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Help with identification of regiment and name
« on: Thursday 10 August 23 14:32 BST (UK) »
Hello
Please could anyone identify the regiment and name of this soldier.
I read his signature as Ernest L Palmer but am not sure if that is correct.
I think he served in the RAMC and lived in Ipswich before the war.
I am trying to find out if he survived the war. He was still alive on April 2 1917 as I have a letter from him. It says "A Section - no 241" but I'm unsure what that means.
Grateful for any help.
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Re: Help with identification of regiment and name
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 10 August 23 14:37 BST (UK) »
This one was in the RAMC and it mentions 241

Ernest L Palmer
Archive reference WO372/15
Service number 241
Rank Private
Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps
Service record Soldier Number: 241, Rank: Private, Corps: Royal Army Medical Corps
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D4496870
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Re: Help with identification of regiment and name
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 10 August 23 14:38 BST (UK) »
He was awarded the British & Victory medals per the MRI
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Re: Help with identification of regiment and name
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 10 August 23 14:41 BST (UK) »
His WW1 service record is on Ancestry- Ernest Leonard Palmer

Sadly - he was killed in action 1.12.1917 in France but the cwgc entry has a different service number than the WW1 service record & MRI entries

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/300488/e-l-palmer/



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Re: Help with identification of regiment and name
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 10 August 23 14:42 BST (UK) »
Service records on FindMyPast Ernest Leonard Palmer, 221 Harlesden Road, Willesden Green
KIA 1st December 1917 British Expeditionary Force, FRANCE
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday 10 August 23 14:49 BST (UK) »
Does the FindMyPast entry show his service number as 241 Rosie?  cwgc have a different number
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday 10 August 23 14:53 BST (UK) »
Yes, It has 241
2nd C of L Field Ambulance
R.A.M.C.T.F
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Re: Help with identification of regiment and name
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 10 August 23 14:54 BST (UK) »
That's the same number on the Service record & the same address in Harlesden but cwgc has 510175
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Re: Help with identification of regiment and name
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 10 August 23 14:59 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much both.
Do Service numbers change? I don't know much about the military. Is it his own number or for his regiment?
There seems to be an Ernest L Palmer whose number is 241 and then on the next page and EL Palmer number 5610. Lower down on that entry it has the name of Ernest L Palmer handwritten on it.
I was wondering if that could be the Ernest who died possibly?
I was really hoping that he didn't die. :'(
Would you know what "C of L" means and RAMCTF stands for?
Thanks again
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