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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: Jack TT on Monday 25 June 18 16:17 BST (UK)
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Can anyone give details on J Stack, He was in the Boer war , served with the Royal Munster fusiliers. Army number 5397. He has the Queens South Africa medal
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John Stack
born 1879 Cork
labourer
number 5397
enlisted 12 Jan 1897
Royal Munster Fusiliers
discharged on termination of 2nd period of engagement 8.3.20
home address 2 Victoria Terrace Summerhill Cork
character exemplary
promoted Warrant Officer Class 2
appointed Colour Sgt Major 29.6.15.
service in East Indies Africa and India before WW1
father Thomas, mother Norah, sisters Mary & Margaret
wife Margaret Cloyne married 6.5.1918
If you don't have a sub to FindMyPast you may be able to access his record at your library , or maybe try a free trial offer. The record keeps freezing so I have extracted what I can.
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His WW1 service shows he went overseas (Gallipoli) 25/4/15 with the 1st. Battalion. The 1/RMF were in Burma at the outbreak of war.
End of Dec. 1915 posted back to the UK
Nov. 1916 posted to France & the 16th. Div. IBD (Infantry Base Depot).
A few days later posted to the 2nd. RMF.
March 1917 posted to the 3rd. Batt. & attached to 252 Protection Coy. Royal Defence Corps.
So back in the UK by this time & concerned with protection of coastal defences or other important facilities.
He received the 15 Star, BW & Victory medals.
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A particularly fine record of active service that you really should try to access.
MaxD
PS Minor correction (save us from pedants!) = his Jun 1915 promotion to Warrant Officer Class 2 was in the substantive rank of Colour Sergeant but his appointment was to Company Sergeant Major.
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PS Minor correction (save us from pedants!) = his Jun 1915 promotion to Warrant Officer Class 2 was in the substantive rank of Colour Sergeant but his appointment was to Company Sergeant Major.
Not pedantic - just correct ! My mistake :)
Christine
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Most gracious! :)
MaxD
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Sorry for late reply. Just had to register on site and i have lost access to all my posts.
Thank you all for your replies. This looks like an interesting soldier to research.
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Hi all
Just to clarify the registration, site would not let me reply unless I reregistered, Ive done that and it looks ok now!!!
Unfortunately it looks like i have only had 1 post!!
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I'll ask the mods to have a look at your problem.
MaxD
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Hi Jack
Looks like there is a minor change to your user name, have a look at the top of the first page,
"Jack TT" originally, http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=166909
"JackTT" now, http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=292600
suggest you go back to using Jack TT to keep your post count.
I can then delete the 2 latest posts under the new name to prevent further confusion.
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Thanks for that. Surprised it let me in on same password!
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The password is not sensitive, the email address you used to sign up for the 2nd account is.
I'm going to stop the duplicate account now. Please sign in as Jack TT to keep your higher post count.
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Sorry for late reply, I am following your advice on logging in, thank you for sorting out
Regards