Jim_Grundy Posted 25 December , 2008 Share Posted 25 December , 2008 Jim if it helps is this his birth registration entry...John Thanks, John. Much appreciated. Cheers, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 27 December , 2008 Author Share Posted 27 December , 2008 Jim Lowe, the only info I have is that Lowe served in the 7th Battalion. His number was allocated in the first quarter of 1918 Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 27 December , 2008 Author Share Posted 27 December , 2008 John Neale joined the Buffs in October 1907. He went overseas with the 1st Battalion on 7/9/1914 and served later with the 8th and 6th Battalions. I think he continued to serve after the war. mICK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilbury Welsh Posted 27 December , 2008 Share Posted 27 December , 2008 Many thanks for that Mick..John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl of Berkhamsted Posted 28 December , 2008 Share Posted 28 December , 2008 Dear Mick, Sterling work and a great achievement. Well done that man. Regards, EoB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Grundy Posted 28 December , 2008 Share Posted 28 December , 2008 Jim Lowe, the only info I have is that Lowe served in the 7th Battalion. His number was allocated in the first quarter of 1918 Mick Many thanks, Mick. It's appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suehat Posted 1 January , 2009 Share Posted 1 January , 2009 I'd be interested in any information you might have on Henry John Barrell, my grandmother's cousin. His Medal Card has him as being in both the Buffs & the Royal West Kents, but doesn't give battalions & has two numbers for him, TF 2362 & 200588. The Theatre of War first served in is given as "The Balkans" with the date entered as "18-07-15" There is a postcard from him where he is in "A Block, 2 Ward, Tigne Hospital, Malta" The postmark is half off the edge of the card, so only "Oct 22" is visible not the year. He says he'd been there for 5 weeks. An entry in an autograph book, belonging to my grandmother's sister, is signed; "Love from Pte Jack Barrell, Regt No 2362 2/4 Buffs" & dated 20/05/16 There is another postcard from him in 1918, where he seems to be in India. If you can add anything to this, I'd be really grateful. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis-4u Posted 2 January , 2009 Share Posted 2 January , 2009 Hi Mick, Many thanks for the information regarding the following family member: 1914 Star Trio to No. L/8671 Pte William Neale 1st Bn The Buffs. I wondering is there anyway of finding out more about this chap. Picture, Service Details, Medal Entitlement etc. Many thanks again and great work on the Buffs, so many will benifit from all this information and hard work I am sure. Happy New Year. Chris Neale. John Neale joined the Buffs in October 1907. He went overseas with the 1st Battalion on 7/9/1914 and served later with the 8th and 6th Battalions. I think he continued to serve after the war. mICK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 2 January , 2009 Author Share Posted 2 January , 2009 Sue Barrell was with the 2/4 Battalion and they were a home service Territorial Battalion. However, one Company of the 2/4 Battalion together with a Company from each of the 2/5 Battalion and 2/4 and 2/5 Battalions of the Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment formed the Kent Composite Battalion (although generally known as the 2/4 Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment). The following is from the Regimental History At first it was suggested that a new badge should be found or invented for this composite battalion, but this was vetoed, as Kent is not a sufficiently populous county to maintain a new infantry regiment. The War Office therefore gave authority for the wearing of the Buffs' badge by A and B Companies, and the West Kent badge by the others. The two halves of the battalion had also different record offices at Hounslow, different regimental numbers and so on. It was trained with the rest of the division at Cambridge and afterwards at Bedford under the command of Colonel Simpson. The officers of A Company were Captains Jude and Taunton, Lieuts. Dixon and Filmer, and 2nd Lieuts. Morgan and Larkin. B Company was commanded by Captain Greatorex, with Captain Lamarque and Lieuts. Keble, Wood, Willows and Griffin, all of whom belonged to the 4th or 5th Battalion of the Buffs. The division was ordered to the East instead of to France, so the Kentish men and men of Kent entrained together on the 17th July at Devonport and next day embarked on the s.s. Northland. They landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, on the 9th August, three days after the great surprise landing there and the attack on Achi Baba. During their stay in this theatre of war the men were mostly employed in making trenches and on fatigue work, and the movements from one part to another were unimportant. First they were at " C " Beach, where the commanding officer got wounded, then at West Beach and later on at Lala Baba, but fatigue work was still the occupation of the unit. December, 1915, brought the skilful and successful evacuation of Gallipoli and Suvla. Our battalion withdrew to Mudros, on the island of Lemnos, where it embarked for Egypt on board the Haverford and landed at Alexandria on the 19th December. The Egyptian history of the Kent Composite Battalion is not of very great interest, although, after changing its name and organization, it took its full share in the Palestine campaign which came later on. Under its old constitution it proceeded to Wardan and afterwards to Fayoum in Central Egypt, but, towards the middle of 1916, Colonel Money, who was then in command, represented the great inconvenience of having his men administered by two record offices and a double lot of paymasters, with the result that an order came transferring all N.C.O.'s and men of the Buffs compulsorily to the 2/4th Royal West Kent Regiment, under which honourable title the men saw much service on their new front, but as they were no longer Buffs their doings must remain unchronicled in this regimental history. