On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:59:14 -0000, "Barbara Short" <b.short@virgin.net> wrote: >I have been looking for several years to track down my grandfather`s WW1 medals, and yes, I do appreciate what an impossible task this is ! Token Publishing, who produce the Medal News magazine, have a service called Medal Tracker, where you can list medals you are after. See http://www.medaltracker.com/about.asp >My question is this - did medals sent to the widows of soldiers who died, have their names already engraved around the rim, or was it up to the family to get this done ? For the British Armed Forces in WW1, the campaign medals were sent out with the recipient's details already inscribed on them. This did not happen in WW2, when the campaign medals were sent without an inscription. >I ask this question because I search regularly on eBay and several medals are listed as `genuine un-named original medals`. Do you have a link to any such medals from WW1? Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher

I have been looking for several years to track down my grandfather`s WW1 medals, and yes, I do appreciate what an impossible task this is ! My question is this - did medals sent to the widows of soldiers who died, have their names already engraved around the rim, or was it up to the family to get this done ? I ask this question because I search regularly on eBay and several medals are listed as `genuine un-named original medals`. It is also very sad to see medals listed for sale by family members, when I would be so thrilled to track down just one of mine ! Barbara

luckily i found my grandfathers brother ALEXANDER GILDEROY STANGROOME death plaque( gallipoli ww1) for sale on e bay and managed to buy it from the purchaser, still looking for my grandfathers medal's ( they lost everything when house was bombed in WW2 at NEW CROSS STANGROOME CECIL [ No idea what regiment know he was in indian till 1920's and at Lille in belguim some time ] regards carolynn

Jo The simple answer is NO There are a few cases where you can have a pretty good guess, for example knowing when a Kitchener battalion was being formed or when you have a territorial number. Some regiments used to prefix the regimental number with the battalion number eg 3/3452 but this usually only applied to large territorial regiments or reserve battalions. Regards John In message <000f01c73d36$d37f4490$0201a8c0@your6c2ff8962c>, Jo <granite@waitrose.com> writes >I hope this is the correct list - please let me know if it isn't. > >My grandfather, James Mangan, served in both of two regiments during WW1 - >he was at Passchendaele and the Somme. I know his regiment numbers from his >medal card. Can this information be used to determine which battalions he >served in? > >Leinster Regiment: 10017 - Rank: Private >Army Cyclist Corps: 1203 - Rank: Acting Corporal > >Hoping that someone can help! > >Thanks > >Jo > -- John Chapman

Greetings, Just to say that there were others who were awarded medals, my mother got a medal for Air Raid Warning, and fire watching, 1939---1945 Now displayed in a picture frames with my father and step fathers pictures and medals. Peter Barbara Short wrote: >I ask this question because I search regularly on eBay and several medals are listed as `genuine un-named original medals`. It is also very sad to see medals listed for sale by family members, when I would be so thrilled to track down just one of mine ! > >Barbara > > > >

Greetings, Bravery at various points in history is amazing, there is the possiblility of some future generations saying of our nuclear age and possibility of annihilation without warning, "How could they stand the strain."??? The battle of Waterloo, a closely bunched battle line individual ducked his head to avoid a cannon ball coming 'right at his head' to get a rebuke "For shame that man" "Must be a conscript"! 'Great War' battle advances, 'walk, dress the lines'...............and hundreds and maybe thousands did and paid the penalty of the age with courage. We carry the genes of our forefathers, good bad or indifferent. Air raid shelters, we had both, Anderson and Morrison (?). It was better to be under the dining room table in a steel cage designed to take the collapse of the house than in the garden with stagnant water and frogs etc. Still, 'any port in a storm'!! Peter michael cooper wrote: > >I am told by family members that when WW2 broke out he refused to accept the standard issue Anderson Garden shelter, instead building his own by hand to protect his family, living in Warley, Birmingham, they were now risked being bombed in their own home- no doubt remembering the skills he must have learnt in WW1- to make something far more substantial that lasted- several neighbours' houses a few doors down the road were bombed and obliterated. > >How dreadful it must have been to have survived the First World War only to see another right on your doorstep...what our ancestors must have gone through.... > >My mother remembers as a child never being able to "play den" in the shelter at the bottom of the garden-it was strictly forbidden- I suspect perhaps, it reminded him too much of his experiences, and was not to be seen as a "thing of play", but as a necessary protection and survival tool of a most horrific time for him & his squad. > >I look at this photo of 33 brave chaps and wonder what they must have gone through, and just how many survived to come home. >regards >Mike > > > > > > > > >

