I have just had a look at the Archive on the WW2 List and it appears to be slanted towards the US forces, could anyone confirm or deny if this is the case, information I am after concerns the British Army and I don't want to subscribe if I am having to wade through e-mails about US units, of which I know very little. Thank You Regards John Milner

Hum..... The Great War is World War One, 1914-1918...and most of the queries on that list concern World War One in the UK. LGS

The only information I have is 37724 Private P. BONFIELD, died 24 Jan 1918, 14th Bn Suffolk Regiment, age 21, buried Dorking Cemetery. Any further information, family, NOK etc greatly appreciated. Margaret Rose Wagga Wagga NSW

So my transcribing was correct then. Thank you for your help Peter. Regards Peter

Hi Peter, Two of the men I am researching are RME and RMA, Royal Marine Engineers and Royal Marine Artillery. regards Peter Fellowes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Metcalfe" <Peter-redfern@runbox.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] What Regiment ? > Hi Peter > > As I said to Steve I will check the original document again. > > Thanks > > Peter > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hello Peter You may find it to be Royal Marine Artillery Regards Peter Fellowes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Metcalfe" <Peter-redfern@runbox.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:06 AM Subject: [GREATWAR] What Regiment ? > Hello > > Can someone tell me what regiment the RMA is Please? > > I have a Gunner Edward Bevan no 1032 who was in that regiment. > > Regards > > Peter > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hello Sure its not RHA - Royal Horse Artillery? part of Royal Artillery. steve Peter Metcalfe <Peter-redfern@runbox.com> wrote: Hello Can someone tell me what regiment the RMA is Please? I have a Gunner Edward Bevan no 1032 who was in that regiment. Regards Peter ------------------------------- 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 Researching 9th (service) Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys Regiment) during the Great War. www.ypressalient.co.uk People ask me my religion - my religion is kindness - True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realised

Hello 14th Bn - Bonfield, Percy, enlisted Guildford 37724 private, died , Home,21/1/18, formerly 4000, Royal West Surrey Regiment. Not much but his family are possibly from Guildford or Dorking. The 14 th Bn had only 14 deaths ! 14th battalion Territorial force - 1/1/17 - 64th Provisional Bn at Weybourne in 223 rd Brigade, became 14th Bn. The 64th Bn had been formed in June 1915 with home service personnel of the T.F. battalions ( T.F. Men had to volunteer to serve overseas and some did not). July 1917 at Sheringham. April 1918 Holt. Nov 1918 - Cley in 223rd Bn. regards Steve Margaret Rose <florose@optusnet.com.au> wrote: The only information I have is 37724 Private P. BONFIELD, died 24 Jan 1918, 14th Bn Suffolk Regiment, age 21, buried Dorking Cemetery. Any further information, family, NOK etc greatly appreciated. Margaret Rose Wagga Wagga NSW ------------------------------- 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 Researching 9th (service) Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys Regiment) during the Great War. www.ypressalient.co.uk People ask me my religion - my religion is kindness - True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realised

Hi Peter As I said to Steve I will check the original document again. Thanks Peter

Hi Steve I suppose it could be RHA. I will check when I next visit the local record office. Thanks Peter

Hello Can someone tell me what regiment the RMA is Please? I have a Gunner Edward Bevan no 1032 who was in that regiment. Regards Peter

Gretna Green in Scotland (famous for cross-border marriages from England) had the largest Munitions factory in the world in WWI; from "Gretna's Secret War" by Gordon L. Routledge, 1999 (reviewed in Family Tree Magazine September 2006 page 19). The factory, 9 miles by 2 miles, required 30,000 munition workers and 10,000 construction navvies. They were accomodated nearby eg in Carlisle, England. At Carlisle, when 5000 workers arrived by train one landlord had 1000 whiskies lined up! This led to the local Liquor industry (158 pubs & 4 breweries) being nationalised, which lasted to 1971. See also: http://www.devilsporridge.co.uk/ http://heritage.scotsman.com/ingenuity.cfm?id=2078002005 http://www.bookscumbria.com/cgi-bin/trolleyed_public.cgi?action=showprod_195 5 Yours, John Wilson

Hello Howard, You may send a copy to me as a JPEG attachment. Please try to make the image as clear and as large [within reason] as possible. If there are parts of the picture, like shoulder titles, please also try to make a separate enlargement or zoom of those areas. Also [and every tiny bit of information may help] if there is any writing or inscriptions on the picture, on the back of the picture, names or places names etc please also include them as notes with the image. I make no guarantee but by all means will have a look for you. Regards Peter Fellowes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Booth" <howard@booths44.freeserve.co.uk> To: "Great War" <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 9:17 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] Cap Badge >I have just received a photo of a relative in WW 1 uniform and need help to >identify the cap badge. > > Can I send the photo to someone as a attachment ? > > Howard. > > ------------------------------- > 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

I have just received a photo of a relative in WW 1 uniform and need help to identify the cap badge. Can I send the photo to someone as a attachment ? Howard.

Try this website Howard. Regards Peter http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/badges/badgestart.htm

you can send it to me delilah evans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Booth" <howard@booths44.freeserve.co.uk> To: "Great War" <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 4:17 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] Cap Badge |I have just received a photo of a relative in WW 1 uniform and need help to identify the cap badge. | | Can I send the photo to someone as a attachment ? | | Howard. | | ------------------------------- | 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

Hello All Will SKS please advise the address I should use to Unsubscribe? Very many thanks Dan

Hello Have you tried putting his name into www.nationalarchives.gov.uk and checking his name on the Medal Index Cards? You may get a long list depending on his name but it is worth a look. You only pay if you want to download a specific card. Steve IanGDurham@aol.com wrote: Hello List, Thanks for all of your replies and interest. I have been trying to find out if a great grandfather of mine served in WW1, he was British, living in England and have found nothing. On his death certificate, 1970, it was noted that he had had scarlet fever in childhood so I thought that it may have left him unfit for service, your replies seem to confirm that. Thanks again, Ian ------------------------------- 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 Researching 9th (service) Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys Regiment) during the Great War. www.ypressalient.co.uk People ask me my religion - my religion is kindness - True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realised

Hello List, Thanks for all of your replies and interest. I have been trying to find out if a great grandfather of mine served in WW1, he was British, living in England and have found nothing. On his death certificate, 1970, it was noted that he had had scarlet fever in childhood so I thought that it may have left him unfit for service, your replies seem to confirm that. Thanks again, Ian

Hi, While I do not know much (anything) about this, I was talking to a lady the other day whose son had scarlet fever as a toddler, and it severly affected his hearing and therefore his early schooling and he required several operations to improve the problem. The boy is now about 15 or so. Maybe their hearing wasn't up to standard? Sue in Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "~~Sherry Gregg~~" <greenacres@wispertel.net> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 4:44 AM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Medical Question > Ian - I do not know why, but I can confirm that my own father had > scarlet fever and was exempt from military service for that reason. > > Sherry > > > > IanGDurham@aol.com wrote: > >>Hello List, >> >>Would having had Scarlet Fever in childhood have been a reason for someone >>to have been exempted from military service ? >> >>Thanks in advance, Ian >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >