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Armed Forces / Re: Royal Artilley Attestation
« on: Sunday 18 February 24 18:03 GMT (UK)  »
He was initially in a light anti aircraft unit. Due to a massive shortfall of Infantry soldiers after the Normandy campaign a lot of soldiers from the support Corps and RAF were transferred en mass to the Infantry, your man was one of them.

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Armed Forces / Re: Ex Navy man 1939
« on: Thursday 04 January 24 21:43 GMT (UK)  »
Going by his age and possible enlistment year, good chance he was still serving as a regular in the Navy and posted in one of the fleets overseas.

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Armed Forces / Re: HMHS Maine - how did she get to Korea?
« on: Monday 31 July 23 21:02 BST (UK)  »
Reference her route, until the log book is released to confirm it would probably of been close to, UK-Gibraltar- Malta-Port Said(Suez Canal)-Aden-Colombo-Singapore-Hong Kong. She was already in the area on the outbreak of the war and ferried casualties to Japan. In between these stops would of been a couple of different run ashore stops for the crew to unwind, would explain places like Rome(Civitavecchia).

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Armed Forces / Re: What is this uniform please?
« on: Sunday 14 May 23 21:37 BST (UK)  »
If you look at the left sleeve on the centre and right man it looks like American style stripes for sergeant rank plus they always tucked their ties in like that . ;)

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Armed Forces / Re: What is this uniform please?
« on: Sunday 14 May 23 14:55 BST (UK)  »
World War 2 American.

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Armed Forces / Re: Regiment location 1893
« on: Friday 13 January 23 16:57 GMT (UK)  »
There is a J H White who died 25 May 1900 in S Africa and was a member of the 2nd Battalion of the Cornwall Light Infantry, which ties in with those stationed in Dublin in 1893. This soldier was a Private (service number 1179) but soldiers were busted down the ranks pretty easily as i have a relative who was up and down the ranks all the time so could possibly be him ?
 He died of disease at Naauwpoort and his name is on The Duke of Cornwalls memorial in St Petroc Church in Bodmin.

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Armed Forces / Re: Regiment location 1893
« on: Friday 13 January 23 16:53 GMT (UK)  »
in Aug 1893 my Great auntie married a colour sergeant, called James white, in Plymouth who according to the marriage certificate was based at Richmond barracks, Dublin. 

My question is, does anyone know which regiment was based there at that time? 

I have found a document, that records the death of "a" Colour sergeant James White from a self inflicted gunshot wound in 1900, fighting in the Boer War. Our James, also apparently died in 1900 during the same war, and i was wondering if he could be the same person.

There is a J H White who died 25 May 1900 in S Africa and was a member of the 2nd Battalion of the Cornwall Light Infantry, which ties in with those stationed in Dublin in 1893. This soldier was a Private (service number 1179) but soldiers were busted down the ranks pretty easily as i have a relative who was up and down the ranks all the time so could possibly be him ?


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Armed Forces / Re: Trying to trace info of family members WW2
« on: Tuesday 12 April 22 20:30 BST (UK)  »
Reference Thomas Keyes, going by his service number it looks like he was in the General Service Corps and joined up at the end of 1943 early 1944.

https://www.researchingww2.co.uk/army-numbers-british-army-ww2/#:~:text=Army%20Number%20Allocations%20%20%20%20Number%20Block,6%20November%201939%20%2029%20more%20rows%20

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Armed Forces / Re: 2nd Boer War 1901 slighty wounded
« on: Tuesday 13 April 21 15:12 BST (UK)  »
I doubt you will find anything online, might be worth contacting the regimental museum and see if they can help. they might have more detail reports or a feature in the regimental journal.

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