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Thomas FARRELL's service in World War 1
« on: Saturday 14 July 18 01:30 BST (UK) »
My great uncle, Thomas FARRELL, was born at Stevenston, Ayrshire on 18th January 1893. He married in 1912, and there is a corrected entry attached to his marriage, dated October 1918 granting him a divorce. He is noted as "at present serving in His Majesty's forces". I have looked on Ancestry and FindMyPast, but haven't found a medal card or record for him. Where else could I look?

Note - I don't have a sub to FindMyPast - I've checked the search result only.
Farrell  - Ayrshire
Cairns - Ayrshire
McCann - Ayrshire
Brown - Ayrshire
Petty - Yorkshire, Durham
Lucas - Staffordshire, Durham
Whitaker - Yorkshire
Thackrah - Yorkshire
Stephenson - Durham
Marshall - Yorkshire
Walker - Staffordshire, Southland New Zealand
McCullough -  Antrim, Southland New Zealand,
Cavanagh - Galway, Southland New Zealand
Anthony - Tipperary, Southland New Zealand
Bath - Cornwall, Tasmania, Southland
Brungot - Alesund, Norway; Southland
Bonthron - Fifeshire, Southland

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Re: Thomas FARRELL's service in World War 1
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 14 July 18 07:17 BST (UK) »
Are you aware that around 70% of WW1 records were lost in the blitz in WW2? His record might have been destroyed.
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
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Re: Thomas FARRELL's service in World War 1
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 14 July 18 07:22 BST (UK) »
Yes, I'm aware of that.
Farrell  - Ayrshire
Cairns - Ayrshire
McCann - Ayrshire
Brown - Ayrshire
Petty - Yorkshire, Durham
Lucas - Staffordshire, Durham
Whitaker - Yorkshire
Thackrah - Yorkshire
Stephenson - Durham
Marshall - Yorkshire
Walker - Staffordshire, Southland New Zealand
McCullough -  Antrim, Southland New Zealand,
Cavanagh - Galway, Southland New Zealand
Anthony - Tipperary, Southland New Zealand
Bath - Cornwall, Tasmania, Southland
Brungot - Alesund, Norway; Southland
Bonthron - Fifeshire, Southland

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Re: Thomas FARRELL's service in World War 1
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 14 July 18 10:53 BST (UK) »
2 avenues are the local papers & the Absent Voter's Roll (1918).
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
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Re: Thomas FARRELL's service in World War 1
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 14 July 18 11:17 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the suggestion, Jim - I just checked the British Newspaper Archive, and found 1 reference to Thomas - for his divorce. A search on the Absent Voters list for Scotland produced no results.

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Farrell  - Ayrshire
Cairns - Ayrshire
McCann - Ayrshire
Brown - Ayrshire
Petty - Yorkshire, Durham
Lucas - Staffordshire, Durham
Whitaker - Yorkshire
Thackrah - Yorkshire
Stephenson - Durham
Marshall - Yorkshire
Walker - Staffordshire, Southland New Zealand
McCullough -  Antrim, Southland New Zealand,
Cavanagh - Galway, Southland New Zealand
Anthony - Tipperary, Southland New Zealand
Bath - Cornwall, Tasmania, Southland
Brungot - Alesund, Norway; Southland
Bonthron - Fifeshire, Southland

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Re: Thomas FARRELL's service in World War 1
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 14 July 18 11:35 BST (UK) »
How do you know for certain that one of the MIC's on Ancestry to Thomas Farrell aren't him?
Woollen and the variations thereof (Woolin, Woollin, Woolen etc) in the West Riding area

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Re: Thomas FARRELL's service in World War 1
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 14 July 18 11:37 BST (UK) »
The "Thomas Farrell's" in the military records on Find my Past are NOT your guy. But Find my past have him in 1901 Census with an address of Lime Kiln Road, Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland (Father Hugh Farrell and Mother Mary)
Familysearch.org have two records: (using his birthplace to search)

Thomas Farrell
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
Name:   Thomas Farrell
Event Type:   Military Service
Event Year:   1915
Age:   22
Military Company/Regiment:   Royal Army Service Corps
Military Regiment:   193536
Birth Year (Estimated):   1893

and same info for 1916. There are images attached to these records but they wont open for me ???
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Re: Thomas FARRELL's service in World War 1
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 14 July 18 11:57 BST (UK) »
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_fn=Thomas+&_ln=Farrell&_no=&_crp=Royal+Army+Service+Corps&_ttl=&discoveryCustomSearch=true&_cr1=WO+372&_dt=M&_col=200&_hb=tna

There are two Medal Card records on the National Archives website for "Thomas Farrell" but neither match the number 193536


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Newman, Kiernan,
Lyons, Murphy

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Re: Thomas FARRELL's service in World War 1
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 14 July 18 11:58 BST (UK) »
193536 came from Stockport.
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
Census information is Crown copyright,from
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
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