----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Light" <light.sue@gmail.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Great War" <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] CWGC Sue Thanks a lot, thats my man OK. Howard > Howard > > This looks like him, but the details are somewhat different. > > http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=804694 > > Regards > Sue > > > On 21/09/06, Howard Booth <howard@booths44.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >> >> Today I received a cutting from a Oldham newspaper of a relative in WW1 >> >> Lance-Corp. LUKE MARSDEN WATSON. M.M. >> Kings (Liverpool) Regiment. >> Killed 20 November 1917. >> >> I have tried for the last hour to find him on CWGC but cant, can anyone >> help. >> >> Regards >> >> 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 >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

Howard, 1914-1922 gave; Archive Search Results We found 2441 Gazette Editions that contain "L M WATSON". So you could now search these for his award = [http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveSearchResults.asp?webType=0&txtSear chTerms=L+M+WATSON&radSearch=byDate&selFromDay=1&selFromMonth=1&selFromYear= 1914&selToDay=31&selToMonth=12&selToYear=1922&selMedalType=&selHonorType=&fr mSearchSubmit=Search] If it splits you will need to join it up. Alan T... [East Midlands UK] Please visit our personal websites at http://forefathers.homestead.com/

Howard, Don't believe all news reports - my uncle's news report is listed at http://memorabilia.homestead.com/Press_WG_12_Oct_1918.html Which states he is in the Manchester Regiment, this was his enlisted regiment but he served most of the war in the Kings Liverpool Regiment, and he was in the Welsh Regiment when he was killed, his service record notes can be seen at http://memorabilia.homestead.com/CW_Arstall2.html these also listed his brothers and sister's names ages and addresses as well as his own and his parents. So look for his N of K in the listings! So if you read his listings on my website you may be able to determine another CWCG listing as him, another source online is the Gazette whereupon his award of the Military Medal will be listed. http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ ... 528 WATSON's died in the WW1 whilst serving in the British Army. Alan T... [East Midlands UK] Please visit our personal websites at http://forefathers.homestead.com/ Today I received a cutting from a Oldham newspaper of a relative in WW1 Lance-Corp. LUKE MARSDEN WATSON. M.M. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment. Killed 20 November 1917. I have tried for the last hour to find him on CWGC but cant, can anyone help. Regards Howard.

Howard This looks like him, but the details are somewhat different. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=804694 Regards Sue On 21/09/06, Howard Booth <howard@booths44.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > > Today I received a cutting from a Oldham newspaper of a relative in WW1 > > Lance-Corp. LUKE MARSDEN WATSON. M.M. > Kings (Liverpool) Regiment. > Killed 20 November 1917. > > I have tried for the last hour to find him on CWGC but cant, can anyone > help. > > Regards > > 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 >

Today I received a cutting from a Oldham newspaper of a relative in WW1 Lance-Corp. LUKE MARSDEN WATSON. M.M. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment. Killed 20 November 1917. I have tried for the last hour to find him on CWGC but cant, can anyone help. Regards Howard.

Anyone know if there is a problem with the CWGC site? A known entry doesn't always come up when the details are entered, and when it does, the link to the cemetery never works. Margaret Rose Wagga Wagga

Howard - General Service / wartime volunteer. regards - Tom Tulloch-Marshall WW1 Military Research website > http://www.btinternet.com/~prosearch/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Booth" <howard@booths44.freeserve.co.uk> To: "Great War" <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:59 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] Medal Roll > Pte. Wilson Chadderton. > Man. Reg. No.15423. > Royal Fusiliers. No. GS/76970. > > Please could you tell me what the GS/ stand for ? > > Regards. > > 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

Pte. Wilson Chadderton. Man. Reg. No.15423. Royal Fusiliers. No. GS/76970. Please could you tell me what the GS/ stand for ? Regards. Howard.