I hope this is the correct list - please let me know if it isn't. My grandfather, James Mangan, served in both of two regiments during WW1 - he was at Passchendaele and the Somme. I know his regiment numbers from his medal card. Can this information be used to determine which battalions he served in? Leinster Regiment: 10017 - Rank: Private Army Cyclist Corps: 1203 - Rank: Acting Corporal Hoping that someone can help! Thanks Jo -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.3/642 - Release Date: 20/01/2007 22:31 BullGuard Anti-virus has scanned this e-mail and found it clean. Try BullGuard for free: www.bullguard.com

Hello- this is my first posting on this listing board- I've just been given a group photo of the above squad showing 32 uniformed men arranged in a group from sitting position to 4 layers high, all uniformed and holding their rifles. Printed information is along the bottom of the photograph; "Cpl Williams' Squad Coldstream Guards Dec 1915" One of the men is my Great Grandfather Albert Edward Robbins- It may be a long shot, but if anyone has relatives who served in this Squad, I would be more than happy to email them the photograph- its 81 years old, but in perfect condition. I've just located my Gt Grandfather's service medal record in the National Archives- I look at these brave men and wonder who they were and what happened to them? My Great Grandfather was lucky enough to survive 4 years in the trenches. Does anyone remember Corporal Williams' squad?- I wonder if there is any way of finding out? I am told by family members that when WW2 broke out he refused to accept the standard issue Anderson Garden shelter, instead building his own by hand to protect his family, living in Warley, Birmingham, they were now risked being bombed in their own home- no doubt remembering the skills he must have learnt in WW1- to make something far more substantial that lasted- several neighbours' houses a few doors down the road were bombed and obliterated. How dreadful it must have been to have survived the First World War only to see another right on your doorstep...what our ancestors must have gone through.... My mother remembers as a child never being able to "play den" in the shelter at the bottom of the garden-it was strictly forbidden- I suspect perhaps, it reminded him too much of his experiences, and was not to be seen as a "thing of play", but as a necessary protection and survival tool of a most horrific time for him & his squad. I look at this photo of 33 brave chaps and wonder what they must have gone through, and just how many survived to come home. regards Mike > From: greatwar-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: GREATWAR Digest, Vol 2, Issue 15> To: greatwar@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:22:22 -0700> > > > Today's Topics:> > 1. Re: WW1 UK Draft. (james morgan)> 2. George Drury (Kendal)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:52:14 +0000 (GMT)> From: james morgan <jteaguem@yahoo.co.uk>> Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] WW1 UK Draft.> To: greatwar@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <754873.24042.qm@web25605.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1> > Janice.> Many thanks for the info.> James> > Janice Duke <mshx@optonline.net> wrote: Hi James/Listers,> See:> http://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.2472> http://www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/ukconscription.htm> > Janice> USA> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "james morgan" > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:13 PM> Subject: [GREATWAR] WW1 UK Draft.> > > > Hi Listers.> > My name is James Morgan in Bridgend Wales and my question is.> > What date did the War DRAFT start and how was it carried out?> > Best Regards.> > James.> >> >> > ---------------------------------> > What kind of emailer are you? 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Plus: play games and win prizes.> > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:45:34 +0200> From: "Kendal" <kendal@telkomsa.net>> Subject: [GREATWAR] George Drury> To: <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <001301c73c4d$fb7d7500$bf88ef9b@1>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > Hi LIst:> I'm trying to trace information on a George DRURY for his grandson Tony DRURY. > > The only information that we have at the moment is that george DRURY was born in England & that he was a Quartermaster Sergeant in the Flying Corps, living at married quarters, Artilllery Barracks, Pretoria in 1921.We know this from Tony's father birth certificate > [The South African element of the Royal Flying Corps was formed in 1921 by way of donation of 100 machines from the Royal Flying Corps]> George DRURY had three other sons George , Ronnie & William who were at least 10 years older than Tony's father.> I suspect that George DRURY probably had a flying corps connection in the Great War.> We will be grateful for any assistance> Regards,> Keith Kendal> > > > > ------------------------------> > To contact the GREATWAR list administrator, send an email to> GREATWAR-admin@rootsweb.com.> > To post a message to the GREATWAR mailing list, send an email to GREATWAR@rootsweb.com.> > __________________________________________________________> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the> email with no additional text.> > > End of GREATWAR Digest, Vol 2, Issue 15> *************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d

