfolk but formaly of East Kent You may be interested to know that G/17472 Pte GH Wood of the Buffs deserted on 19/8/1918 and was still in a state of desertion in May 1920. Consequently he wasn't issued with any medals. He had previously been 279249 in the 2/4 Londons Also, the Buffs didn't have 'Royal' in their title until the 1930's Mick Mills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 17 March , 2006 Share Posted 17 March , 2006 I naively thought it might be pretty straight forward until I discovered that unless the soldier in question was in a guards reg. or an officer they didn't count !! Tim They all counted but some Regiments/Corps are easier to research than others due to their methods of storage over the years. If you send me an email via the forum I'll reply with my home address for snail mail Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tim Posted 17 March , 2006 Share Posted 17 March , 2006 Hello Mick My e-mail is : timwood@placeuk.com After your last mail I checked what I could find on the 'Police Gazette' from 1921 but no listing of a George Wood. We think he may have been taken as POW @ St Quentin during 1918 but could not find him under the 'Buffs' POW records either ? I remember the stories as a child, that grandad was a "bit of a character" but don't think many kids of 18 years age in today's world would be able to deal with what he must have experienced !! regards Tim Wood Tim They all counted but some Regiments/Corps are easier to research than others due to their methods of storage over the years. If you send me an email via the forum I'll reply with my home address for snail mail Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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