1
Northamptonshire / Re: Jacques Alexander BRAENDLI
« on: Thursday 15 November 18 13:46 GMT (UK) »
That's brilliant, what a nice gesture
Margaret
Margaret
Show Posts
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
2
World War One / Re: Help with WWI Uniform
« on: Monday 15 October 18 11:15 BST (UK) »
Good Morning Regorian
Thank you for that - any little snippet is of great help. I am studying the students and ex-students from a teacher training college who enlisted during WWI and the great majority of them ended up being officers - as you say teaching is a profession and these men would have skills in leadership and organisation I am guessing.
Harry is an intrigue but I have reached the conclusion that apart from the "official" medal roll listings and the scant information he gave his family - his army career will mostly remain a mystery and conjecture.
I am preparing for a public talk in November on the students and Harry forms part of the talk as being "a bit different", more than the average as it were.
Thanks again - I am constantly amazed at the knowledge of you guys on here
Kindest
Margaret
Thank you for that - any little snippet is of great help. I am studying the students and ex-students from a teacher training college who enlisted during WWI and the great majority of them ended up being officers - as you say teaching is a profession and these men would have skills in leadership and organisation I am guessing.
Harry is an intrigue but I have reached the conclusion that apart from the "official" medal roll listings and the scant information he gave his family - his army career will mostly remain a mystery and conjecture.
I am preparing for a public talk in November on the students and Harry forms part of the talk as being "a bit different", more than the average as it were.
Thanks again - I am constantly amazed at the knowledge of you guys on here
Kindest
Margaret
3
World War One / Re: Help with WWI Uniform
« on: Monday 15 October 18 10:33 BST (UK) »
Thank you MaxD - that is fabulous.
No idea re the PM - I got a reply from you but it was just my message repeated - obviously not just me that is having a touch of Monday morning-itis - the system is too - makes me feel better.
Just out of interest - I was reading the war diaries and wondering if I could find any mention of Harry - does his service number T/309046 give any sort of clue as to the battalion he would have been in at all. Just to narrow down my reading a tad.
Enjoy your day
Margaret
No idea re the PM - I got a reply from you but it was just my message repeated - obviously not just me that is having a touch of Monday morning-itis - the system is too - makes me feel better.
Just out of interest - I was reading the war diaries and wondering if I could find any mention of Harry - does his service number T/309046 give any sort of clue as to the battalion he would have been in at all. Just to narrow down my reading a tad.
Enjoy your day
Margaret
4
World War One / Re: Air Mechanics in the Army
« on: Monday 08 October 18 14:03 BST (UK) »
ShaunJ
Superb - thank you so much
Kindest
Margaret
Superb - thank you so much
Kindest
Margaret
5
World War One / Air Mechanics in the Army
« on: Monday 08 October 18 12:43 BST (UK) »
OK - so today's question is
I have a guy - George Gleave - who enlisted as a air mechanic in the army/RFC on 8/10/15 he was subsequently transferred to the RAF, 48th Squadron - on 1/4/18. His service number was given according to the Fold3 documents as 9558. It is also mentioned here that he served in Egypt.
I am researching him as an ex student of a teacher training college and in the 1916 student magazine he writes to the college to say that he has met up with another student on the "boat on our way to India" - that would have been sometime during 1915.
So - my knowledgeable friends - are there any war diaries for the RFC section of the Army at all - are they on the Ancestry site cunningly hidden? Or is these anywhere you can recommend that I could find out details of various movements in order to try and place his whereabouts?
Thanks again
Kindest
Margaret
I have a guy - George Gleave - who enlisted as a air mechanic in the army/RFC on 8/10/15 he was subsequently transferred to the RAF, 48th Squadron - on 1/4/18. His service number was given according to the Fold3 documents as 9558. It is also mentioned here that he served in Egypt.
I am researching him as an ex student of a teacher training college and in the 1916 student magazine he writes to the college to say that he has met up with another student on the "boat on our way to India" - that would have been sometime during 1915.
So - my knowledgeable friends - are there any war diaries for the RFC section of the Army at all - are they on the Ancestry site cunningly hidden? Or is these anywhere you can recommend that I could find out details of various movements in order to try and place his whereabouts?
Thanks again
Kindest
Margaret
6
World War One / Re: Help with Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
« on: Sunday 07 October 18 14:53 BST (UK) »
There's no room MaxD - I'm already there!!!!
7
World War One / Re: Help with Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
« on: Sunday 07 October 18 14:16 BST (UK) »
Argggghhhh - why did I not notice that!! Ah well
Thanks ShaunJ
Happy Sunday
Kindest
Margaret
Thanks ShaunJ
Happy Sunday
Kindest
Margaret
8
World War One / Re: Help with Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
« on: Sunday 07 October 18 13:28 BST (UK) »
Thanks so much ShaunJ - those never appeared when I did a FindMyPast search for my man - only the front of them, strange as I have a full subscription - but that helps a lot.
Thanks muchly
Margaret
Thanks muchly
Margaret
9
World War One / Re: Help with Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
« on: Sunday 07 October 18 12:12 BST (UK) »
Thanks Muchly 