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Topic: Commander in Chief's cert - what for? (Read 421 times)
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manmack
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its a mentioned in despatches certificate,for good conduct in the field,mack
oh sorry,hiya 
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military history,mainly ww1,manchester pals battalions,tyneside irish +tyneside scottish brigades,leeds,liverpool,accrington,birmingham,hull,barnsley,swansea and salford pals.
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manmack
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hello tanja,its years of practice backed up by over 3000 military reference books,this forum gave me the chance to put them to some good use by helping other folks with their searching mack
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military history,mainly ww1,manchester pals battalions,tyneside irish +tyneside scottish brigades,leeds,liverpool,accrington,birmingham,hull,barnsley,swansea and salford pals.
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manmack
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you are very welcome,thanks,mack
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military history,mainly ww1,manchester pals battalions,tyneside irish +tyneside scottish brigades,leeds,liverpool,accrington,birmingham,hull,barnsley,swansea and salford pals.
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Kevwood
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Tanja, dont know if you have this from the gazette.
http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveViewFrameSetup.asp?webType=0&PageDuplicate=n%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&issueNumber=36139&pageNumber=0&SearchFor=albert%20edwin%20taff&selMedalType=&selHonourType=
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Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk wood,west,williams,morgan,sollars,hawker,snell,roach,clark,symons. In bristol,fremington,instow,rhymney,colyton |
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manmack
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nice one kev,mack
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military history,mainly ww1,manchester pals battalions,tyneside irish +tyneside scottish brigades,leeds,liverpool,accrington,birmingham,hull,barnsley,swansea and salford pals.
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Tati
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Kev, thanks heaps for looking.
I did actually have this, and I was over the moon when I found it too. The Gazette is a great search facility, isn't it! From there, I made contact with the Pioneer Corps association and there is a marvellous chap there, Norman Brown, who provided me with the company names he served with. Which was just great - I wouldn't ever have found out by myself!! (I'm not officially NOK either).
However 1943 is the first date I can trace AE Taff in the war. I have no idea where he was before that. I don't suppose he would have been mentioned anywhere prior to being a 2nd Lt? Perhaps he didn't join from the start anyway... He was born in 1907 so already a little old when the war started.
Writing this, I'm realising I have 2 numbers for him: 285162 and 285102... I suspect a typo somewhere... Probably my own! Off I am to check the documents I have.
Very grateful for your help, Kev.
Tanja 
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"My dear, I think the English pronounce it 'appiness" Desire and hunger is the fire I breathe Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Kevwood
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No problem, it says it is a list of cadets who are being made 2nd lts, could he have been doing some form of retraining beforehand.
Kev.
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Tati
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We'll probably never know... What's a cadet, anyway? 
I notice that all the men named in the Gazette at the same time have numbers that follow each other: 285102, 285103, 285103 etc. and yet they are in alphabetical order. Do I conclude this number was given them at that very moment in 1943? Would this be something like an officer number as opposed to whatever number they had before being officers? (That, is, if a 2nd Lt is an officer!). Or would this mean they hadn't joined before?
Well, not only am I asking more questions, but I feel they are hard to understand too. You wouldn't speak French or German, would you? 
Tanja
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"My dear, I think the English pronounce it 'appiness" Desire and hunger is the fire I breathe Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Kevwood
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Nein!!!!!!
i can only remember this.
O tannenbaum, O tannenbaum, wie grun sind deine blatter
Easy to understand the questions, just don't know the answers!!
Mack will know.
Kev.
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manmack
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tati,they look like the numbers that were given to a cadet at the officer cadet school,all officer cadets are of equal rank when under officer training,they are then given a number,after training they are allocated to their regts/corps as either 2/Lt or Lt,many if not all universities had officer training units,mack
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manmack
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tati,i forgot to answer your question,mention in despatches is a level 4 gallantry award,mack
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