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suehat Posted 2 January , 2009 Share Posted 2 January , 2009 Many thanks for that Mike, As a Kentish Maid, it's fascinating to see that collaboration between the two regiments. I'll have to get started researching Gallipoli, as all my other relatives have been on the Western Front. This opens up a whole new area for me. Thanks again Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chrisharman50 Posted 3 January , 2009 Share Posted 3 January , 2009 thanks i am looking for george harman of whitstable.i have been told he won a medal for rescuing an officer but i cannot find his number and can find no mention on ancestry.many thanks for any help you can give.my email is chrisharman50@aol.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 4 January , 2009 Author Share Posted 4 January , 2009 You have a choice between Private George Harman G13047 of the 7th Buffs and Sergeant (later WO2) George W Harman G7855 of the 1st Buffs. They both were awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field during WW1 but I don't know what either of them did to earn it. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotTom Posted 5 January , 2009 Share Posted 5 January , 2009 Mick, As you can tell by my number of posts, I'm new to this forum. I'm a long-time collector of British and American military firearms, 1870-1970. First of all, my applause for putting together your data base. Truly an effort of great devotion. Second, a request (of course): I have had for some years a Webley Mark VI dated 1916. It is professionally engraved (quite common in those days when officers bought their own pistols): R.C. LANCASTER. I was told by the previous owner that he had discovered that Lancaster was a lieutenant in The Buffs. I've not been able to verify that and, if it's true, where he served as the regiment had battalions scattered over two theaters. Any information available in your data base would be appreciated. Thanks! Tony (HotTom) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Blanchard Posted 5 January , 2009 Share Posted 5 January , 2009 Hello, Just wondered if you have much information about Second Lieutenant Willie Lott. WO/ 339 53425 I have the following information from my website: http://steve.servebeer.com/blanchard/Lott%202.html Regards, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatfoot Posted 6 January , 2009 Share Posted 6 January , 2009 Mick This might seem a bit strange but ... When you built the database did you record the soldiers heights ? The wife and i were discussing whether the average height of men had changed much through the last century. Not quite sure why we were but that's what we do in the evenings , have mad odd and weird conversations. Just wondered if you had if you could see what the avereage was ? Cheers Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 6 January , 2009 Author Share Posted 6 January , 2009 Tom Roy Cavander Lancaster received a Special Reserve commission on 25/3/1915 and went overseas on 27/9/1915, joining the 2nd Buffs on 2/10/1915 at Beuvry. The Battalion left the Western Front for Salonica on 25/10/1915. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1/7/1917. He had been made a temporary Captain on 7/9/1916. The Regimental History mentions him as a Captain leading an attack on Little Ferdy Trench (Balkans) in December 1916. He lived in Park Rd, Clarence Gate, London - near Marylebone Station. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 6 January , 2009 Author Share Posted 6 January , 2009 David The extra info on Lott I have is as following; Enlisted in the Household Cavalry on 13/6/1915. He was a 21 year old Bank Clerk living at The Yews, Harbledown. No overseas service with the cavalry. Applied for a commission in The Buffs 24/10/1915. Discharged from B Squadron for a temporary commission in The Buffs 26/1/1916. Transferred to 14th Royal Sussex Regt 1/7/1916 Simon I have never collected that type of data but it would be a useful exercise. It would be impossible in my case because the database is built from medal rolls which contain no personal information Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotTom Posted 6 January , 2009 Share Posted 6 January , 2009 Mick, thank you very much! Again, brilliant work and much appreciated! Tony (HotTom) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Blanchard Posted 6 January , 2009 Share Posted 6 January , 2009 Mick, Thanks for all the help in fiding out more about Willie Lott, Regards David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotTom