manxmangt Posted 9 May , 2008 Share Posted 9 May , 2008 I am after the medal card for a Corporal 9155 Valentine Vyse Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry he was also Corporal 28427 Wiltshire Regiment, any help would be much appreciated, my neighbour Eileen is 87 and has started telling me about her dad so I HAD BETTER COME UP WITH SOMETHING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmoff Posted 9 May , 2008 Share Posted 9 May , 2008 Here is his MIC to be going on with:-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmoff Posted 9 May , 2008 Share Posted 9 May , 2008 I can only see one Valentine Vyse on the 1901 census, ten years old so the age could be good, but he's in Birmingham! Name: Valentine A Vyse Age: 10 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891 Relation: Son Father's Name: Frederick J Mother's Name: Jane M Gender: Male Where born: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Civil Parish: Birmingham Ecclesiastical parish: St Chrysostom County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England Registration district: Birmingham Sub registration district: All Saints ED, institution, or vessel: 32 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 65 Household Members: Name Age Alfred G Vyse 8 Edward C Vyse 6 Ellen L Vyse 5 Elsie M Vyse 2 months Frederick J Vyse 35 Harry Vyse 2 Jane M Vyse 36 Valentine A Vyse 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clay Posted 9 May , 2008 Share Posted 9 May , 2008 Makes sense, robmoff. FreeBMD has one Eileen VYSE, mother's name HUNT, born B'ham, June 1920. And Valentine A VYSE married Ada HUNT, B'ham, June 1915. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxmangt Posted 9 May , 2008 Author Share Posted 9 May , 2008 Thats brilliant, thanks very much, she knew her dad had signed up in about 1908 but that was all she knew, she was very impressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxmangt Posted 9 May , 2008 Author Share Posted 9 May , 2008 Just one more thing, searching through Records Office I have come across an Augustus V Vyse No A/368882 private ASC, given that my chaps name was Valentine Augustus Vyse this is very odd, what is the significance of his service number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusilier11 Posted 9 May , 2008 Share Posted 9 May , 2008 In Williamsons book he gives this - The A prefix for ASC denotes old army special reserve(Butchery & Bakery?) Fusilier11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 10 May , 2008 Share Posted 10 May , 2008 Vyse is a very old Brummie name. He would have served with 2nd Battalion DCLI - 20 Dec 1914 is the date they sailed. 82nd Brigade, 27th Div. Had just returned from Hong Kong. Valentine was very likely to have been a serving regular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxmangt Posted 10 May , 2008 Author Share Posted 10 May , 2008 Vyse is a very old Brummie name. He would have served with 2nd Battalion DCLI - 20 Dec 1914 is the date they sailed. 82nd Brigade, 27th Div. Had just returned from Hong Kong. Valentine was very likely to have been a serving regular. He was a regular, we know he signed up in 1908 on his birthday supposedly, so he had just returned from Hong Kong with a view to either sign again or be demobbed, when war broke out, the same thing happened to my father 25 years later. I have found out that he was wounded in the thigh and had to recuperate on the Isle of White, I was wondering if he could have returned to duty as Private A/368882 RASC given that the names are identical but reversed and highly unusual. Would anyone have access to the MIC of this second soldier? I find the puzzle most intrigueing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clay Posted 10 May , 2008 Share Posted 10 May , 2008 Here's the MIC for Augustus V VYSE, ASC: Jim PS - I can't find an Augustus VYSE in the 1901 census, and on FreeBMD births, only one - but born in London in 1867- a tad too early, I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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