I've just added my transcription for December 1917 to the military records section of my website at the link below. Peter http://www.rimell.u-net.com/

Hello All Can anyone give me some information on the 11th Pack Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Regiment. I am inquiring about it on behaf of a friend whose father was serving with this unit at Quetta India in 1921. I would be interested in its history, movements and a definition of a Pack Battery. Many thanks Trevor Hancock

You might want to check for further information on British operations in Russia (Dunster Force and other units including the RN in the Baltic) at the Western Front Association (UK) discussion forum _www.westernfrontassociation.com_ (http://www.westernfrontassociation.com) . LGS

Greetings, Just a line to offer a fragment of information, I had been seeking a family relative who we knew was sent to Russia in 1916. Through the help of these web sites I was guided to the Royal Navy, then the Navy Flying Service, finally to be able to access his service records when he joined up, (Volunteers called for with mechanical/vehicle experience) with immediate rank of sergeant, and sent to Russia to become an 'Armoured Car' group! No flying or servicing apparant. The trail then goes cold. (Russian revolution and its agonies, it would seem that the armoured cars ran down to middle east location.) Peter Kendal wrote: >Hi LIst: >I'm trying to trace information on a George DRURY for his grandson Tony DRURY. > >The only information that we have at the moment is that george DRURY was born in England & that he was a Quartermaster Sergeant in the Flying Corps, living at married quarters, Artilllery Barracks, Pretoria in 1921.We know this from Tony's father birth certificate >[The South African element of the Royal Flying Corps was formed in 1921 by way of donation of 100 machines from the Royal Flying Corps] >George DRURY had three other sons George , Ronnie & William who were at least 10 years older than Tony's father. >I suspect that George DRURY probably had a flying corps connection in the Great War. >We will be grateful for any assistance >Regards, >Keith Kendal > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

Hi LIst: I'm trying to trace information on a George DRURY for his grandson Tony DRURY. The only information that we have at the moment is that george DRURY was born in England & that he was a Quartermaster Sergeant in the Flying Corps, living at married quarters, Artilllery Barracks, Pretoria in 1921.We know this from Tony's father birth certificate [The South African element of the Royal Flying Corps was formed in 1921 by way of donation of 100 machines from the Royal Flying Corps] George DRURY had three other sons George , Ronnie & William who were at least 10 years older than Tony's father. I suspect that George DRURY probably had a flying corps connection in the Great War. We will be grateful for any assistance Regards, Keith Kendal

Can any lister help me please? What would have been the escort formation to return a deserter in the UK back to his Unit. Would they have been armed and if the Unit was in France would they have been returned there? Geoff Foster _www.thinblueline.org.uk_ (http://www.thinblueline.org.uk)

Hi Shirley, Sorry you could n't take part in the petition. I did say that it was a UK ( meaning United Kingdom, meaning British ) census. Anyhow, thanks for your quick response. Regards. Patrick. Perth, Western Australia. RSCarter@aol.com wrote: > I went into the website, as I wanted to sign it. But it says you have to be > a British citizen....DARN...I'd love for it to be opened.... > > Shirley in Texas > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Good morning. If successful , this petition could provide a useful tool for anybody in the UK who is researching their family tree. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/CensusInfoFreed/ Patrick Holland. Perth Western Australia

Janice. Many thanks for the info. James Janice Duke <mshx@optonline.net> wrote: Hi James/Listers, See: http://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.2472 http://www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/ukconscription.htm Janice USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "james morgan" To: Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:13 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] WW1 UK Draft. > Hi Listers. > My name is James Morgan in Bridgend Wales and my question is. > What date did the War DRAFT start and how was it carried out? > Best Regards. > James. > > > --------------------------------- > What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your > email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-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 GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes.

Yes, but I have relatives over there that I'm looking for, so it would help me, too

I went into the website, as I wanted to sign it. But it says you have to be a British citizen....DARN...I'd love for it to be opened.... Shirley in Texas

Hi Listers. My name is James Morgan in Bridgend Wales and my question is. What date did the War DRAFT start and how was it carried out? Best Regards. James. --------------------------------- What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship.