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World War One / Re: Lt S H Snelgrove.... translation required
« on: Wednesday 10 December 08 10:10 GMT (UK) »
14t KRRC attached 7th KRRC, sent as a Reserve Officer to France on 17/7/15
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World War One / Re: Looking for more info please.
« on: Thursday 13 November 08 11:50 GMT (UK) »
The site of the Bulwarks last resting place, taken by Mick Mills during one of the commemoration services by one of the navigation bouys (Bulwark East).
Andy
Andy
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World War One / Re: Victory medal & 1914-15 Star >>COMPLETE<<
« on: Thursday 13 November 08 11:46 GMT (UK) »
Martin,
Looks like the Rifle Brigade cap badge.
Andy
Looks like the Rifle Brigade cap badge.
Andy
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World War One / Re: Looking for more info please.
« on: Thursday 13 November 08 10:10 GMT (UK) »
Hi Penninah,
Glad that it made their story come alive for you. Here is the Bulwark, by the beginning of the war she was outdated.
Andy
Glad that it made their story come alive for you. Here is the Bulwark, by the beginning of the war she was outdated.
Andy
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World War One / Re: Looking for more info please.
« on: Thursday 13 November 08 07:55 GMT (UK) »
Hi Annie,
The Bulwark at least went down in deep water in the mouth of the River Medway and a commemoration service is held for the men that went down on her with wreaths laid on the water over the wreck. A few navigation bouys in the river are marked Bulwark as the river is a busy one.
The Pricess Irene, a minelayer, that went down when she blew up in the Medway with the loss of all but one hand is not so fortunate as she is in shallower water. Some of the wreck was recovered in the 60's and due to the new port facility near her wreck there are plans to recover more of the wreck now to deepen the water a little despite being the grave of a lot of men.
This was taken at the wreck marker bouy in the Medway for the Princess Irene on the 90th Anniversary.
Andy
The Bulwark at least went down in deep water in the mouth of the River Medway and a commemoration service is held for the men that went down on her with wreaths laid on the water over the wreck. A few navigation bouys in the river are marked Bulwark as the river is a busy one.
The Pricess Irene, a minelayer, that went down when she blew up in the Medway with the loss of all but one hand is not so fortunate as she is in shallower water. Some of the wreck was recovered in the 60's and due to the new port facility near her wreck there are plans to recover more of the wreck now to deepen the water a little despite being the grave of a lot of men.
This was taken at the wreck marker bouy in the Medway for the Princess Irene on the 90th Anniversary.
Andy
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World War One / Re: WO363 - The Burnt Series
« on: Thursday 13 November 08 07:43 GMT (UK) »
Hi Peter,
No problem, it is one of my big fears when they let these records out to a commercial enterprise. It is easier to delete a record than spend the time that maybe needed to make the entry. We have seen some absolutely atrocious data entry on these since Ancestry took them over, which makes me wonder where they are having this transciption process done, maybe India or the Phillipines for commercial viability, not a good idea to my mind when you are dealing with a nations History.
I have come across a fair few records that I have photographed at Kew that do not appear as yet.
Andy
No problem, it is one of my big fears when they let these records out to a commercial enterprise. It is easier to delete a record than spend the time that maybe needed to make the entry. We have seen some absolutely atrocious data entry on these since Ancestry took them over, which makes me wonder where they are having this transciption process done, maybe India or the Phillipines for commercial viability, not a good idea to my mind when you are dealing with a nations History.
I have come across a fair few records that I have photographed at Kew that do not appear as yet.
Andy
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World War One / Re: Looking for more info please.
« on: Wednesday 12 November 08 23:59 GMT (UK) »
Penninah,
I have nothing on the brother who was lost on the Bulwark, so I would think that he did not go to Rugby as the other brothers did (Dartmouth probably).
The Guards really copped a packet when Andrew was injured and got badly held up and mauled, the Divisions on either side made their objectives and were forced to wait for the Guards to finally come up. Guards Cemetery at Les Boeufs is a testament to how they lost in this attack.
Andy
I have nothing on the brother who was lost on the Bulwark, so I would think that he did not go to Rugby as the other brothers did (Dartmouth probably).
The Guards really copped a packet when Andrew was injured and got badly held up and mauled, the Divisions on either side made their objectives and were forced to wait for the Guards to finally come up. Guards Cemetery at Les Boeufs is a testament to how they lost in this attack.
Andy
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World War One / Re: Looking for more info please.
« on: Wednesday 12 November 08 23:55 GMT (UK) »
Hi Annie,
Portrait picture taken at home I would think, so I imagine the armband would have been for the brother on the Bulwark.
Andy
Portrait picture taken at home I would think, so I imagine the armband would have been for the brother on the Bulwark.
Andy
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World War One / Re: Looking for more info please.
« on: Wednesday 12 November 08 23:48 GMT (UK) »
Andrew Ellice
Same first paragraph as his brother.
He was in the School from 1911 to 1915 and was in the shooting VIII in his last year. On leaving Rugby he passed the entrance examination to the Imperial School of Engineering and then joined the Grenadier Guards, receiving his commission on September 21st, 1915. He went to France on August 30th, 1916, and was at the base till September 23rd, when he oined the 4th Battalion. He was wounded in leading his men in the attack on Les Boeufs on September 25th, and died of his wounds on September 29th, 1916. Age 18.In the Battalion Orders of September 28th he was stated to have "behaved with the greatest gallantry," and his Commanding Officer wrote after he was wounded:-
"I do trust your boy will pull through. From what I have heard since from survivors in his Company I have put him in for a Military Cross. They are all enthusiastic about him: one old soldier described him as a 'proper young officer.' I think he is certain to get it."
Same first paragraph as his brother.
He was in the School from 1911 to 1915 and was in the shooting VIII in his last year. On leaving Rugby he passed the entrance examination to the Imperial School of Engineering and then joined the Grenadier Guards, receiving his commission on September 21st, 1915. He went to France on August 30th, 1916, and was at the base till September 23rd, when he oined the 4th Battalion. He was wounded in leading his men in the attack on Les Boeufs on September 25th, and died of his wounds on September 29th, 1916. Age 18.In the Battalion Orders of September 28th he was stated to have "behaved with the greatest gallantry," and his Commanding Officer wrote after he was wounded:-
"I do trust your boy will pull through. From what I have heard since from survivors in his Company I have put him in for a Military Cross. They are all enthusiastic about him: one old soldier described him as a 'proper young officer.' I think he is certain to get it."