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Offline Jane Masri

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Re: Can you decipher the countries mentioned?
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 01 December 07 16:41 GMT (UK) »
Debbie I think your reading it wrong, that's when his tour of duty started.  He was in the country on line 1 (that we can't read) from 18/6/1917 - 11/5/1918.  Technically his next tour of duty started the next day, 12.5.1918 in India.  They don't take into consideration how long it takes to get there it's included in the tour of duty.
I think that's EF as well.  It's not an 'I' as that's different in the word, 'India'.

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Re: Can you decipher the countries mentioned?
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 01 December 07 16:49 GMT (UK) »
EF - Eastern Front??  :-\
Dunning/Downing, Osborn/e, Astley -Cheshire/Birmingham/Middlesex
Fanthorpe/Hall/Driffill/Storm - Lincolnshire
Bower/Woodward/Bingham/Pettinger/Shaw - Nottinghamshire
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Brereton/Vickers - Cheshire
Gleaves/Sandford/Hulse/Hulme - Wolstanton/Audley Staffs
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Re: Can you decipher the countries mentioned?
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 01 December 07 16:51 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Jane Masri on Saturday 01 December 07 16:41 GMT (UK)
Debbie I think your reading it wrong, that's when his tour of duty started.  He was in the country on line 1 (that we can't read) from 18/6/1917 - 11/5/1918.  Technically his next tour of duty started the next day, 12.5.1918 in India.  They don't take into consideration how long it takes to get there it's included in the tour of duty.
I think that's EF as well.  It's not an 'I' as that's different in the word, 'India'.

jane

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Re: Can you decipher the countries mentioned?
« Reply #12 on: Saturday 01 December 07 16:58 GMT (UK) »
;D  It took me a while sitting and studying wretched military forms and their odd jargon to make sense of everything, so no embarrassment  :)
In another part of the record there are references to MEF, something Expeditionary Forces ?

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Re: Can you decipher the countries mentioned?
« Reply #13 on: Saturday 01 December 07 17:00 GMT (UK) »
Line 3 looks like Mesop ( = Mesopotamia)
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Re: Can you decipher the countries mentioned?
« Reply #14 on: Saturday 01 December 07 17:01 GMT (UK) »
It's certainly a puzzler, Jane!

Line 1 is, I think an "N", then there is a loop from "India", then "es"

The Third line is similar, but an "M" and then "oe" then "sop"

But what that means, however.... :-\

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Re: Can you decipher the countries mentioned?
« Reply #15 on: Saturday 01 December 07 17:05 GMT (UK) »
Line 1 could well be Mes E.F. for Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force.

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Re: Can you decipher the countries mentioned?
« Reply #16 on: Saturday 01 December 07 17:05 GMT (UK) »
Think you might be right, Shaun, Mesopotamia,

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Re: Can you decipher the countries mentioned?
« Reply #17 on: Saturday 01 December 07 17:06 GMT (UK) »
Mesopotamia looks good - think there was an Expeditionary Force too.

Hopefully his regiment is known - try asking on 'Armed Forces' for its whereabouts during those dates .....

or google ...... see Section 6 - http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/ww1_victory_medal_award.htm
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