Hi Stuart & Listers ! Just a minor point - but it may help if you are trying to trace Army records - the initials R.A.M.C. stand for Royal Army Medical Corps ! - the 'A.' does not stand for 'Auxiliary' !! Best Wishes ! Roger. ---------------------- On 11 Sep 2011, at 18:30, Stuart Oakes wrote: > Hi > >> From various certificates I have discovered that my Granddad was a >> Sapper in the Royal Engineers and he was an electrical engineer as >> was his father. > > My Granddads name was John Joseph Murphy and I suspect that he had > been wounded during the First World War as his address was given as > the Military Hospital Colchester. > > My Nan a Nurse must have fallen in love for they married in June 1916. > > His Dad Francis Murphy attended the wedding and he was recorded as > an electrician. > > In April 1917 at the birth of my Uncle Francis Joseph Murphy, my > Granddad is recorded as a Private in the Royal Auxiliary Medical Corp. > > This far and now it's my wall, as there is no army number to relate > too I am at a loss on what or where to look now. > > If any kind person could advise me I would be very grateful. > > Stuart