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    Lt.Col.Edward Maples Linton.R.F.A

    The officers records were subjected to the same fate in WW2 as the ORs. They were also subjected to systematic weeding by the authorities throughout....
    Post by: forester, Jul 5, 2012 in forum: Looking for someone
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    Thomas Henry Jackson - named on Ravensthorpe Memorial, Northants

    Ant, He is one of a whole batch of men who have 4th Battalion RSR numbers, but who came from and enlisted in the Northamptonshire area. If you have...
    Post by: forester, Jun 20, 2012 in forum: Looking for someone
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    London irish rifles 18th battalion

    Angela, I'm afraid that only an estimated 30% of service records from the period survived. They were subjected to systematic weeding and a major...
    Post by: forester, May 11, 2012 in forum: World War 1
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    canadian soldiers ?

    Sue, John William Brinkley, L/8308, Essex Regiment, was a pre-war Regular. He would have joined in 1904 and was probably recalled from the reserve...
    Post by: forester, May 10, 2012 in forum: Looking for someone
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    London irish rifles 18th battalion

    Hello Angela, If his service record has survived, it will be on Ancestry. I don't subscribe myself, but from a quick search, unless it has been...
    Post by: forester, May 10, 2012 in forum: World War 1
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    Troop Ships from Britain to Le Havre France

    Hello Larry, The 75th Battalion were already in the thick of it then, so there are no details in the war diary on how the drafts arrived. The only...
    Post by: forester, May 8, 2012 in forum: World War 1
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    Clifford Rose Berkshire regiment WWi - service history of my grandfather

    Sorry, I'm trying to get away from that side of it. CWGC recognition is not too easy for post-discharge deaths. I've been lucky so far in that I...
    Post by: forester, May 8, 2012 in forum: Looking for someone
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    Clifford Rose Berkshire regiment WWi - service history of my grandfather

    Myrtle, If you think that it is the man I posted above, I suggest that you get his Death Cert. I believe that this man was born in Sept Quarter 1869...
    Post by: forester, May 8, 2012 in forum: Looking for someone
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    Clifford Rose Berkshire regiment WWi - service history of my grandfather

    Hello Myrtle, Are you sure he was born in 1852? That would put him in his sixties. I can't see any medal index cards for a Clifford Rose in the...
    Post by: forester, May 7, 2012 in forum: Looking for someone
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    Looking for my g-grandfather mentioned in dispatches

    You don't give his service number and there are several Alfred Carters in the RAMC, but assuming that he is Carter No. 92353 Private A., then he is...
    Post by: forester, May 5, 2012 in forum: Looking for someone
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    Grandfather (20th/24th London Regiment) with Military Cross

    Hello Graham, I assume that you meant Charles Victor KEEBLE. I'm pleased to hear that you had a fruitful day at Kew. I agree, go with a definite...
    Post by: forester, Apr 27, 2012 in forum: World War 1
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    John James Nairn

    Denis, This is probably him: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/67790/NAIRN,%20J%20J John James Nairn, Lance Corporal 14729, 6th...
    Post by: forester, Apr 26, 2012 in forum: Looking for someone
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    Grandfather (20th/24th London Regiment) with Military Cross

    Hello Graham, What was his name? Officers files are held at Kew, if they have survived both the Blitz and systematic weeding. A good many, but not...
    Post by: forester, Apr 26, 2012 in forum: World War 1
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    3rd Dragoons

    The war diary for 3rd Dragoon Guards is held at the National Archives, Kew in WO 95/1153. This link will give you an outline though. Phil
    Post by: forester, Jul 31, 2011 in forum: World War 1
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    Forum Health Check

    Hello Tony, I still check in every week or so. Phil
    Post by: forester, Jan 22, 2011 in forum: Barracks