Hi Martin, Many thanks for this. I've just changed my page and uploaded it. If you see any other "blips" please let me know. -----Original Message----- From: greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Martin bird Sent: 17 September 2006 15:55 To: greatwar@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] London Irish Rifles Peter, I went to your website and saw that you had some naval ratings in your family. I could not resist looking at them, well Thomas George Rimell's One anyway. So may I suggest that Thomas's first ship was HMS Fisgard not Fesgard also his last rating should be P.O.2.C. I do hope you don't mind me telling you this as I am well aware what a pain transcribing can be. Success Martin Bird -----Original Message----- From: greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter Rimell Sent: 17 September 2006 11:25 To: GREATWAR@rootsweb.com Subject: [GREATWAR] London Irish Rifles My father served in the London Irish Rifles. Following the discovery of some dated photos and letters I'm transcribing the regiment War Diaries so that I can (hopefully) link the documents with actual places. The transcriptions (still ongoing) through to May 1918 can be found in the Military Records section of my website at the link below. Peter http://www.rimell.u-net.com/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 ------------------------------- 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006

Peter, I went to your website and saw that you had some naval ratings in your family. I could not resist looking at them, well Thomas George Rimell's One anyway. So may I suggest that Thomas's first ship was HMS Fisgard not Fesgard also his last rating should be P.O.2.C. I do hope you don't mind me telling you this as I am well aware what a pain transcribing can be. Success Martin Bird -----Original Message----- From: greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter Rimell Sent: 17 September 2006 11:25 To: GREATWAR@rootsweb.com Subject: [GREATWAR] London Irish Rifles My father served in the London Irish Rifles. Following the discovery of some dated photos and letters I'm transcribing the regiment War Diaries so that I can (hopefully) link the documents with actual places. The transcriptions (still ongoing) through to May 1918 can be found in the Military Records section of my website at the link below. Peter http://www.rimell.u-net.com/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 ------------------------------- 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

My father served in the London Irish Rifles. Following the discovery of some dated photos and letters I'm transcribing the regiment War Diaries so that I can (hopefully) link the documents with actual places. The transcriptions (still ongoing) through to May 1918 can be found in the Military Records section of my website at the link below. Peter http://www.rimell.u-net.com/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006

Hazel I've just noticed your post on my return from holiday. Did you get an answer to this? If not let me know and I will try and help. It would be useful to see the actual card so if possible e-mail me a copy and I'll see what I can do. Kind regards Mike Shingleton -----Original Message----- From: hazel stubbs <hazel.stubbs@tesco.net> Sent Subject: [GREATWAR] James Gearing medals card > Hello all > Help please.On Grandads medal card I can see that he has the > Victory and the British medals.He was in the Royal Field > Artillary/105. What I dont understand is that under this is written > 'Also on BW.what looks like an FV M.roll and R then {1 letter that I > cant make out could be a plus sign }then U. Would anyone have any > clue on what this means.He did die 17/12/18 > many thanks for any help Hazel > > ------------------------------- > 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

Here are some figures for deaths compared with the age group total: World War One Deaths: from John Costello "Mask of Treachery" (1988) note 17 page 620-1. Death Rates: from J. M. Winter "World War One and the British People" (1986): Tthe military losses were: Britain: 723,000 (63 per 1000 males aged 15-49) France: 1,327,000 (133 per 1000 males aged 15-49) Germany: 2,037,000 (125 per 1000 males aged 15-49) Yours, John Wilson > > I am trying to find accurate figures for > men who served in WW1 > men who were killed > the total male population in 1911 (nearest census to 1914). > > So far a trawl of the Internet has thrown up a problem - some information is given for just England and Wales, other for the whole of the UK and so on. I need to be able to have some consistency (eg all figures only for England). > > What I am aiming for is to be able to compare the national statistics with those for one small village in North Yorkshire so I can show whether its caualty rate was different from the national average. > > Does anyone have any ideas about where I can get such information > > Sue Laffey >

Hello each i did not realise until Neil pointed it out that I have turned from Steve into John! My new BT account is using my First name John which i have never used. So I am not trying to 'con' anyone, I really am Steve. Hope that clears up any confusion. John is family name and we are all called it. So in our family shout John and everyone ignores you because we all use second names. Me Gt Gt Gt Grandad must have realised that I would be doing the Family History one day and decided to make it really difficult. I think marrying Fanny Puffett unhinged him. Regards John Stephen Morse (alias Steve only don't tell me Mum) Researching 9th (service) Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys Regiment) during the Great War. People ask me my religion - my religion is kindness

