oly2b Posted 18 April , 2006 Share Posted 18 April , 2006 Hi Do any of the Northumberland Fusiliers experts have any idea which Batt Private 29857 or 29851 Ralph Ward served with. Best Regards Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philg Posted 19 April , 2006 Share Posted 19 April , 2006 You'll need to go the the NA at Kew to look up the Medal Roll sheet for your man. This will tell you his Battalion. If you haven't already done so, then download his medal card first from the NA website, this will give you the medal roll indexes. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oly2b Posted 19 April , 2006 Author Share Posted 19 April , 2006 Phil Many thanks for how to find their unit. I have already downloaded his MIC, not easy to go to the NA (live in the frozen North). Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMG65 Posted 20 April , 2006 Share Posted 20 April , 2006 Craig Graham Stewart contributes a lot on this site. His main interest is the Northumberland Fusiliers and his database is impressive. Get in touch with him, he may be able to help. Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 22 April , 2006 Share Posted 22 April , 2006 Craig, The number 29857 actually belongs to Frank Radcliffe, who I know from sources served in the 17th & 1/6th Bn's, Northumberland Fusiliers and was later transferred to the Royal Defence Corps(93268). I'm still under the impression that 29851 Pte Ralph Ward served with the 2nd Bn,N.F., although it can only be proved exactly which units he served with by getting his Medal Roll Sheet, but I'm also not in a position to obtain it. Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oly2b Posted 24 April , 2006 Author Share Posted 24 April , 2006 Graham One day I will have to have a trip down to London. Does anybody know if it is more economical to employ an researcher at the NA or pay the NF musem to do the leg work? Many thanks to the posts Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinglma Posted 5 May , 2006 Share Posted 5 May , 2006 Craig I was at Kew yesterday and took the liberty of looking up Ralph Ward on the medal rolls. These show him to have been a member of the 12th battalion and later the 13th. hope this helps Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinglma Posted 5 May , 2006 Share Posted 5 May , 2006 Craig I should have said that this photo has been resized and cropped to fit the forum. If you want the full photo send me a pm from the my controls with your e-mail address (don't post it on the open forum). Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 5 May , 2006 Share Posted 5 May , 2006 Craig, Ah well can't win em all. Still nice to see the Medal Roll Sheet, and you can understand why I had him as possibly being in the 2nd Bn. Anyway after a good deal of searching I've found my N.F. coloured battle patch sheets that I did some years ago and have found that the patch of the 12th Bn,N.F., was actually a red circle worn on both upper arms and below the collar. The same scheme continued to be worn when they amalgamated with the 13th Bn,N.F. to form the 12/13th Bn,N.F., but the circle was removed from the collar and replaced with a red 'V'(for Fifth Foot). I looked again at the photo you previously attached a enlarged it as best as I could and would say it looks more like the red circle of the 12th Bn, than the divided circle of the 2nd Bn. Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinglma Posted 6 May , 2006 Share Posted 6 May , 2006 Graham Glad you saw this - I meant to e-mail this one to you last night together with the other one. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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