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Australia / e h birch raaf 1944

« on: Sunday 07 August 16 16:35 BST (UK) »

hi all
just thought id post this up in case anyones interested , on looking up on another post for raf crew member killed 31 mar 1944 on a raid on Nuremberg this crew member also killed ernest hugh birch service no 38770 air gunner 10th sqdn son of Harold ernest & Victoria maud Margaret birch of bunbury west Australia buried in hanover war cemetery , on doing a google search found that an excavation of the crash site took place in 2014 .
felt it worth making folk aware in case any rellies are out there .
regards
trevor

London and Middlesex / stanley stephen thomas

« on: Tuesday 24 May 16 10:41 BST (UK) »

hi all
have been trying for sometime to find any rellies of the above ss Thomas born Pontypool 1899 served in royal navy in latter part of ww1 as a stoker after ww1 joined the welsh rgt served in india awarded Waziristan medal 1921-24 in 39 lived at 19 gibbin rd Kingston upon thames as I say looking for any descendants any help appreciated .
regards
trevor

World War One / ww1 war diaries

« on: Thursday 10 April 14 16:19 BST (UK) »

hi all sorry if this has been posted already , I,ve just had an e mail from naval and military press to say they will have the first batch of ww1 war diaries in download -cd - and book format later in the summer .
regards
trevor

London and Middlesex / henry,s life

« on: Tuesday 20 August 13 10:50 BST (UK) »

hi all
my gt grandfather henry clements according to the only 2 censuses I can find him in was born either wandsworth 1881 cen or lambeth 1891 cen he died in 1896 aged 44 I,ve never been able to trace him in 1871 or 1861 cens he,s supposedly born 1852 ? on his marriage cert it says fathers name james , deceased occ soldier ? now again I can neither find a james clements in any cens with henry or any definite proof of his whereabouts .
can anyone help with unravelling this for me as I,m unable to fathom it all out.
as an aside I have seen a death for a james clements in Crimean war records wether it,s him is debatable .
regards
trevor

Buckinghamshire / henry clements

« on: Friday 16 August 13 12:13 BST (UK) »

hi all
i,ve been trying for some years to find the birth record of my gt grandfather , on his marriage cert he states that his fathers name is james clements soldier deceased .
henry gives his birth year as 1852 i,ve found a possible bpt record on familysearch for henry 14 sept 1851 Langley marish bucks fathers name james mothers name sarah , is anyone able to see if there is an occ for james on this record.
regards
trevor

Armed Forces / gt uncles medals !

« on: Thursday 04 July 13 12:42 BST (UK) »

hi all
I have in my possession my gt uncles various medals in the following order by date order ,
1/ this medal has no inscription on the edge as to regt or service no , on the face is the head and shoulders of king George 5 and queen mary on the reverse is a date 1911 surrounded by what looks like indian script ? .
2/ the ww1 pip squeak and Wilfred , for George went, pte 8901 royal lancs regt .
3/ Waziristan 1921-1924 George went, service no 3949779 welch regt .
4/ military medal for George went pte service no 131074 / 46/royal fusiliers
5 defence and victory medals for ww2 !.
now going by family talk on gt uncle George he was a bit of a lad where the army was concerned he initially joined up but was found to be under age so was sent home till old enough to rejoin .
I,ve tried looking in the London gazette for any mention of how or when he got the mm but with no luck I am aware that the mm awards weren,t hardly mentioned because of so many being presented .
I would like to know more about the Waziristan medal 1921/24 but as it fell outside the 2 afghan wars fought earlier I haven,t been able so far to find any written details on the 21-24 skirmishes plus what was the 1911 indian ? medal all about .

yours
trevor

FH Documents and Artefacts / cleaning medals ??

« on: Monday 14 March 11 10:40 GMT (UK) »

hello all
this question has probably been asked before but does anyone know the best way and products to use to clean up old medals and silver .
thanks in advance
trevor

Monmouthshire / stanley stephen thomas r n

« on: Monday 07 March 11 18:01 GMT (UK) »

is anyone out there researching the above he was born near pontypool and in ww1 was in the army prior to that he was in the royal navy , the purpose of this post is that i have something of his that would be of interest i feel to his family .

regards
trevor

World War Two / bomber command crews

« on: Wednesday 05 January 11 11:38 GMT (UK) »

hello all
this is a very long shot i know but does any records or books exist that give the individual crew names for bomber command i realise the sum total of members was great but all i,ve got to go on is a person called tony ( i know i must be crazy ) but thought it might be worth a shot he was a tail gunner for what it,s worth and died of injuries received sometime in 1945 any thoughts would be appreciated
trevor