Thanks for this wonderful explanation Malcolm. Black Smith Strikers did not die out with the advent of the hydraulic drop hammer. I well remember working at an Engineering company which had a blacksmith's shop. Each Blacksmith had his striker even though they had the drop hammer to do the heavy work. Mind you they were working with quite heavy forgings sometimes weighing a 100 lbs or more . that would have been about 1960. Ted

Hello Peter. I will have to get the diary for them. I noticed that the 87th Brigade had men fighting on the first day. My lot wear holding the trench line for a week prior to 3rd Ypres and then moved out ready to return in August and October. If the 88th were not at Essex Farm or Marengo Farm, I am in trouble. Thanks and regards Steve Peter Fellowes <peter.fellowes@ntlworld.com> wrote: Hi Steve, The only additional information I can give you is that during [and] as part of the 'work up' and planning for the 'Flanders Offensive' [7th June -10 November] instructions were issued by GHQ on the 22 May for a regrouping of Divisions and both the Army and Corps Artillery, largely by a transfer from the Messines area to the Ypres area. As part of the various Division movements during June and July the following Divisions were transferred from the Third Army to the [new] Fifth Army [it was going to be the Fifth Army who made the main offensive], 15th, 18th, 20th, 29th, 48th and 51st,61st for reserve and the 56th for GHQ reserve. The final allotment was: II Corps: 8th, 18th, 25th and 30th Divisions XIX Corps: 15th, 16th, 36th, 55th Divisions XVIII Corps: 11th, 39th, 48th, 51st Divisions XIV Corps: Guards, 20th, 29th, 38th Divisions VIII Corps: [Reserve] 61st Division V Corps: [GHQ Reserve] 56th Division Perhaps your man was injured or wounded as part of or during these reorganization phases or movements and was moved to 88th Field Ambulance. Terms of reference: Official History of the War Military Operations France and Belgium 1917 Vol 2 Chapt VI 'The Northern Operations' Hope this be of some help Best Regards Peter Fellowes ----- Original Message ----- From: "JOHN MORSE" To: Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] 88 Field Ambulance 20 July 1917 > Hello Peter > The 29th trained around Coventry before going to Gallipoli. > Do you happen to know any of the FA locations on 19/20 July 1917? or if > the Div was near Ypres. They do not seem to have turned up at Ypres until > August and yet my man was killed on 20 July when the battalion were near > Essex Farm. > His death cert has (unusually) Place of death - 88 Filed Amb , France! > > Regards > Steve > > Peter Fellowes wrote: > Hi Steve, > > The only information I have found, and you may have this already [if so > sorry for repetition]. > > My terms of reference: > > 1] Location of Hospitals and Casualty Clearing Stations BEF 1914-1918 > Ministry of Pensions. Dated 13 July 1923. > > 2] Various volumes of Official History of the War Military Operations > France > and Belgium. > > The 29th Div had three Field Ambulance: > > 87th who arrived in France 20 March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st > West Lancs > > 88th who arrived in France 19 March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st > West Anglian > > 89th who arrived in France 26th March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st > Highland > > All three FA arrived with the 29th Div from Egypt. > > 29th Division. > > 86th Bde. > > 2nd Bn, Royal Fusiliers > > 1st Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers > > 16th Bn, Middlesex > > 1st Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers > > 1st Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers > > 1st Bn, Royal Guernsey > > 2/3rd Bn, London Regiment > > 86th Brigade Machine Gun Company > > 86th Trench Mortar Battery > > > > 87th Bde > > 2nd Bn, South Wales Borderers > > 1st Bn, King's Own Scottish Borderers > > 1st Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers > > 1st Bn, Border > > 87th Brigade Machine Gun Company > > 87th Trench Mortar Battery > > > > 88th Brigade > > 1/5th Bn, Royal Scots > > 4th Bn, Worcesters > > 2nd Bn, Hampshire > > 1st Bn, Essex > > 2nd Bn, Leinster > > The 1st Bn, Royal Newfoundland Regiment > > 2/1stBn, London Regiment > > 88th Brigade Machine Gun Company > > 88th Trench Mortar Battery > > > > Hope this might be of some help > > regards > > Peter Fellowes > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JOHN MORSE" > To: "GREATWAR-L@rootsweb. com" > Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 