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W6 Telegram?
« on: Tuesday 15 August 17 18:26 BST (UK) »
Hi,
I was hoping someone could tell me if they know what a W6 Telegram is?
On my gt grandfathers military papers the following is noted "W6 telegram B(?) 1125/ a g f(?)
d/ 20-12-16" He survived the war, so I know the telegram doesn't relate to his death, am wondering if perhaps one of his sons or brothers was KIA?

any help or pointers on where to find help would be great.

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Re: W6 Telegram?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 15 August 17 19:14 BST (UK) »
Could you scan the note and the area around it, the context in which it appears often holds the vital clue!

If you wanted to check whether the sons or brothers was kia then have a look here first.http://www.cwgc.org/

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It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

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Re: W6 Telegram?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 15 August 17 21:41 BST (UK) »
here is the note

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Re: W6 Telegram?
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 15 August 17 22:57 BST (UK) »
It would relate to him rather than a family member. Was he wounded or posted missing in action?

I don't think it's a 6 after the W - look at the 6 on the next line. Possibly a C or a G, or even an O (War Office?) 
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Re: W6 Telegram?
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 15 August 17 23:08 BST (UK) »
Hi Shaun, Hi Max
I thought maybe G, but O makes more sense.. as far as i am aware, he was never seriously wounded or reported MIA.. yet another mystery to annoy me, lol..EDIT>>> WC war cabinet... d'oh!
Thanks for the link Max, i shall go delve around and see if i can get any hints.
many thanks

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Re: W6 Telegram?
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 16 August 17 08:53 BST (UK) »
Angela

Even if the note was totally clear, on its own it is simply a reference to a document, in this case a telegram, that would have occasioned some other entry on the record somewhere.  That is why I suggested you scan the note with more of the record, ideally the whole page.  Very often, one has even to look at other pages of a record to find the clues that add up to the answer.

ShaunJ is right that it would not have related to another family member although it may have been an instruction applicable to him and to all others in his formation.  Telegrams were used for purposes other than notifying casualties and the word sometimes relates to messages sent in the field by telegraph.

As this is a Great War record and presumably on line, could you post his name and number and I can see if I can find it.

MaxD

PS  While it won't help, was he in the Welsh Guards?
I am Zoe Northeast, granddaughter of Maximilian Double.
 
It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

With deep sadness,
Zoe



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Sokser/Klingler Austria/Croatia

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Re: W6 Telegram?
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 16 August 17 23:42 BST (UK) »
Hi Max,
I have posted more of the document, but not in it's entirety.. Private Patrick Kerr 41597 was in the HLI then labour corps, no mention of the Welsh Guards.. Could he have received a new posting/transfer by telegram perhaps?  ???


hope you can glean a few clues for me, many thanks
A

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Re: W6 Telegram?
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 17 August 17 01:47 BST (UK) »
Found his service record under his Labour Corp number of 630611.

Brave fellow, got a military medal late in the war.

It seems he was home 26 Nov 1915 to 1 Jan 1917.  Maybe the telegram 20 Dec 1916 was to advise him to report back for service in France.
Richardson, Sherman, Gillam, Hitchcock, Neighbour, Groom, Walton, Strange, Littleford, Brown, Guy, Abbs, Tasker, Bartlett, Farey, Etteridge

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Re: W6 Telegram?
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 17 August 17 08:46 BST (UK) »
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It seems he was home 26 Nov 1915 to 1 Jan 1917.  Maybe the telegram 20 Dec 1916 was to advise him to report back for service in France.

Possibly that, and his transfer to 3 Battalion effective 2 January 1917. The issue of the telegram is noted directly below that entry.
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