Doug Lewis Posted 12 February , 2005 Author Share Posted 12 February , 2005 David Apologies,just picked this up,will look and get back to you. Regards Doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lewis Posted 12 February , 2005 Author Share Posted 12 February , 2005 David There is a chapter covering the crossing of the River Piave, send me your email address off forum and I will send you a copy. Regards Doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davidfox Posted 23 February , 2005 Share Posted 23 February , 2005 Doug, Many thanks, received the entries for the Piave crossing. Also a thank you for Chris - I have actually spent a couple of hours in the IWM photo archive some years ago - ran out of time and need to get back there some day - but I seem busier since I retired than when I was working (allegedly) ! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOMMESOLDIER Posted 25 February , 2005 Share Posted 25 February , 2005 Hi Doug, Could you please see if you have any mention of Captain Sidney John Sankey 6th Battalion South Staffs and if there is any mention of how he was killed, as I don't believe it was in action ! It was on 25-9-15. Could you also lookup Lieutenant Arthur Joseph Bradney Shaw-Hellier,7th Battalion South Staffs, Killed In Action 9-8-15. Cheers Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lewis Posted 25 February , 2005 Author Share Posted 25 February , 2005 Tim Info taken from "The War History of the Sixth Btn The South Staffordshire Rgt" There is a picture of all the officers including John Sankey if you want it. Regards Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOMMESOLDIER Posted 25 February , 2005 Share Posted 25 February , 2005 Hi Doug, Very many thanks for that. Yes I would very much like to see the photo. Also I just added Lieutenant Shaw-Hellier, to my previous post. Would you be kind enough to look him up aswell please ? Cheers Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoch beard Posted 25 February , 2005 Share Posted 25 February , 2005 from the history of the 6th south staffs. page 79 "during the night the brigadier called and inquired if a patrol had been sent out from 37, and asked that it should be a officers patrol. sankey was commanding the company,billy lewis being absent on leave, and he sent nelson, a new officer, out. apparently sankey got anxious, as nelson did not immediately return, and took a look over the parapet. he was shot through the head. what makes you think he wasn't killed in action? enoch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoch beard Posted 25 February , 2005 Share Posted 25 February , 2005 doh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOMMESOLDIER Posted 25 February , 2005 Share Posted 25 February , 2005 Hi Enoch, Thanks for the reply, it was just that in Officers Died it states Killed, and not Killed In Action. Cheers Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lewis Posted 26 February , 2005 Author Share Posted 26 February , 2005 Tim I cannot help with information for Shaw-Hellier,the 7th Btn's History is the only one I don't have. Here is the picture of the 6th Btn Officers 1914. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOMMESOLDIER Posted 27 February , 2005 Share Posted 27 February , 2005 Hi Doug, Very many thanks for the photo. It is excellent. Cheers Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wig Posted 29 November , 2005 Share Posted 29 November , 2005 I am looking for detiails of a Capt Hitzon. Some folk reckon he was in the Sherwood Foresters but I have a feeling he was a 2/6ths man. He is the officer who took the surrender of Eamon De Valera, the rebel in charge of the Mount Street rebels who inflicted such damage on the Foresters. Wig Woody There are two pages that give a brief run down of events in Ireland,mainly referring to the 2/6th. I have the War History of the Sixth Btn South Staffordshire Rgt which has a whole chapter,tell me what you information you would like. Regards Doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lewis Posted 30 November , 2005 Author Share Posted 30 November , 2005 wig There is no mention of Capt Hitzon in the book,sorry I can't be of more help. Regards Doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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