high wood Posted 24 February , 2008 Share Posted 24 February , 2008 Another photographic mystery. This soldier in the Border Regiment signed the card, "yours very sincerely, Don". On the back he wrote his name and address, Don Stonehouse, 29, The Grove, Uplands, Swansea, S.W. I cannot find a medal index card for him. Can anyone point me in the right direction, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 24 February , 2008 Share Posted 24 February , 2008 he would only have a MIC if he had medals - not every one served in theatre so didnt qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 19 October , 2015 Share Posted 19 October , 2015 Apologies for the delay. There was a Marshall Stonehouse living at that address in 1923. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 19 October , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 October , 2015 No apology necessary as this is along term project, no matter how long it takes. Where is your information from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 19 October , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 October , 2015 Marshall Stonehouse is listed on the 1911 census as living at number 53, The Grove, Uplands, Swansea along with his younger brother George and the rest of his family but no Don Stonehouse. It isn't Marshall in the photograph as he enlisted into the 14th Battalion, Welsh Regiment as Pte, No 17185 on 30th September 1914 and was discharged, wounded on the 23rd July 1917. I wonder if young George had a middle name or was known as Don. He would have been 18 in 1918 and might have served post war in the Border Regiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 19 October , 2015 Share Posted 19 October , 2015 I had just typed all that out! I have tried and failed to make the connection, but 53 Cambridge Street is just 0.3 miles from 29 The Grove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 19 October , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 October , 2015 It is George in the photograph. George MacDonald Stonehouse was born in 1900 in Pontardawe, Wales. IPT, thank you for your input in solving this mystery. Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 19 October , 2015 Share Posted 19 October , 2015 Oh very good. Well spotted. There is an RAF record for George MacDonald Stonehouse, of 29 The Grove, that shows that he was a cadet at "No10 Technical Training Wing, St Leonard's 15/1/1918" and then "Sent to 4th Border Regiment 31/3/1918" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 19 October , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 October , 2015 Brilliant, many thanks. Does it give a service number for him in either the RFC/RAF or the Army? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 19 October , 2015 Share Posted 19 October , 2015 No, sorry. Just says cadet. The RAF papers were completed retrospectively in August 1918, and have only the barest details entered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 20 October , 2015 Author Share Posted 20 October , 2015 Many thanks for your help with reviving this thread and solving the mystery of this soldier's identity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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