8:26 PM > Subject: [GREATWAR] 88 Field Ambulance 20 July 1917 > > >> Hello Each >> Is anyone researching 88th Field Ambulance, part of 29th Division. I am >> trying to find their location on 19 and 20 July 1917. Or even any >> battalions in the 29th. if I can find them I may find the FA. >> >> Regards >> Steve >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi Steve, The only additional information I can give you is that during [and] as part of the 'work up' and planning for the 'Flanders Offensive' [7th June -10 November] instructions were issued by GHQ on the 22 May for a regrouping of Divisions and both the Army and Corps Artillery, largely by a transfer from the Messines area to the Ypres area. As part of the various Division movements during June and July the following Divisions were transferred from the Third Army to the [new] Fifth Army [it was going to be the Fifth Army who made the main offensive], 15th, 18th, 20th, 29th, 48th and 51st,61st for reserve and the 56th for GHQ reserve. The final allotment was: II Corps: 8th, 18th, 25th and 30th Divisions XIX Corps: 15th, 16th, 36th, 55th Divisions XVIII Corps: 11th, 39th, 48th, 51st Divisions XIV Corps: Guards, 20th, 29th, 38th Divisions VIII Corps: [Reserve] 61st Division V Corps: [GHQ Reserve] 56th Division Perhaps your man was injured or wounded as part of or during these reorganization phases or movements and was moved to 88th Field Ambulance. Terms of reference: Official History of the War Military Operations France and Belgium 1917 Vol 2 Chapt VI 'The Northern Operations' Hope this be of some help Best Regards Peter Fellowes ----- Original Message ----- From: "JOHN MORSE" <morse.steve@btinternet.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] 88 Field Ambulance 20 July 1917 > Hello Peter > The 29th trained around Coventry before going to Gallipoli. > Do you happen to know any of the FA locations on 19/20 July 1917? or if > the Div was near Ypres. They do not seem to have turned up at Ypres until > August and yet my man was killed on 20 July when the battalion were near > Essex Farm. > His death cert has (unusually) Place of death - 88 Filed Amb , France! > > Regards > Steve > > Peter Fellowes <peter.fellowes@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > The only information I have found, and you may have this already [if so > sorry for repetition]. > > My terms of reference: > > 1] Location of Hospitals and Casualty Clearing Stations BEF 1914-1918 > Ministry of Pensions. Dated 13 July 1923. > > 2] Various volumes of Official History of the War Military Operations > France > and Belgium. > > The 29th Div had three Field Ambulance: > > 87th who arrived in France 20 March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st > West Lancs > > 88th who arrived in France 19 March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st > West Anglian > > 89th who arrived in France 26th March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st > Highland > > All three FA arrived with the 29th Div from Egypt. > > 29th Division. > > 86th Bde. > > 2nd Bn, Royal Fusiliers > > 1st Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers > > 16th Bn, Middlesex > > 1st Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers > > 1st Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers > > 1st Bn, Royal Guernsey > > 2/3rd Bn, London Regiment > > 86th Brigade Machine Gun Company > > 86th Trench Mortar Battery > > > > 87th Bde > > 2nd Bn, South Wales Borderers > > 1st Bn, King's Own Scottish Borderers > > 1st Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers > > 1st Bn, Border > > 87th Brigade Machine Gun Company > > 87th Trench Mortar Battery > > > > 88th Brigade > > 1/5th Bn, Royal Scots > > 4th Bn, Worcesters > > 2nd Bn, Hampshire > > 1st Bn, Essex > > 2nd Bn, Leinster > > The 1st Bn, Royal Newfoundland Regiment > > 2/1stBn, London Regiment > > 88th Brigade Machine Gun Company > > 88th Trench Mortar Battery > > > > Hope this might be of some help > > regards > > Peter Fellowes > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JOHN MORSE" > To: "GREATWAR-L@rootsweb. com" > Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 8:26 PM > Subject: [GREATWAR] 88 Field Ambulance 20 July 1917 > > >> Hello Each >> Is anyone researching 88th Field Ambulance, part of 29th Division. I am >> trying to find their location on 19 and 20 July 1917. Or even any >> battalions in the 29th. if I can find them I may find the FA. >> >> Regards >> Steve >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

