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World War One / Re: Help to trace further info - Have attestion record but can find nothing more?
« on: Wednesday 07 October 15 14:02 BST (UK) »
I will do that, great suggestion thank you.
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World War One / Re: Help to trace further info - Have attestion record but can find nothing more?
« on: Wednesday 07 October 15 13:50 BST (UK) »
Thanks Ken, just been reading up on the Derby scheme. Am really enjoying finding out about a whole new area. My children (inspired by Horrible Histories WW1 special - it's one of their favourites!) are also fascinated and want to take the photo and records into school.
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World War One / Re: Help to trace further info - Have attestion record but can find nothing more?
« on: Tuesday 06 October 15 17:18 BST (UK) »
Think I need to go have a better search on Ancestry. I used to be quite good at understanding the sources online but that was about 8 years or so ago. It's moved on a bit eh?
Thank you both VERY much. I hadn't picked up on the cap badge and had missed the notation re the Huntscraft - I'd found the info via googling. Could have saved myself a job!
I'll use the info you have noted to search Dod as for some reason am having trouble finding him on that site.
Thank you both VERY much. I hadn't picked up on the cap badge and had missed the notation re the Huntscraft - I'd found the info via googling. Could have saved myself a job!
I'll use the info you have noted to search Dod as for some reason am having trouble finding him on that site.
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Cumberland / Re: Lifeboat Inn, Church Street, Workington
« on: Tuesday 06 October 15 17:03 BST (UK) »
If you track the postcode for Church St on www.old-maps.co.uk you can use the thumbnail views to track the development (or otherwise) of Church St. It appears to have been cleared in the late 1960s / early 1970s. Given the date I would suspect slum clearance?
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Cumberland / Re: Lifeboat Inn, Church Street, Workington
« on: Tuesday 06 October 15 16:48 BST (UK) »
Ah yes no search facility. "Find" on a laptop or PC (ctrl and F key together) should work for you?
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Cumberland / Re: Lifeboat Inn, Church Street, Workington
« on: Tuesday 06 October 15 15:37 BST (UK) »
He is listed in Bulmer's Directory as being there in 1901 -
"NICHOLSON John beerhouse Lifeboat Inn 19 Church st Workington (1901)"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~haydencowan/Lacey/Census%20Bowes/Workington%201901.pdf for the full directory. A search on "Church St Workington" shows 43 results and gives you an idea of what else was about at the time.
"NICHOLSON John beerhouse Lifeboat Inn 19 Church st Workington (1901)"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~haydencowan/Lacey/Census%20Bowes/Workington%201901.pdf for the full directory. A search on "Church St Workington" shows 43 results and gives you an idea of what else was about at the time.
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World War One / Re: Help to trace further info - Have attestion record but can find nothing more?
« on: Tuesday 06 October 15 15:22 BST (UK) »
Ah - have just discovered that the FindMyPast records are more than one page! It really isn't clear (or I'm really not that bright!)
So I've got:
Joined up/ attested 17 Nov 1915 and placed to reserve by the Devonshire regiment
Mobilised 13 Jun 1916 and attached to East Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion
Transferred 19 Mar 1917 to Royal Engineers and posted on 20 Mar as a Sapper. He was assigned to 338 Road Construction Company. . 338 RCC were sent to France in early April 1917 - he probably sailed on the SS Huntscraft landing in Le Havre on the 3 April.
Admitted to hospital 7 July 1917 with the date of his being a casualty given as the 30 June. He was sent back to his regiment on the 14 July.
Raised to Corporal 21 Nov 1917. He was also raised to skilled (not sure what that means - possibly more pay?) on the 18 Sep 1918.
He was given 14 days leave on 30 Nov 1918. He was placed to the Z list reserve on 15 April 1919.
I wouldn't have found this without RootsChat. Very much appreciated.
Any views on if the uniform is from training or the RE?
So I've got:
Joined up/ attested 17 Nov 1915 and placed to reserve by the Devonshire regiment
Mobilised 13 Jun 1916 and attached to East Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion
Transferred 19 Mar 1917 to Royal Engineers and posted on 20 Mar as a Sapper. He was assigned to 338 Road Construction Company. . 338 RCC were sent to France in early April 1917 - he probably sailed on the SS Huntscraft landing in Le Havre on the 3 April.
Admitted to hospital 7 July 1917 with the date of his being a casualty given as the 30 June. He was sent back to his regiment on the 14 July.
Raised to Corporal 21 Nov 1917. He was also raised to skilled (not sure what that means - possibly more pay?) on the 18 Sep 1918.
He was given 14 days leave on 30 Nov 1918. He was placed to the Z list reserve on 15 April 1919.
I wouldn't have found this without RootsChat. Very much appreciated.
Any views on if the uniform is from training or the RE?
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World War One / Re: Help to trace further info - Have attestion record but can find nothing more?
« on: Tuesday 06 October 15 12:50 BST (UK) »
So if I can prevail on you.... do I have this right?
Joined up/ attested 17 Nov 1915 and placed to reserve - with the Devonshire Regiment 338th?
Mobilised 13 Jun 1916 and attached to East Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion
Transferred 19 Mar 1917 to Royal Engineers and posted on 20 Mar - am unsure of rank?
Raised to Corporal 21 Nov 1917. On 16 Mar 1918 he is listed as a Shn? Corporal.
Demobbed on 15 April 1919
Joined up/ attested 17 Nov 1915 and placed to reserve - with the Devonshire Regiment 338th?
Mobilised 13 Jun 1916 and attached to East Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion
Transferred 19 Mar 1917 to Royal Engineers and posted on 20 Mar - am unsure of rank?
Raised to Corporal 21 Nov 1917. On 16 Mar 1918 he is listed as a Shn? Corporal.
Demobbed on 15 April 1919
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World War One / Re: Help to trace further info - Have attestion record but can find nothing more?
« on: Tuesday 06 October 15 11:59 BST (UK) »
Thank you, will do. Have ancestry subscription but PAYG on Find my Past 
Are transcription errors common? The transcription for his 25477 service number shows Armitage in Staffordshire as his birthplace (the original record is very faint). Presumably this is why I have not traced him elsewhere.
Are transcription errors common? The transcription for his 25477 service number shows Armitage in Staffordshire as his birthplace (the original record is very faint). Presumably this is why I have not traced him elsewhere.