Posted 6 January , 2009 Share Posted 6 January , 2009 Captain Lancaster's Webley Thanks, again, Mick. Tony (HT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Hubberstey Posted 7 January , 2009 Share Posted 7 January , 2009 Dear Mick, I'm currently researching details of my Grandfather and Uncle, Robert and James Hubberstey, who served in 7th Buffs from enlistment in 1914. Stebie9173 has given me some excellent material already on the main thread, but I wondered if your specialised database on the Buffs can shed any additional light. Regards, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotTom Posted 8 January , 2009 Share Posted 8 January , 2009 Mick, Hope you don't mind if I tug on your sleeve once again. Do you have any biographical info on Capt. Lancaster (birth date, birth place, parents? Is the London address the one he used before or after the war?) Would be interesting to track his family if possible and offer them the gun without charge (although I have no idea how I would get them the Webley, considering your gun laws). Thanks in advance. Tony (HotTom) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenbecker Posted 8 January , 2009 Share Posted 8 January , 2009 Mate, I am unsure if I asked this question before but I was after any details or photos on RWK men that served in the Camel Corps. I show these men may have served in the ICC when the 53rd Div was asked to provide men for the 5th Camel company in July 1916 in Egpyt. The RWK men from the 2/4th Bn RWK (160 Bde 53 Div) went to form the 5th Company and these are the names I have; Coleman Fred G. 51020 Pte ICC? 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (3024) and Hussars Dean Kenneth 51037 Pte ICC? 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (2544) and Hussars Dovonan Richard 51014 Sgt ICC? 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (584) and Hussars Easton Frank 6058 Pte ICC? 5Co? Ex 2/4 East Kent Regt (3149) and West Kent Regt (TF/6058) KIA 9-1-17 Eversfield William R. 51022 Pte ICC? 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (3584) and Hussars Garnett William G. 51024 Pte ICC 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (3561) and Hussars Green Charles 51023 Pte ICC 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (3607) and (13535) Harvey Cuthbert 50172 Pte 8Co Ex West Kent Yeo (2003) and Hussars later West Kent Regt (270934) DoW 28-3-18 Hopkins Edward 51015 Wo2 ICC? 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (202616) and Hussars Janes Harold 51025 Pte ICC? 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (1890) and Hussars Jones Henry J. 51028 Pte ICC 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (2226) and Hussars Rich Henry 51027 Pte ICC 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (2531) and Hussars Roberts Hedley 51026 Pte ICC 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (3685) and Hussars Rowe John O. 51016 L/Cpl ICC? 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (3618) and Hussars Shaw George A. 2661 L/Cpl 5Co Ex 2/4 West Kent Regt (TF/2661) (203295) gsw cheek WIA 27-3-18 Slaughter Henry C. 51029 Pte ICC 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (3409) and Hussars Swinford Frederick HJ 51030 Pte ICC 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (2664) and Hussars Taylor John 51031 Pte ICC 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (2979) and Hussars Vine Frederick G. 51017 Pte ICC 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (2887) and Hussars Walter Edward G. 51033 Pte ICC? 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (1708) and Hussars White Frank J. 51034 Pte ICC 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (1864) and Hussars White Herbert S. 51035 Pte ICC 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (1920) and Hussars Wooding Frederick C. 51036 Pte ICC? 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (2680) and Hussars Woodward Harry G. 51108 Pte ICC 5Co? Ex Royal West Kent Regt (2647) and Hussars Many of the men from the 5th Company were wiped out during Newcombes raid behind the Turkish lines in Nov 1917. Any details on these men would be a help particularly on any PoW's of this Regt in the hands of the Turks from Palestine. I know that s a lot but any details or confirmation of the names I have would help here. Cheers S.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted 9 January , 2009 Share Posted 9 January , 2009 Hi Mick, I was wondering if you had any details on G/25307 Pte. Cecil Burrows of the 1st Battalion? I managed to find his MIC and a partial service record, and was wondering if you might have any additional info on him. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 9 January , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2009 Nick I can't add anything to the reply on the other thread Tom I have no further info on Lancaster. The address is one that he held in 1921. I don't know what the gun laws are, particularly if it is not deactivated, but it would look nice on my mantlepiece! Steve My database is only East Kent men hence the only chap I have is Frank Easton. However, there is no detail to add I'm afraid. Jeff No info on Burrows other than the sale of his Victory Medal on ebay in September 08 Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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