source: The War Book of the One Hundred and Sixth Regiment Field Artillery, U.S. Army 1917-1919 transcribed & submitted by L.Schmidt, grand-daughter of Sgt. Philip Conpenelis, 106th H.A., Battery "E" Medical Detachment On September 4th, the Regiment moved by train, in four sections, on its first lap of the journey to the front, and the Detachment was equally divided to form details for each section. Our trip by rail lasted about fifty hours, and beautiful rural France was enjoyed by everyone. Then we arrived at Longeville, a little town not far distant from the city of Bar le Duc. On the evening of the 8th, we started over the road for the front. A few were fortunate enough to have horses, but because the Regiment was handicapped by shortage of them, most were not able to ride. ... The nights were black, and the travelling was rather difficult. It was, however, an experience few will forget. The men were always wet and tired, horses sick, and the road not easy to find; while many halts, due to mired guns, failing animals and blocked roads, always delayed our movements considerably. One thing was noticeable as we progressed on our journey, and that was the ever increasing appearance of ruins and devastation. We halted at 5 a.m. on the morning of the 12th of September at the little shell-battered and rat-infested village of Baleicourt. Here the details for the three battalions were made... A part of the Detachment was always kept in the echelon of the regiment caring for the sick and providing medical supplies for our details at the gun positions. While at Baleicourt we had our first air raid, when several bombs were dropped without casualties; but it served to introduce to us what treatment was to follow.... On September 12th the regiment participated in the St. Mihiel offensive, which was a prepared attack, made by the First American Army on the right of the sector occupied by the 17th French Corps. On September 21st, our men had their first real opportunity to do first aid work. This was at Bethlainville, with the Third Battalion, when shelling from the enemy began at 5:30 p.m. One of Jerry's shells had made a direct hit on one of Battery E's dugouts, and a call for first aid was passed on to us immediately. As a result of the caving in of the dugout, it was necessary to evacuate five men with fractures, but evacuating at that particular time was very difficult, in that it was necessary to send a messenger six kilometres to Sivry La Perche for ambulance service. ... On September 26th, the Meuse-Argonne offensive was begun, a prepared attack. We were still attached to the 33rd Division of the Third U.S. Army Corps. This was a memorable night, from midnight until 5:30 the next morning, our guns in connection with those of the other regiments of our 52nd Field Artillery Brigade, and the French Artillery, put over a terrible and most wonderful barrage, terrible yet awe-inspiring. ... For the enlisted men, it can be said that they did wonderful work under fire, and never sought cover when there was work to do. The men doing the less interesting work at the echelon acquitted themselves admirably. They worked where work was to be done; built dugouts, groomed mules or did sanitary work with equal good will. ... Roster of the Medical Detachment, 106th Field Artillery (Including all members of Detachment from time of leaving for front.) Name - Rank Home Address Adams, Walter Pvt Honorably discharged in Europe. Artman, Guy R. Pvt Whitestown, Ind. Bell, Louis J. Pvt 1cl Bloomingburg, NY Bloomer, Albert Pvt 1cl Batavia NY Boeckel, Fred W. Sgt 1cl 568 E. Utica St, Buffalo NY Botkin, Henry R. Pvt 1cl St Marys, Ohio Brown, King W. Pvt Gillette, Ark. Burdett, Ellis J. Sgt Batavia NY Burns, Thomas E. Pvt 40 Ford Ave, Ogdensburg NY Ceroni, Dominick Pvt Wounded and evacuated to hospital. Driscoll, Cornelius P. Sgt Died at hospital, December 1st, 1918, from accidental burns. Driscoll, Joseph P. Pvt 1cl 187 W. Utica St, Buffalo NY Evers, Herbert H Pvt 126 Childs St, Warren, R.I. Farrell, John A. Pvt 1cl 432 55th St, Brooklyn NY Fink, Harold J. Sgt Wounded and evacuated to hospital Gaczewski, Sigmund Pvt 1342 Broadway, Buffalo NY Gaczewski, Mathew Pvt 1342 Broadway, Buffalo NY Gasseling, William Pvt 1cl Toppinich, Wash. Gatsos, Pete J. Pvt 200 Third Ave, South Seattle, Wash. Graczyk, Frank Pvt Silver Lake, Minn. Higgins, Clifford W. Pvt 114 forbell Ave, Brooklyn NY Jenkins, Edgar H. Pvt 1cl Warsaw NY Neubach, Frank W. Pvt Evacuated to hospital Dec 11, 1918 O'Grady, John F Pvt 214 S. Water St, Kent, Ohio Parks, David M. Pvt Senoia, Ga. Phillips, Arthur C. Pvt Byhalia, Miss. Sears, Lewis Pvt 326 North St, Middletown NY Shields, Walter Pvt 1cl Wounded and evacuated to hospital Smith, Greeley E. Sgt 908 Pennsylvania Ave, Elmira NY Sperrfechter, Frank L. Pvt 113 Lake Ave, Middletown NY Stevens, William H. Pvt Oakfield NY Sullivan, Francis X. Sgt 649 Carroll St, Brooklyn NY ~ * ~

