darealjolo Posted 1 October , 2006 Share Posted 1 October , 2006 Hi everyone, im new to this site and would like to know if anyone can help me please at all! My Gt Grandad was a gordon highlander, his name is William John Askew, im trying to find his birth aswell but that is proving very difficult right now. On his marriage certificate in 1914 he used the name William John Waterman Askew but i dont know if that name would be on his army cards as theres no army numbers etc... on the marriage certificate but im told now you dont have to put that on the certificate. Im trying to find medal cards but not getting nowhere at all. Can anyone advise me what to do, ive looked at archives and other places aswell. Thankyou Joanne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom A McCluskey Posted 1 October , 2006 Share Posted 1 October , 2006 Joanne, Here are the 45 Medal Index Cards for the name W. Askew: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...Spec=Score+desc Could not find any Gordon Highlanders, will post later if I find any more information. Are you sure he was in a British Highland Regiment, as there is a chance he served in the Canadian Army? Hope this helps Aye Tom McC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 2 October , 2006 Share Posted 2 October , 2006 Can't find a GORDON with the name Askew on the CWGC site. None listed in "Soldiers Died" (pt65 Gordons) so I assume he survived the war, do you have any other details at all? MIC cards seem best bet. - at least there are some names. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darealjolo Posted 3 October , 2006 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2006 Hi Tom, Thanx for looking up for me all those cards, how do i know which one is his if any? I dont have a clue what so ever where he was based if thats the right saying but as you say he may have been in the canadian army!! how do i find that out if it is the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darealjolo Posted 3 October , 2006 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2006 Chris, Yes he did survive the war, he died in 1948 aged 58 and ive also been told he was a pallbearer at king george v funeral in 1936 hink year was but ive searched and searched and havent found any truth init. What other details do you need? Joanne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darealjolo Posted 4 October , 2006 Author Share Posted 4 October , 2006 I tried putting a photo in the gallery but it says file to bigm, how do i make it smaller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian turner Posted 5 October , 2006 Share Posted 5 October , 2006 Joanne, It may be possible that he served with the Gordons, but not overseas and thus did not qualify for the service medals. He would not appear on the medal index cards in that case. Does anyone in the family have any medals? If he has the British War medal then his name and number and regiment would be on the rim. How sure are you that he served with the Gordons? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darealjolo Posted 5 October , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 October , 2006 Hi Ian, Mum is sure my nan had medals for him but they went missing after my nan died so i cant say nomore on that but i have a photo of him in uniform that my mum got looked at and they said Gordon Highlanders regiment but me i dont know anything about army etc.., i did try to put a photo on the history part of this site but it came back as to big and i dont know how to make it smaller. Joanne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs shorty Posted 5 October , 2006 Share Posted 5 October , 2006 Hi I had the same problem with photos at first, your photo needs to be under a 100kb open up your pic then edit it manually by resizing I usually put in 450 by 400 wide this should shrink it below the 100kb allowed Hope this makes sense if not there is a help section at the top of the page click on Images Cheers Sandra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 5 October , 2006 Share Posted 5 October , 2006 Here is Joanne's picture resized to fit. Definitely Gordons....I'll leave it to the experts to ID medal etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darealjolo Posted 5 October , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 October , 2006 Thankyou so much Chris. Joanne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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