Serjeant Arthur George Pope and Vinzent Bombera

[jim1]

His service number gives an attestation date of 1906.
Squares A10 & A16 on this map.
https://maps.nls.uk/view/101465146
Recent history was that this whole area was in British hands & had been since the Somme.
During the spring & summer of 1918 the Germans launched Operation Michael & the British lost all they had gained.
This action was part of the British offensive to regain that ground.

[Cawbom]

His service number gives an attestation date of 1906.

Any idea where I might find out where he served etc..

[jim1]

There won't be much pre-war but after 4/8/14 the war diaries are the place to look.
What you don't know is when he moved from the 1st. Batt. to the 7th.

[Cawbom]

There won't be much pre-war but after 4/8/14 the war diaries are the place to look.
What you don't know is when he moved from the 1st. Batt. to the 7th.

ok cool, i have got the war diaries for the 7th battalion so it would be worth me getting the ones for the 1st as well then. Just a lot of handwriting to try and decipher!!

[jim1]

The first will give you the details surrounding the Mons Offensive & the withdrawal to the Aisne & the Arne.
This is where these men earned the name "the old contemptibles"

[Cawbom]

The first will give you the details surrounding the Mons Offensive & the withdrawal to the Aisne & the Arne.
This is where these men earned the name "the old contemptibles"

The old contemptibles? What is the meaning of this?

[jim1]

The original BEF consisted of just 390,000 men. They were up against a considerably larger German Army.
When they arrived in France the Keiser referred to them as a contemptible little army.
This was seized upon back home & made good propaganda.
The men wore it like a badge of honour & thereafter were known as the old contemptibles.
The German commanders in the field had a lot more respect.

[davecapps]

how do I find out more about Bombera’s in Germany? It's a very rare name with no clear origin. Vinzent was born in Nakel? Which I think is now Poland but was Prussia?
Cory

Hi
when researching in Poland use polish names. Nakel is - Nakło nad Notecią
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakło_nad_Notecią

Herés a link to the Posen project.
http://poznan-project.psnc.pl/index.php?lang=en#prettyPhoto

If you search for Bombera you´ll get 1 hit in Naklo (not yours)

Here are the record scans for Naklo
https://www.genealogiawarchiwach.pl/archiwum-front?locale=en#query.city=Nak%25C5%2582o&query.suggestion=false&query.thumbnails=false&query.facet=true&query.sortMode=DEFAULT&goComments=false&searcher=big&query.query

As far as i can see they range from the end of the 19 century up to approx 1911

There´s quite a lot and not knowing German will not help.

category: Akta zgonów - Deaths
category: Akta małżeństw - marriages
category: Akta urodzeń - births

To open a record file click on the small landscape icon, top left

Regards
Dave

[Cawbom]

Wow this genealogy is incredibly hard!!
I have found out that Vincent Bombera was born in 1888 in nakel and his wife was zophia. They were buried in Zloto?