London Gazette Help needed!

[asdarley]

I wonder if anyone else has experienced the problems I have had trying to track the careers of officers? I have been trying to follow these chaps:

a Captain Frederick James Chadwick 104th Wellesley Rifles KIA Shaiba 13:4:15 and his brother Richard M Chadwick 2nd Lt RGA 11th Siege battery KIA 13:5:15

plus Major Victor Charles Methuen Reeves 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry KIA Agagir 26 :2 :16

Does the LG have all its records on line? Or am I missing something in my searches? Major Reeves I can track to 1909 when he was gazetted a Lt but after that nothing! How could he make it to major and nothing be recorded in the LG?

Help!

[Matthew B.]

I wonder if anyone else has experienced the problems I have had trying to track the careers of officers? I have been trying to follow these chaps:

a Captain Frederick James Chadwick 104th Wellesley Rifles KIA Shaiba 13:4:15 and his brother Richard M Chadwick 2nd Lt RGA 11th Siege battery KIA 13:5:15

plus Major Victor Charles Methuen Reeves 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry KIA Agagir 26 :2 :16

Does the LG have all its records on line? Or am I missing something in my searches? Major Reeves I can track to 1909 when he was gazetted a Lt but after that nothing! How could he make it to major and nothing be recorded in the LG?

Help!

I have problems with the new LG as well but thats life. I can help a little on your IA officer:

born 31st Aug 1883, ist comissioned 19th August 1903 into the unattached list for the Indian army. Joined the Indian army 8th November 1904 and the 104th Rifles 15th November 1904, Promoted Lieutenant 19th Nov 1905. Promoted Captain 19th August 1912.

Hope that helps.

Matthew

[Stebie9173]

LG 18-5-1906

IMPERIAL YEOMANRY.

Dorset (Queen's Own); Victor Charles Methuen Reeves, Gentleman, to be Second Lieutenant.

Dated 1st May, 1906.

http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ViewPDF.a...ethuen%20Reeves

Transferred to the new Yeomanry on creation of the T.F.

LG 31-7-1908

Dorset (Queens Own); the undermentioned officers, from the Dorset (Queen's Own) Imperial Yeomanry, are appointed to the regiment, with rank and precedence as in the Imperial Yeomanry. Dated 1st April, 1908:

Second Lieutenant Victor Charles Methuen Reeves.

http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ViewPDF.a...ethuen%20Reeves

LG 1-6-1909

War Office,

June 1st, 1909.

TERRITORIAL FORCE.

YEOMANRY.

Dorset (Queen's Own); Second Lieutenant Victor C. M. Reeves to be Lieutenant. Dated 31st January, 1909

http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ViewPDF.a....%20M.%20Reeves

LG 18-11-1913

War Office,

18th November, 1913.

TERRITORIAL FORCE.

YEOMANRY.

Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry; the undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains.

Dated 4th October, 1913 :

Victor C. M. Reeves.

William A. Alexander

http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ViewPDF.a....%20M.%20Reeves

I can't find his promotion to Major, either.

Steve.

[asdarley]

Thats brilliant guys! Takes my information a lot further. Also glad to hear its not just me!!

[rflory]

The January 1916 Monthly Army List indicates that V C M Reeves was appointed as an Acting Major in the Dorset Yeomanry on 1 July 1915. Dick Flory

[asdarley]

Dick many, many thanks that completes the hunt! Now all I need to do is find out why a lady called Barbara Josephina Helen McCall had an elaborate monument erected to his memory in our church! ( and her maiden name was Lycester so no obvious link there!!) This is how research becomes addictive!