Dear List, I have a mystery that some might be able to shed some light on. The chap I'm interested in is E.Finnemore (as on our local War Memorial) but probably it should be Finnamore as that's a local name. Search on CWGC site gives a single Ernest Finnamore with the details: 25386 1st Batallion Grenadier Guards who died on 25th September 1916 and who is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. However, on the WW1 Medal Rolls list, there are two Ernest Finnamores. One entry is as above but this is annotated to the other Ernest Finnamore who is listed as being in the DCLI as an acting corporal and with the regimental number 940. There is a lot of writing on this record card but I can't decipher any of it (Can anyone help with this if I send them a .pdf file?) Could it be that Ernest Finnamore joined the Grenadier Guards and was seconded to the DCLI? Does this seem reasonable? A sort of battlefield promotion? Derrick Parsons

Hi Derek, My grandfather enlisted in the South Staff's in 1914 and was wounded in 1916.He was hospitalised in the UK and after that he was transferred into the Nott's and Derby Training Batt. to see what he was fit for. As it turned out he was medically unfit for service and was discharged in December 1917. Could it be something similar with E. Finnemore? Talk to you soon, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derrick Parsons" <derrick.parsons@btinternet.com> To: <GREATWAR@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 5:56 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] Soldier with a dual personality? > Dear List, > > I have a mystery that some might be able to shed some light on. > > The chap I'm interested in is E.Finnemore (as on our local War Memorial) > but probably it should be Finnamore as that's a local name. > > Search on CWGC site gives a single Ernest Finnamore with the details: > 25386 1st Batallion Grenadier Guards who died on 25th September 1916 and > who is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. > > However, on the WW1 Medal Rolls list, there are two Ernest Finnamores. > One entry is as above but this is annotated to the other Ernest Finnamore > who is listed as being in the DCLI as an acting corporal and with the > regimental number 940. There is a lot of writing on this record card but > I can't decipher any of it (Can anyone help with this if I send them a > .pdf file?) > > Could it be that Ernest Finnamore joined the Grenadier Guards and was > seconded to the DCLI? Does this seem reasonable? A sort of battlefield > promotion? > > Derrick Parsons > > ------------------------------- > 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: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.11/542 - Release Date: > 20/11/2006 16:23 > >

Derrick Soldiers Died in the Great War lists him as a Grenadier Guardsman with the following details. Guardsman Ernest Finnamore 25386 Born St john's Cornwall Enlisted Truro Killed in action 25/09/1916 It would seem likely that he enlisted with the DCLI and was seconded to the Grenadier Guards. The other thing which I should have said is that the second entry in his details is not for a star medal but for a Territorial Force War Medal. Its fairly rare - only 34,000 were issued. It would seem that he was a member of one of the TF battalions of the DCLI. I will try and look him up on the medal rolls when next at Kew - this is a fairly peculiar case and I would be interested to find out a bit more. Regards Mike S -----Original Message----- From: Derrick Parsons <derrick.parsons@btinternet.com> Sent Subject: [GREATWAR] Soldier with a dual personality? > Dear List, > I have a mystery that some might be able to shed some light on. > The chap I'm interested in is E.Finnemore (as on our local War > Memorial) but probably it should be Finnamore as that's a local name. > Search on CWGC site gives a single Ernest Finnamore with the > details: 25386 1st Batallion Grenadier Guards who died on 25th > September 1916 and who is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. > However, on the WW1 Medal Rolls list, there are two Ernest > Finnamores. One entry is as above but this is annotated to the > other Ernest Finnamore who is listed as being in the DCLI as an > acting corporal and with the regimental number 940. There is a lot > of writing on this record card but I can't decipher any of it (Can > anyone help with this if I send them a .pdf file?) > Could it be that Ernest Finnamore joined the Grenadier Guards and > was seconded to the DCLI? Does this seem reasonable? A sort of battlefield promotion? > Derrick Parsons > > ------------------------------- > 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