Hello Yes. I need to find the location of the 88th Field Ambulance on 19/20 July 1917. One of my 9th Bn Sherwood Foresters men is name don the Menin Gate. The 9th were part of 11th Div and near Essex Farm Ypres. All of the deaths in that period are accounted for except that four men are on the Menin Gate - two are more than likely buried at La Belle Alliance which leaves two. One is a Lance Sgt who died 19/7 and the other a Private died 20/7. In Essex Farm in the middle of some of my other men is 'An unknown Private of the Notts & Derby Regiment'. I am trying to prove that 1. It is the private who died at 88th Field Amb or actually the Lance Sgt who died on the correct day. Hope that makes sense. Regards Steve LShurtleff@aol.com wrote: Steve: Do we assume you are looking for information on a unit in the BEF? LGS ------------------------------- 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 The 29th trained around Coventry before going to Gallipoli. Do you happen to know any of the FA locations on 19/20 July 1917? or if the Div was near Ypres. They do not seem to have turned up at Ypres until August and yet my man was killed on 20 July when the battalion were near Essex Farm. His death cert has (unusually) Place of death - 88 Filed Amb , France! Regards Steve Peter Fellowes <peter.fellowes@ntlworld.com> wrote: Hi Steve, The only information I have found, and you may have this already [if so sorry for repetition]. My terms of reference: 1] Location of Hospitals and Casualty Clearing Stations BEF 1914-1918 Ministry of Pensions. Dated 13 July 1923. 2] Various volumes of Official History of the War Military Operations France and Belgium. The 29th Div had three Field Ambulance: 87th who arrived in France 20 March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st West Lancs 88th who arrived in France 19 March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st West Anglian 89th who arrived in France 26th March 1916 former designation FA for 1/1st Highland All three FA arrived with the 29th Div from Egypt. 29th Division. 86th Bde. 2nd Bn, Royal Fusiliers 1st Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Bn, Middlesex 1st Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1st Bn, Royal Guernsey 2/3rd Bn, London Regiment 86th Brigade Machine Gun Company 86th Trench Mortar Battery 87th Bde 2nd Bn, South Wales Borderers 1st Bn, King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Bn, Border 87th Brigade Machine Gun Company 87th Trench Mortar Battery 88th Brigade 1/5th Bn, Royal Scots 4th Bn, Worcesters 2nd Bn, Hampshire 1st Bn, Essex 2nd Bn, Leinster The 1st Bn, Royal Newfoundland Regiment 2/1stBn, London Regiment 88th Brigade Machine Gun Company 88th Trench Mortar Battery Hope this might be of some help regards Peter Fellowes ----- Original Message ----- From: "JOHN MORSE" To: "GREATWAR-L@rootsweb. com" Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 8:26 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] 88 Field Ambulance 20 July 1917 > Hello Each > Is anyone researching 88th Field Ambulance, part of 29th Division. I am > trying to find their location on 19 and 20 July 1917. Or even any > battalions in the 29th. if I can find them I may find the FA. > > Regards > Steve > > ------------------------------- > 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