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Title: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: ALAMO2008 on Thursday 10 June 21 08:20 BST (UK)
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Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: KGarrad on Thursday 10 June 21 08:40 BST (UK)
Writing is far too small to read! Definition is lost on expanding the image.

Can you post a snippet of the bit you are having trouble with?
Rather than a whole page.
Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: Tickettyboo on Thursday 10 June 21 08:47 BST (UK)
Can't make it out (looks very small on my monitor) but eventually found the image.
The attached will possibly look huge to some!
Best I can see is:

Discharged for the purpose of being re-enlisted in the [??] of Coast O.T.C.
Auth.y: G.O.C. 89th Infantry Brigade 3657. [?] / 21.6.15

Boo

Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Thursday 10 June 21 09:14 BST (UK)

OP,

Use the Snipping tool or the Snip & Sketch tool to produce a jpg file for deciphering.

KG

Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: jim1 on Thursday 10 June 21 09:40 BST (UK)
Looks like he's gone to Officer Training College.
Inns of Court O.T.C. Based at Berkamsted.
So looks like 15181 Frank Beadle 17/KLR (89th. Bde.)
Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: Tickettyboo on Thursday 10 June 21 09:41 BST (UK)
Looks like he's gone to Officer Training College.

Hi Jim1

Could that word I was not sure about be Mess ?

Boo
Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: jim1 on Thursday 10 June 21 10:01 BST (UK)
Added to previous post.
Inns of Court.
Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: MaxD on Thursday 10 June 21 10:33 BST (UK)
This is an example of the seemingly peculiar practice of having to be discharged as an other rank when embarking on an officer career.

MaxD
Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: ALAMO2008 on Thursday 10 June 21 13:18 BST (UK)
Thanks everyone for your input.
I thought it read Inns of Court but made no sense to me.
Officer Training College I imagined was O. T. C.
He was Discharged from the 17th Pals 15181 on 31/08/1915
Father was William Boadle of Waterloo Liverpool

Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: ALAMO2008 on Thursday 10 June 21 13:24 BST (UK)
I am researching him Pte Frank Chambers Boadle for the Liverpoolpals Roll of Honour he is listed with an unknown Biography as having Died as a former PAL who was KIA in another Regt on 1/07/1916

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Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: ALAMO2008 on Thursday 10 June 21 13:26 BST (UK)
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Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: ALAMO2008 on Thursday 10 June 21 13:28 BST (UK)
This Service Medal Card implies he was still a Pte.in 13th London Regt from 2 Feb 1916 till his Death 1 July 1916

Presume he was at O T C 31 August 1915 to 1 February 1916 ? But failed ?
Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: jim1 on Thursday 10 June 21 13:40 BST (UK)
I saw that earlier but couldn't reconcile him as being the Frank C Boadle that went for officer training.
On saying that I couldn't see him Gazetted either.
Added: I see his father is William according the effects register same as the other chap so looks like he failed the course.
Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: ALAMO2008 on Thursday 10 June 21 13:55 BST (UK)
Jim1
No trace either of a Dependents Pension claim from either Parent.
Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: jim1 on Thursday 10 June 21 16:19 BST (UK)
If they weren't dependant on him they would only
get the Gratuity.
He would have to state on his attestation if he had any dependants.
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Presume he was at O T C 31 August 1915 to 1 February 1916 ? But failed ?
If memory serves I believe men with military training only went for around 10 weeks.
He was just to the East of Hebuterne on the 1st. the 13th. Btn. suffered huge casualties.
Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: ALAMO2008 on Saturday 12 June 21 16:00 BST (UK)
Thanks everyone for your Input we now have a Biography for the previously unknown former PAL on our Roll of Honour who was killed in another Regiment.

https://www.liverpoolpals.com/soldier/?i=2880/4625-Pte-frank-chambers-boadle
Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: jim1 on Saturday 12 June 21 16:07 BST (UK)
You might want to make a correction as to the place he died.
It was just to the East of Hebuterne.
Thiepval was around 10mls. South.
Title: Re: Deciphering reason for Discharge please ?
Post by: ALAMO2008 on Saturday 12 June 21 19:16 BST (UK)
Jim1
Thanks for correction. Thiepval was my assumption.
Now with your knowledge all has been amended on our Roll of Honour

https://www.liverpoolpals.com/soldier/?i=2880/4625-Pte-frank-chambers-boadle


Cheers