bruce Posted 29 December , 2006 Share Posted 29 December , 2006 The MiC for the man I think was my great uncle is attached, but I have no idea what it means. Any help much appreciated! Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 29 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 29 December , 2006 part2 part3 part4 part5 part6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem49 Posted 29 December , 2006 Share Posted 29 December , 2006 Which one is yours? i think you have downloaded the whole page which has six men on it. stevem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 29 December , 2006 Share Posted 29 December , 2006 as far as I recall when you download a mic you get 6 and yours is one of the 6 unless there are two to that person ( has been known to have more). do you know which regiment he was in or his number. that should eliminate the wrong ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 29 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 29 December , 2006 Good grief! Life often bits you in the bum whenever you get to feeling too clever. I just hadn't realised that this page was for six men!!! Duh! My great uncle is the first of them...7011 East Kents. However, he seems to have also had two other numbers...why? I did notice that one of the others was labelled "dead", which not only seemed a bit abrupt, but also confused me, as I have a photo of him in 1938 in the Rockies! Any help with the first of them would be much appreciated! Bruce (whose only excuse for total brain-fade is Christmas!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 29 December , 2006 Share Posted 29 December , 2006 He was transferred between regiments. After being 7011 with the Buffs he moved on to become 24793 with the Queen's (Royal west Surrey Regiment) and then 95663 with the Royal Defence Corps. He qualified for the British War and Victory Medals (this telling us that he did not go to a theatre of war before 1916). The code is a reference to his entry in the original roll of those medals, which should give you his battalions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 29 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 29 December , 2006 Thanks, Chris. I knew there would be someone here who'd know! Incidentally....although my wife might not agree....many thanks for setting up the Forum, upon which I have now spent many happy and informative hours. Thank you. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 29 December , 2006 Share Posted 29 December , 2006 and the rank is Private Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaisersoffensive Posted 29 December , 2006 Share Posted 29 December , 2006 I hope that I am correct in saying this (no doubt someone more knowledgeable will put me straight) but the fact that he ended his service with the Royal Defence Corps suggests that he was wounded to the extent that he was not fit enough to return to active overseas service. So would I be right in thinking that he wwould be entitled to a Silver Wound Badge? Regards, Bob Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveE Posted 29 December , 2006 Share Posted 29 December , 2006 I hope that I am correct in saying this (no doubt someone more knowledgeable will put me straight) but the fact that he ended his service with the Royal Defence Corps suggests that he was wounded to the extent that he was not fit enough to return to active overseas service. So wwould I be right in thinking that he wwould be entitled to a Silver Wound Badge? First part is OK , transfer to the Royal Defence Corps quite often followed a medical downgrading for whatever reason (wounds, sickness etc.) A wounding, however, didn't entitle a soldier to a Silver War Badge, this was issued only when a soldier was discharged from the service because of his wounds (or a number of other reasons) and even then it wasn't automatic but had to be claimed. This soldier continued to serve with the Royal Defence Corps and as such wouldn't qualify. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 29 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 29 December , 2006 This transfer does tie in well. I have three silks from him from Belgium in October 1916, then a couple of postcards from Italy in 1918, both with the franking of the Italian Red Cross. Am I thus right in thinking that he was wounded in Italy, and it was this that caused his transfer? Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 30 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2006 Could his wound(s) have led to his transfer? Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 30 December , 2006 Share Posted 30 December , 2006 Bruce There were many reasons for transfers and whilst it is tempting to guess that it was due to wounds, try not to make assumptions. One thing is for certain. He was transferred out of the Buffs before going to Italy as no Buffs Battalions went there. I am surprised that he doesn't have a star. His Buffs number would have been prefixed with an L, G, SR or S. Men with any of these prefixes that had a number as low as 7011 were overseas by the end of 1915 unless they had been held back for some reason. Your next step is to try and find his service record. It is also worth digging out his medal roll. TP102B is the code for the RDF BWM/VM roll books. I have never seen an RDF roll but it may tell you which Battalions he served with. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 31 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 31 December , 2006 Bruce There were many reasons for transfers and whilst it is tempting to guess that it was due to wounds, try not to make assumptions. One thing is for certain. He was transferred out of the Buffs before going to Italy as no Buffs Battalions went there. I am surprised that he doesn't have a star. His Buffs number would have been prefixed with an L, G, SR or S. Men with any of these prefixes that had a number as low as 7011 were overseas by the end of 1915 unless they had been held back for some reason. Your next step is to try and find his service record. It is also worth digging out his medal roll. TP102B is the code for the RDF BWM/VM roll books. I have never seen an RDF roll but it may tell you which Battalions he served with. Mick Thanks, Mick I will try to do just that Regards Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithfazzani Posted 4 January , 2007 Share Posted 4 January , 2007 Sorry for butting in but what is RDF? I ask because I have been trying to decipher my Grandfathers (unreadable) records and this might help me find exactly when he was overseas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armoured Farmer Posted 4 January , 2007 Share Posted 4 January , 2007 RDF is Royal Dublin Fusiliers, but the roll in question is for the RDC, the Royal Defence Corps. (see first MIC in this post) Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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