Guest GemmaMeg Posted 27 October , 2014 Share Posted 27 October , 2014 I also have, what II think is a WW I spoon.... Stamped VI... or perhaps VT 129276. Makers marks are M & W BP. Looking for any info on this spoon, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev2386 Posted 27 October , 2014 Share Posted 27 October , 2014 The idea of sharpening spoons isn't a new one. In my, relatively, "modern" service, there were quite a few of us who sharpened one edge of a spoon so that a full KFS didn't have to be carried. I believe "racing spoon" was the name of them due to the speed you could eat your scoff!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 27 October , 2014 Share Posted 27 October , 2014 I inherited a full set of spoons and such that belonged to German Army Lt Kurt Thielicke, kia 1916 in Gueudecourt. Not exactly front line spoons but a fine example of Kurt`s "tools" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nr40 Posted 3 November , 2014 Share Posted 3 November , 2014 Hi, this spoon was found at the former WW1 German fore front military fortifications. Maybe someone knows something that can mean engraving and abbreviation S.O.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Khaki Posted 28 April , 2015 Share Posted 28 April , 2015 I am a little confused with spoon shape, the two spoons shown in post #43, am I to understand that the more rounded 'bowl' of the second spoon is due to field modification and that originally both spoons looked the same with the pointed shape. thanks khaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaki Posted 26 May , 2015 Share Posted 26 May , 2015 I am a little confused with spoon shape, the two spoons shown in post #43, am I to understand that the more rounded 'bowl' of the second spoon is due to field modification and that originally both spoons looked the same with the pointed shape. thanks khaki This is my spoon, WD& unit/ service number marked, note that the bowl tip in more rounded as in post #43, Manufactured by John Round & son Ltd khaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaki Posted 26 May , 2015 Share Posted 26 May , 2015 Not a spoon, but an interesting combination knife and fork manufactured by GENERAL BESTECK age unknown but I would guesstimate late 19th century. I found this rummaging around in a box of GW material about 35 years ago. Possibly military private purchase, German?? Great War use? maybe. khaki (Your thoughts please) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaki Posted 28 May , 2015 Share Posted 28 May , 2015 . I just noticed rereading my previous posts that I had left out one of the images, here it is khaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AHOPE Posted 2 June , 2015 Share Posted 2 June , 2015 Hi all I am new to this forum and the spoon department. I am hoping that you would all be able to help me. While in the process of restoring a ww2 trench, metal detectorist have found these spoos and fork. I have been able to find information on the tea spoon from the hallmarks. The fork is stamped with MAPPIN&WEBB 1939 and has the war department/military issue arrow on it but no other markings. The larger spoon is the one we are struggling with. The markings are MAPPIN&WEBB 1931 on the underside along with some letters & numbers we can't quite read. On the top of the handle the numbers 2529 are stamped. Any help/advice would be much appreciated at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaki Posted 2 June , 2015 Share Posted 2 June , 2015 Hello AHOPE, Welcome to the Great War Forum, from the dates on your interesting finds it is clear that they fall within the scope of the second world war and your question would be more appropriate and possibly better answered on a site that specializes in WW2 material and events. good luck khaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 18 March , 2019 Share Posted 18 March , 2019 Hi. Looks like this conversation hasn't been spoken about for a while! I have a spoon which belonged to my great great grandfather during World War 1. Could anybody tell me anything about why he would have had his name and Bengal stamped on it. I have photos but I am not sure how to attach them! Thanks Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobsH Posted 11 May , 2020 Share Posted 11 May , 2020 Clearing out a green house I found this spoon (tip worn) - stamped 166945. No idea how to find the person who owned this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 11 May , 2020 Share Posted 11 May , 2020 2 choices View Record Arthur Quinn Royal Field Artillery 166945 View Record Thomas W Fenwick Royal Garrison Artillery 