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Offline Old Mother Reilly

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Deciphering Help, Please
« on: Tuesday 16 October 12 20:59 BST (UK) »
Can anyone identify the Royal Engineers Corps on this Medal Index Card?
Thanks!

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O'Reilly (Sheffield, Flint, L'pool, Co. Longford): Foxton (Sheffield, Northallerton, Thirsk): Spragg (St. Teath, Delabole, Pengelly): Stabb (Berry Pomeroy)

Gore (Newbury, Wigan): Hawkins (Gt Bedwyn/Hungerford): Massey/Wallis (Shalbourne): Mildenhall (Ogbourne): Smith/Lilley (Nhants): Wernham (Chieveley): Woosnam (Mont./Salop): Yaldwyn (Blackdown)

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Re: Deciphering Help, Please
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 16 October 12 21:54 BST (UK) »
Can't find anything similar in RE units....there's nothing in his pension record that I can see either

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Re: Deciphering Help, Please
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 16 October 12 22:18 BST (UK) »
Hi

Complete transcript of units in WW1 Campaign Medals Index transcribed from the National Archives medal index
http://www.hut-six.co.uk/GreatWar/units.html

There is mention of these two.

2nd Bud Fusiliers Royal Engineers
2nd Bud Ir Royal Engineers

No idea what the Bud means though.

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Re: Deciphering Help, Please
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 07:07 BST (UK) »
Thank you both - I thought it was just me seeing "Bud" and not knowing what it meant!  Will keep searching.

Rachel
Stevens (Devizes, Calne, Wootton Bassett): Hunt (Milford/Lymington, Calne): Moore/Rudland (Ipswich): Whitlock (Pitton & Farley): Hayter (Whiteparish)

O'Reilly (Sheffield, Flint, L'pool, Co. Longford): Foxton (Sheffield, Northallerton, Thirsk): Spragg (St. Teath, Delabole, Pengelly): Stabb (Berry Pomeroy)

Gore (Newbury, Wigan): Hawkins (Gt Bedwyn/Hungerford): Massey/Wallis (Shalbourne): Mildenhall (Ogbourne): Smith/Lilley (Nhants): Wernham (Chieveley): Woosnam (Mont./Salop): Yaldwyn (Blackdown)

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Re: Deciphering Help, Please
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 17:31 BST (UK) »
I have asked the Royal Engineers Museum and they haven't seen this abbreviation before.  Although they do not undertake research, I am hoping someone there will be able to work it out!

Rachel
Stevens (Devizes, Calne, Wootton Bassett): Hunt (Milford/Lymington, Calne): Moore/Rudland (Ipswich): Whitlock (Pitton & Farley): Hayter (Whiteparish)

O'Reilly (Sheffield, Flint, L'pool, Co. Longford): Foxton (Sheffield, Northallerton, Thirsk): Spragg (St. Teath, Delabole, Pengelly): Stabb (Berry Pomeroy)

Gore (Newbury, Wigan): Hawkins (Gt Bedwyn/Hungerford): Massey/Wallis (Shalbourne): Mildenhall (Ogbourne): Smith/Lilley (Nhants): Wernham (Chieveley): Woosnam (Mont./Salop): Yaldwyn (Blackdown)

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Re: Deciphering Help, Please
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 17:49 BST (UK) »
could it be 2nd Battalion of the royal engineers

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Re: Deciphering Help, Please
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 18:14 BST (UK) »
The transcript or the medal index may be at fault.  The mixture of Fusiliers and R.E. cannot be correct, and I suspect the other also.
That leaves the mysterious bud...

I see that he had passed as a miner earlier, but do not see any connection.

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Re: Deciphering Help, Please
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 18 October 12 11:35 BST (UK) »
The RE Museum have searched but they can't find anything relating to this abbreviated name, either ::)!  So still open to any flashes of inspiration ...


Stevens (Devizes, Calne, Wootton Bassett): Hunt (Milford/Lymington, Calne): Moore/Rudland (Ipswich): Whitlock (Pitton & Farley): Hayter (Whiteparish)

O'Reilly (Sheffield, Flint, L'pool, Co. Longford): Foxton (Sheffield, Northallerton, Thirsk): Spragg (St. Teath, Delabole, Pengelly): Stabb (Berry Pomeroy)

Gore (Newbury, Wigan): Hawkins (Gt Bedwyn/Hungerford): Massey/Wallis (Shalbourne): Mildenhall (Ogbourne): Smith/Lilley (Nhants): Wernham (Chieveley): Woosnam (Mont./Salop): Yaldwyn (Blackdown)

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Re: Deciphering Help, Please
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 18 October 12 12:15 BST (UK) »
I hope you don't mind - I've posted the image on a WW1 Forum to see whether anyone there has any idea.

Mike
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