MACRAE Posted 8 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 8 January , 2008 Well i missed the last show in Glasgow was in Belgium when it was here and only 600yds from my house boo hoo. Well back to the drawing board I may take itto the Leeds arms fair in Feb. DAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted 9 January , 2008 Share Posted 9 January , 2008 Dan Here is one of the West York lads, he won a DCM. Woodham,A F. RQMS [8846] 1Batt [21/10/1918] [shepherd's Bush] For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This warrant officer came to France with the battalion in August, 1914, serving for the last two years in his present position. During all this period he has performed his duties in a way that has been an admirable example to all ranks. On many occasions it has only been his untiring energy and wholehearted devotion to duty that have made it possible to get stores and rations up to his battalion, often under dangerous and trying conditions. [ MID ] Stayed on in the army after the war with new number 4523683 and later commissioned as Lieutenant into the West Yorkshire Regiment. Regards Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief_Chum Posted 9 January , 2008 Share Posted 9 January , 2008 The 3/1 Cambridgeshire men were home service only; if they did serve overseas it would have been with another battalion which suggests that it is probably connected with a UK hospital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACRAE Posted 10 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 10 January , 2008 A lot of the signatures are 1st eastern general hosptal i am thinking it is there that it originates from. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mctaz Posted 10 January , 2008 Share Posted 10 January , 2008 Just came across this post which struck a chord! I attended a Military History Conference here in Tasmania in November last year, one of the papers presented was in relation to an object quite similar to this. Coincidentally the object (in this case a flag) was also owned by a medic. Here's the blurb: "Harry Bailey was a young lad from Huonville in Tasmania. He was keen to join the army and be on the front line. In 1915 as shells rained down on the 7th Field Ambulance Station on Gallipoli, Harry Bailey, a stretcher bearer, was badly wounded by shrapnel. The station was evacuated but Bailey was too weak, too sick to walk out. So his mate wrapped him tightly in the station's Red Cross flag to warm him and support him. They made it down to the beach. Bailey survived. Now the flag has come home to Hobart. Bailey kept the flag with him and as he travelled back to Tasmania over a period of four years, he collected the signatures of people he met on the flag. There are 515 signatures - an Australia wide if not International list of signatures. Three years ago the Bailey family donated Bailey's items to the museum. His diaries were amongst them. Now research into all the 515 names begins. A long but very worthy process."... Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACRAE Posted 29 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 29 January , 2008 Another Gift i was given last night totaly fantastic condition . This one i am going to have framed as it is a Glasgow branch one with loads of names on it . Dan I will have to think of something to give in return for this wonderfull item but what as he is not a collector as such. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warbuff1 Posted 29 January , 2008 Share Posted 29 January , 2008 Fantastic items Dan. A real piece of history Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACRAE Posted 30 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 30 January , 2008 Yes wayne a great historical item i still blink my eye in wonder as how lucky i am so own such a item. Dan Custodian of History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HappyWanderer Posted 26 May , 2008 Share Posted 26 May , 2008 Hey I created an account just to reply to this topic! A truly unique gift that. Guard it with your life. Im a descendant of G.H. Woolley's and like many people he fought with he was a true hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adnan Dohgee Posted 10 September , 2022 Share Posted 10 September , 2022 New here, came to this from 1st EGH links and Vawser, died 12/3/15. Did you ever get any further with finding out anything else? What happened to the cloth in the end? Maybe @MACRAE can update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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