Sorry if this is a bit of line, but does anyone know about the volunteers that went over to France from Lincolnshire in WW1 to look after the horses what regiment were they a part of, and is there any recordof the men who went, PLease.  Bazza   ________________________________ From: Beverley Hill <hilltock@btinternet.com> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 2 December 2011, 14:12 Subject: Re: [LIN] Redhead (Sherwood Foresters) The 10th Battalion went to France in July 1915 and moved almost immediately into the notorious bloody Ypres Salient. In 1916, it took part in the first ten days of continuous fighting on the Somme, returning for a second time into the grim battle in August and yet a third time in October/November. In 1917 the Battalion fought magnificently throughout the 2nd Battle of Ypres suffering further heavy casualties and like the 9th Battalion continued in the forefront of battle throughout 1918 to the end. Looks like he was probably injured at Ypres. http://www.nottsandderby.co.uk/Notts___Derby/notts___derby.html Bev -----Original Message----- From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: 02 December 2011 10:39 To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LIN] Redhead (Sherwood Foresters) OK at least any Ancestry researcher will find the prompt to the right name in Soldiers died (they might well also find this thread as its archived) Although the war diaries are highly unlikely to name your man it may tell you where they were on the days he may have been injured on (presumably a few days at least before the 6th Jun 1917) One further ploy you might try, search Ancestrys service records for service numbers close to your mans and who served in the same regiment, if any survive it may give a better idea of what they were doing and so also your mans experience Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >>Yes Nivard, that is my man buried in Hemswell, with his parents my greats >>The War Diaries sound interesting, I may look into them. > As you and others have said looks like his full records are lost. He > died in a hospital in Leicester after having his thigh amputation, no > 51949 Private B Company 10th Notts and Derby Regiment is on his death > certificate, 23yrs, looks like 5th Northern General Hospital. Just > would have liked to find out where he was wounded and how. > Thanks for everyones help. > Chris > >>Name:  REDHEAD, ERNEST >>Initials:  E >>Nationality:  United Kingdom >>Rank:  Private >>Regiment/Service:  Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) >>Unit Text:  10th Bn. >>Age:  23 >>Date of Death:  05/06/1917 >>Service No:  51949 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Bazza Do you not have a name and details for your man? Most regiments had horses at the start of the war and many would have their own men to look after them There were more specialised units such as the Veterinary Corps Theres a good piece on Horses used in the first war here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horses_in_World_War_I If you have name and details I can look further for you It should be noted that approx two thirds of WW1 service records were lost in WW2, so chances are they may not have survived but he should have a medal card at least Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) Sorry if this is a bit of line, but does anyone know about the volunteers that went over to France from Lincolnshire in WW1 to look after the horses what regiment were they a part of, and is there any recordof the men who went, PLease. Bazza