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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: Denise4480 on Thursday 27 July 06 20:40 BST (UK)
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Hi,
My father is trying to find information on his dad Robert Wall, all he knows is that he was in the Manchester Regiment, he thinks the bantams, he was born in Droylsden, Lancashire, (Manchester) in 1895 and served in the 1914-1918 war in Belgium and France, cannot find any records for him. Help!!!!
Thanks
Denise4480
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Hi Denise
If you post his name, some of the guys may be able to help you find something :)
Casalguidi
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Hi Casalquidi,
Thanks for the info, his name was Robert Wall.
Cheers,
Denise
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Hi Denise !!
While you're waiting for the expert Manchester Regiment experts to answer ::) .... you might like to browse through this site and get some ideas !!
http://groups.msn.com/TheManchesterRegiment1899-1958
Annie :) :)
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a bit of a dodgy site Annie ;D ;D ;D
I have a Wall, R, pte 20131, 22nd battalion A coy platoon 2, manchester regiment not the bantams, that was the 23rd battalion
i have just done a NA search but not found him on it, but that may just be me being dumb
denise, do you have any other information about him?
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I 've just done the same search on the NA harribobs so that makes two of us as I couldn't see him either ;D
old rowley
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I tried the Spinning Web ......... nada !!
Wonder if he was really Manchester regiment ..... quite a few Lancashire regiments in MIC's !! :)
(under Robert and R !!)
Annie :)
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hmmm but what happened to Pte R Wall 20131?
there's no sign of him in the medals, he's not on SDGW or CWGC
i suspect he didn't get through training with the manchesters
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He wasn't one of those that went with the Rifle Brigade was he ?? ???
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no, he wasn't, but that was a good idea (i hadn't checked)
unless Denise can come up with some further information i can't think of a way forward
if he did served in F&F, then he is entitled to medals, three of us can't find him as a manc, perhaps he joined the manchester pals, dropped out possibly because he was below height standard ( hence the bantam reference) but then was allowed to re-join another regiment when the height standard was lowered
there is a Robert Wall in the Lancs Fusiliers
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0og/ (http://www.rootschat.com/links/0og/)
any one else got any good ideas?
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Hi All,
Many thanks for all your searches, I have just spoken to my Dad and he really does not know much as it was only what his dad had told him, that he was either in the Manchesters or Bantams (he can't remember), but he was a really small man and not very tall at all, and as you say he may not have made the height, he does remember him saying something about the battle of Passendale (excuse the spelling) not sure what this is.
Once again thanks,
Denise
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The 3rd Battle of Ypres, or more commonly known as Passchendaele was fought between the July and November of 1917. The BEF suffered badly having some 310,000 casualties whilst the Germans suffered 260,000 casualities. The soldiers in the trenches had to over come their own feelings as well as the bad weather that led to the mud that would bog them down whilst following Haig's over stretched plan's.
old rowley