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Title: Profession
Post by: Kerrill on Thursday 17 November 22 13:16 GMT (UK)

Having just obtained a birth cert for my aunt born 1915 the rank and profession of father says...... Driver R.E. No P.C. M317  now I am guessing this was because he could have been away at war ,  does anyone know what the initials and numbers mean ?
                     
                                                              thanks in advance  Kerrill

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: AllanUK on Thursday 17 November 22 13:33 GMT (UK)

R.E. could stand for Royal Engineers.

If you post his name, a look up in the WW1 record could be fruitful. (I have tried on the number M317 but it only brings a man who was in the Navy)

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: Kerrill on Thursday 17 November 22 13:37 GMT (UK)

Thanks very much Allan, his name was James Henry Morrison.

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: AllanUK on Thursday 17 November 22 13:44 GMT (UK)

Quote from: Kerrill on Thursday 17 November 22 13:37 GMT (UK)

Thanks very much Allan, his name was James Henry Morrison.

Any idea of year of his birth and where he was born?

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: Kerrill on Thursday 17 November 22 14:00 GMT (UK)

9th october 1886 Preston Lncashire

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: AntonyMMM on Thursday 17 November 22 14:04 GMT (UK)

Post an image of the relevant part of the certificate ...

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: AllanUK on Thursday 17 November 22 14:08 GMT (UK)

Good idea by AntonyMMM

Meanwhile, I have found a James H Morrison who was a driver in the Royal Engineers but the number is different.

I look forward to seeing the image from the certificate.

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: Kerrill on Thursday 17 November 22 14:18 GMT (UK)

Numbers

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: AllanUK on Thursday 17 November 22 14:24 GMT (UK)

The snippet image (courtesy of Ancestry) is the only James H Morrison that I can find in the Royal Engineers.

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: StevieSteve on Thursday 17 November 22 14:46 GMT (UK)

Might as well ask...

Was he a Police Constable before the war?

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: StevieSteve on Thursday 17 November 22 14:49 GMT (UK)

Quote from: StevieSteve on Thursday 17 November 22 14:46 GMT (UK)

Might as well ask...

Was he a Police Constable before the war?

.. and the answer is probably no as he was a Rail Servant in a Goods Yard in 1911

Edit: And a Goods Porter for LNWR in 1921

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: Kerrill on Thursday 17 November 22 15:03 GMT (UK)

No he wasnt in the Police force as far as I know he was working for the railway before and after the war.

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: AllanUK on Thursday 17 November 22 18:19 GMT (UK)

Kerrill -- The Absent Voters List for Preston shows that a James Morrison of Bedford Street was registered to vote. Normally such entries also show the man's Army number and Regiment. Unfortunately nothing is recorded against his entry.

Do you know if your James Morrison has a connection to Bedford Street?

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: Kerrill on Thursday 17 November 22 18:54 GMT (UK)

Yes thats him, I thought that I had uncovered some vital info when I saw the numbers but it seems they are going to remain a mystery.
                                                    thanks very much for your time and effort Allan

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: Kiltpin on Thursday 17 November 22 19:58 GMT (UK)

The Royal Engineers used quite a few Locomotive Drivers in WWI - taking troops and supplies to the trenches. They were narrow gauge temporary lines. 

Regards 

Chas

Title: Re: Profession
Post by: Kerrill on Thursday 17 November 22 22:19 GMT (UK)

Thanks very much for the reply Kiltpin,  I always thought a driver in ww1 looked after the horses.