Capt. Thomas Crawford RFA

[philipsearching]

I know he was the Paymaster for the Palestine Railways in the early 1920s, not sure what this means though.

Greetings, and a warm welcome to Rootschat.

As Paymaster, Thomas would have been responsible for the control and authorisation of expenditure (for all things, not just wages) for the Palestine Railways.  This was a UK Government owned organisation during the time the UK controlled Palestine.  He would have been the equivalent of a Chief Financial Officer of a private company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Railways

Philip

[ShaunJ]

1917 and 1918 Navy Lists: Skipper of the Kitty 

[ShaunJ]

The Kitty http://www.ww1britainssurvivingvessels.org.uk/vessels/kitty

No - sorry - that was the wrong Kitty

[ShaunJ]

I had the wrong Kitty there.  The one that Capt Crawford skippered was a Fishing Trawler ("FT" in the Navy lists):

KITTY, fishing trawler. Built 1897, 135grt, Aberdeen-reg A.819. Requisitioned by Admiralty in 1917 for Fishery Reserve, commissioned and flew white ensign; continued commercial fishing under naval control.

https://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar2.htm

http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?a1PageSize=75&ship_listPage=11&a1Order=Sorter_year_built&a1Dir=DESC&a1Page=264&ref=52458&vessel=KITTY

[ShaunJ]

WFS is Warrant Fishery Skipper - I've amended my earlier post for this.

See https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/140398-royal-naval-reserve-belgian-fishers-dsc-medal-for-richard-brouckxon/ for context and possible sources

[philipsearching]

WFS is Warrant Fishery Skipper - I've amended my earlier post for this.

See https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/140398-royal-naval-reserve-belgian-fishers-dsc-medal-for-richard-brouckxon/ for context and possible sources

I'm beginning to wonder if there's more than one Thomas Crawford.

A career change from Fishery Skipper to Railway Paymaster seems unusual (although not impossible).  Maybe we need norm1055 to confirm the information sources.

Philip

[ShaunJ]

I'm beginning to wonder if there's more than one Thomas Crawford.

You are right - I think I have been barking up the wrong tree with this one.

He was a soldier. Lovat Scouts first, then commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1917.

Ah well, it was an interesting jouney through the navy lists chasing a red herring! 

[philipsearching]

Ah well, it was an interesting journey through the navy lists chasing a red herring!

There's a quip to be made about fishery skippers and red herrings 

Philip

[ShaunJ]

This is probably his army file - held in the National Archives and not digitised http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1123478