HALL brothers which regiments

[brigidmac]

Great work all

Yes I know that most of the brothers were married


Maybe her HALL man lied to her

Yes it's thru DNA matches
There are 10 matches thru different children of Susannah HALL  on thru lines 2 via James
+ Benjamin s grandson is a match ..tho not high enough amounts to be half cousins

I have seen his attestation papers .a Clip is shown  in the topic about child allowance
Benjamin had 3 children with his wife before war and another early 1918

Modified

[brigidmac]

I ve sent the french grandson a link to this topic

What were the other wartime expression about french girls ??

My grandad used to say

" a. miss is as good as a mile "

Incidentally my grandad Jones was also 1. Of 6 boys and 1 girl .
He and his younger brother lied about their age to enlist in WW1

1 brother couldnt enlist because he was deaf
The others all returned safely ...my grandfather developed a phobia of mice because of the rats .if he had PTSD he hid it well

Their mother survived a bomb dropping on their Liverpool home
They used to say it had hit her but she was invincible!


 ( mlle... mademoiselle)

[jim1]

As men moved around it would be quite difficult to strike up a relationship.
Looking at Arthur again he was first in the Divl. school which would have been
situated in one place from there he was posted to 1st. Divl. Employment Corps
so it may be he was based in one area.
As yet I've not been able to locate either unit.

[brigidmac]

Thanks so much
+ For modifying
Your post
+ I've removed certain sentences too

Very busy today

Have had more mails from the grandson + now his wife is going to correspond because she understands the tree better but might not understand the English as much
.I'm not as bilingual as I used to be...+ Have problems with technical french but dont understand words like "browser .upload ." In English either

We are copying in one of his 2nd cousins who does not match me because she's connected by marriage.but we both connect to a descendant of that marriage who is also a 2nd cousin
Hoping to CC her into the mails and maybe do a group zoom

[jim1]

Can you find out Camille's DOB?
It will give us lead into where he was at the time.
His record gives this:
16/11/16 posted to 1/Divl. School.
14/7/17 posted to 1/Divl. Emp. Coy.
30/9/17 Attached to 1/Div. H.Q.
(the Emp. Coy. provided Batmen & staff drivers amongst other jobs)
27/10/17 Granted 2 weeks leave.
25/8/18                do.
On the basis of probability he was at 1/Div. H.Q. when they met. (assuming it's him)
I can then look at their diary & find out where he was.
There seems to be info that Benjamin & Joseph also served in some capacity can you give more
details as they are common names, service no. or link to records.

[brigidmac]

I have a photo of a Gardner wedding that may include some of these brothers
Let me see if I can find the way to add it

Yes I have camilles date of birth somewhere
Will confirm with her son later

[jim1]

I'm getting tantalisingly close to putting Estelle & Arthur in the same area.
I need to find where the Chateau D'Acq. is situated.
It's about 32Km. from Lieres.
The timeline of events is as follows:
First half of 1917 Arthur at 1/Divl. school.
June 6 1917 1/Div. relocates to the Chateau D'acq.
Beginning of June 1917 the 1/Div Emp. Coy. arrives in France
from the UK & goes straight to the HQ.
July 1917 Arthur is posted to the Emp. Coy.
(Their main activity was providing concert parties & travelled around the area
as such.)
End of Sept. 1917 Arthur is attached to the H.Q. & remains there until the end of the war.
It's compelling to think that Estelle was in service there & stayed on after it was
commandeered by the Canadians but we'll never know.
As for Benjamin after returning from Gallipoli he was transferred to the Labour Corps
(941 Area Employment Coy.).
No information as to where he served.