166945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted 11 May , 2020 Share Posted 11 May , 2020 (edited) Quinn was from Queen Street in Dumfries, and Fenwick from Belvoir Street in Hull. Both have service papers available - but they don't reveal who was the spoon owner! So where was the greenhouse? BillyH. Edited 11 May , 2020 by BillyH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobsH Posted 11 May , 2020 Share Posted 11 May , 2020 (edited) The greenhouse is located in the Southwest. Edited 11 May , 2020 by GobsH Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobsH Posted 11 May , 2020 Share Posted 11 May , 2020 Thanks for this info. Amazing! As a layman, it seems odd two men serving at the same time had the same number. I wonder if there is any other way to narrow this down. Since the spoon made it back to the UK, I presume the owner survived the war. I presume both men, Quinn and Fenwick, survived the war? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted 11 May , 2020 Share Posted 11 May , 2020 They both survived, and there is no 166945 casualty (any name) listed on CWGC. BillyH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobsH Posted 11 May , 2020 Share Posted 11 May , 2020 Judging by the wear on tip of the by a spoon, it was used in the left hand (when held in the left hand the worn angle points to about 1 o’clock; i.e. near side worn) ... so the person was left handed then??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobsH Posted 11 May , 2020 Share Posted 11 May , 2020 I have in the past been interested in my great grand father - Harry Clay (Long Eaton / Leicestershire?) who got the MM in Egypt/Palestine and the DCM in Belgium/France and was wounded in Gallipoli. I believe I found his DCM citation (in the London Gazette) , but was always interested to know if his MM citation would have been recorded hence found. My father told me he was one of the last British soldiers to go to war on a horse ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted 11 May , 2020 Share Posted 11 May , 2020 14 minutes ago, GobsH said: Judging by the wear on tip of the by a spoon, it was used in the left hand (when held in the left hand the worn angle points to about 1 o’clock; i.e. near side worn) ... so the person was left handed then??? Now, that bit of information shouldn't really be of any help at all - but curiously, Arthur Quinn lost part of his left thumb in the war, so perhaps he wouldn't have been able to hold the spoon with his left hand! BillyH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobsH Posted 11 May , 2020 Share Posted 11 May , 2020 4 minutes ago, BillyH said: Now, that bit of information shouldn't really be of any help at all - but curiously, Arthur Quinn lost part of his left thumb in the war, so perhaps he wouldn't have been able to hold the spoon with his left hand! BillyH. Interesting ... but, did he lose part of his left thumb because he was left handed??? I wonder what grip soldiers used to eat with. It’s a big spoon, I can almost imagine a full fist grip to shovel food in with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobsH Posted 11 May , 2020 Share Posted 11 May , 2020 ... this chap suggests otherwise https://images.app.goo.gl/jJ3ZEH2RGbjrkagd6 :O) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobsH Posted 11 May , 2020 Share Posted 11 May , 2020 I’ve searched and all the spoons I found were worn the opposite direction - so I think this soldier was left handed. Silly question time - in the service cards, who writes in the name? To me, the name and rest of the writing were done by different people. I’m no expert, but if the solider wrote their own name, then perhaps we can tell if Quinn or Fenwick is a leftie by style ... Again, no expert, but Fenwick’s ‘Thomas’ looks more fluid, with a curling back T that looks less natural for a leftie ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobsH Posted 11 May , 2020 Share Posted 11 May , 2020 I hope I’m not over-egging this ... I found an article (published in the 90s) that suggests the left handed people are much more likely to have a dominant thumb amputation that a right handed person. https://www.jhandsurg.org/article/S0363-5023(05)80157-1/pdf This is believed to be due to bad tool design. Both soldier worked in artillery (I believed), which might have been designed with right handed people in mind, especially in 1914-20. Can’t be sure, but probability suggests this more likely to be Arthur Quinn’s spoon and not Thomas Fenwick’s. @BillyH - I don’t suppose there’s a date associated with the thumb injury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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