mudblood Posted 7 December , 2006 Share Posted 7 December , 2006 im trying to trace where my grandfather fought during the war,the only info that i know is his name and regiment ,dob and that he survived the war,the places ive looked dont seem to make a match with his name? any ideals any one cheers all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eviltaxman Posted 7 December , 2006 Share Posted 7 December , 2006 Post the details you have got and someone might be able to help out. Les. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorisj7 Posted 7 December , 2006 Share Posted 7 December , 2006 Post what you do know, I am sure someone will be able to give you some suggestions. Doris P.S. Phone rang before I got posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudblood Posted 7 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 7 December , 2006 Post the details you have got and someone might be able to help out. Les. right here goes.. william edward thomas born bristol 1898 /1899 served with Gloucestshire regiment and survived the war ,i dont know his number or which battalion but i susspect the 12th,cheers all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelPack Posted 7 December , 2006 Share Posted 7 December , 2006 Hello mudblood A search of the MICs for William Thomas Goucestershire Regiment brings up 26 results http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...Spec=score+desc After discounting the ones that can be eliminated, there are nine candidates left Regards Mel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudblood Posted 7 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 7 December , 2006 Hello mudblood A search of the MICs for William Thomas Goucestershire Regiment brings up 26 results http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...Spec=score+desc After discounting the ones that can be eliminated, there are nine candidates left Regards Mel now thats the route ive took but what gets me is that there are no william edward,is it poss that a) the edward bit has been lost over time or he never used his middle name?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted 7 December , 2006 Share Posted 7 December , 2006 I think from this that he might have been William Arthur Edward Thomas http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.d...gst%3d%26so%3d3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelPack Posted 7 December , 2006 Share Posted 7 December , 2006 It is not unusual for the middle name or initial to be omitted. I would suggest that you download the William Thomas MICs. There are six cards on each download, so you might be lucky and be able to do it in two or three goes If your even luckier then occasionally the actual batallion is mentioned. Otherwise you are going to have to go through the medal rolls to identify the batallion. Why do you suspect the 12th? One final possible shortcut is the Absent Voters Roll for 1918 where William was domiciled. Good luck! Regards Mel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.r.f Posted 7 December , 2006 Share Posted 7 December , 2006 REGRET There is no absent voters list for BRISTOL.He is NOT mentioned in the Bristol Roll of Honour for any galantry medal. SORRY. JOHN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudblood Posted 7 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 7 December , 2006 It is not unusual for the middle name or initial to be omitted. I would suggest that you download the William Thomas MICs. There are six cards on each download, so you might be lucky and be able to do it in two or three goes If your even luckier then occasionally the actual batallion is mentioned. Otherwise you are going to have to go through the medal rolls to identify the batallion. Why do you suspect the 12th? One final possible shortcut is the Absent Voters Roll for 1918 where William was domiciled. Good luck! Regards Mel i will download the medal cards tommrow,fingers crossed, as for the 12th i can remember as a boy him telling me that he and his mates went to the colston hall to enlist along with all the others for a battalion full of bristol lads,which the 12th was,i checked out the other link and i will check on his month of birth and see if that ties up or not. i do have a cousin who may have his regimental number if so im laughing, cheers all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudblood Posted 8 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2006 i will download the medal cards tommrow,fingers crossed, as for the 12th i can remember as a boy him telling me that he and his mates went to the colston hall to enlist along with all the others for a battalion full of bristol lads,which the 12th was,i checked out the other link and i will check on his month of birth and see if that ties up or not. i do have a cousin who may have his regimental number if so im laughing, cheers all well ive downloaded the medal cards,nothing stands out as being him ,so i shall now wait to see if i can get his reggy number and match him up that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelPack Posted 8 December , 2006 Share Posted 8 December , 2006 mudblood The information on the MICs should help you to narrow down the candidates. If your grandad was an early volunteer then, more than likely, he was eligible for the 1914-15 Star. Do any of the dates of entry into the theatre of war coincide with the arrival of the Batallion in France? By the same measure you should be able to eliminate those entitled exclusively to the BWM and Victory medals and any TF/regular renumbered in 1917. One word of caution, although your grandad enlisted in Bristol with his mates, you should not automatically assume that he served with the 12th even though it was a local batallion. He could have easily been assigned to another of the service batallions. Does your cousin have his medals? Therein lies the definitive answer. Regards Mel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudblood Posted 8 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2006 mudblood The information on the MICs should help you to narrow down the candidates. If your grandad was an early volunteer then, more than likely, he was eligible for the 1914-15 Star. Do any of the dates of entry into the theatre of war coincide with the arrival of the Batallion in France? By the same measure you should be able to eliminate those entitled exclusively to the BWM and Victory medals and any TF/regular renumbered in 1917. One word of caution, although your grandad enlisted in Bristol with his mates, you should not automatically assume that he served with the 12th even though it was a local batallion. He could have easily been assigned to another of the service batallions. Does your cousin have his medals? Therein lies the definitive answer. Regards Mel regards medals,no one knows where the medals are but he says he has his regy number somewhere,just got his actual birthday date,november 1898, which puts him at 16 yrs old in 1914,so im wondering did he lie about his age, or did he wait untill he was old enough(highly unlikely),but what i do know for sure is his regiment,hopefully the regy number hold the key,when i get it(fingers crossed ill post what else i know) thanks for all the help so far troops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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