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Offline Talie

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Could this be the medal card for my 2x great grandad?
« on: Friday 11 November 11 11:19 GMT (UK) »
Quoting the CWGC website. This was the entry for the death of my great great grandfather James William Cutts who was killed in action in 1916.

CUTTS J W
Nationality - United Kingdom
Rank - Private
Regiment/Service:   East Surrey Regiment
Unit Text:   7th Bn.
Date of Death - 02/04/1916
Service No - 6556
Casualty Type - Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference - II. J. 17.
Cemetery - VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

I then came across a medal card for a James W Cutts who was in the 1st battalion East Surrey Regiment. The regiment number was 6556, the same as the service number of my great great grandad. I don't know if the two numbers relate to each other.. but is it possible this could be the medal card of my grandfather? (i've attached the medal card image)

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Lindstrom, Spall, Foot, Messenger, Cutts, Farey, Roberts, Nicholls, Bannister, Oakenfull, Whayman, Harvey, Woodfield, Collins, West Ham, Sweden, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Mile End, Essex, Epping, Bethnal Green

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Re: Could this be the medal card for my 2x great grandad?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 11 November 11 11:21 GMT (UK) »
Yes, that's his medal card.

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Re: Could this be the medal card for my 2x great grandad?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 11 November 11 11:31 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: cati on Friday 11 November 11 11:21 GMT (UK)
Yes, that's his medal card.

Cati

:o Awesome!!
Would this now require a trip to the national archives to see if there is any more existing information on my grandfathers military history?
Lindstrom, Spall, Foot, Messenger, Cutts, Farey, Roberts, Nicholls, Bannister, Oakenfull, Whayman, Harvey, Woodfield, Collins, West Ham, Sweden, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Mile End, Essex, Epping, Bethnal Green

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Re: Could this be the medal card for my 2x great grandad?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 11 November 11 11:33 GMT (UK) »
Have a look on Ancestry for his service record (free access to this until Sunday!) - but the records may not have survived.

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Re: Could this be the medal card for my 2x great grandad?
« Reply #4 on: Friday 11 November 11 11:48 GMT (UK) »
Searching the regimental number on ancestry, there are no results for my guy :( Damn!
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Re: Could this be the medal card for my 2x great grandad?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 11 November 11 11:49 GMT (UK) »
Only about 30% of the service records survive, so it's not surprising you can't find him

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Re: Could this be the medal card for my 2x great grandad?
« Reply #6 on: Friday 11 November 11 12:04 GMT (UK) »
Talie,

He was a pre-war Regular.

When was he born? According to one source, his service number shows that he enlisted during 1900.

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Re: Could this be the medal card for my 2x great grandad?
« Reply #7 on: Friday 11 November 11 12:35 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: forester on Friday 11 November 11 12:04 GMT (UK)
Talie,

He was a pre-war Regular.

When was he born? According to one source, his service number shows that he enlisted during 1900.

Phil

What is a pre-war regular?   :o
He was born in 1883 in Surrey. I don't know much about him, I haven't found anything about his enlistment. He's completely disappeared on the 1901 census to :(
Lindstrom, Spall, Foot, Messenger, Cutts, Farey, Roberts, Nicholls, Bannister, Oakenfull, Whayman, Harvey, Woodfield, Collins, West Ham, Sweden, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Mile End, Essex, Epping, Bethnal Green

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Re: Could this be the medal card for my 2x great grandad?
« Reply #8 on: Friday 11 November 11 12:58 GMT (UK) »
He was a Regular Soldier pre Great War...Ie wasnt conscripted or volunteered on outbreak of war.
Its possible he was overseas on 1901 the Boer War was on in South Africa

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