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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: LynnsBookshelf on Monday 10 March 08 03:23 GMT (UK)
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Hi!
I found this picture in my grandmother's photos. I don't know if he is a relative, or if he is her fiancee who was killed in WWI.
Any info would be appreciated. You clues might help me figure out who he was.
Lynn McGoldrick Franger
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Hi Lynne and welcome to rootschat and the armed forces board. Your photograph shows a soldier who was serving as a Driver/Private with the Royal Artillery. Have you a name for him and also is there anything to say who the photographer was, either on the bottom of the photograph at the front or on its reverse.
old rowley
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Agree with Old Rowley, your soldier is a Driver in the Royal Artillery.
It is a good photo of a 'mounted' soldier with his riding crop and spurs. :)
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Thank You for the info. This was an unused postcard, so there are no other identifying marks.
I think he was probably a relative, and not my grandmother's fiancee, who I believe was in the Medical Corps. His name was Valentine Flood, and he is buried in Bagdad, Iraq. I dont know if Valentine was from Ireland or England, as Grandma worked for a time in England. I don't know much more about Valentine Flood. Any tips on getting more info on him?
Lynn
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you can download an image of the medal card for Valentine from the national archives medal card index for a cost of £3.50. although the medal card will not give you any personal details about Valentine it may add to your knowledge about him.
old rowley
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CWGC confirms that the V Flood buried in Baghdad was RAMC:
Name: FLOOD
Initials: V
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
Unit Text: 32nd Field Amb.
Date of Death: 21/12/1916
Service No: 46780
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Angora Mem. 65.
Cemetery: BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=633433
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From Soldiers Died in the Great War
FLOOD, Valentine, Royal Army Medical Corps
Birthplace - Howlit, Dublin
Enlisted in Waterford
Rank PRIVATE
Number 46780
Died 21 December 1916
Theatre of war - Gallipoli
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Great Info! :)
I think Howlit could be a transcription error, and should be Howth, Dublin. I Googled 'Howlit Dublin' and got references to Valentine Flood, so the error must have been in the original transcription.
My Grandmother was from Howth, Dublin.
Lynn
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Hi
You can now download Medal Index Cards (MIC) for free from Ancestry, if you are a member or have access somehow.
I'm not a member or would offer to do it. Our Library Service has a county wide subscription, so I got my grandfather's that way.
I'm sure someone will offer to download for you.
Good Luck
Howard
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I can also confirm that the pic was taken prior to Aug 1916, as the stiffener is still in his cap...
The other thing to look for on mounted troops are the puttees being wound from top to bottom as then then will not unwind whilst rubbing against the flanks of a nag...
You might want to contact this site...
http://www.ramc-ww1.com/index.html
And add your RAMC chap to it
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Note that the Ancestry WW1 medal cards are not yet complete. I've noticed they have some interesting ones that may not appear in NA, however I didn't see anything for Valentine Flood there.
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Hi Shaun
I forgot Ancestry were doing the job piecemeal. I just got lucky for once.
By the way I'm related to Angel's in Norfolk.
Howard
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Yes, not all the medal index cards are on Ancestry yet, but here is his MIC downloadable for £3.50 from TNA.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/02y0/
:)
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I think this photo may be my grandmother's cousin, George O'Brien. He was from Howth, outside of Dublin. He was born about 1882, and died in World War I.
I have looked on Ancestry.com's Military Records, and see quite a few men named George O'Brien who served in WWI. Would anyone have any ideas of how I could find out which records for George O'Brien correspond to him?
Thanks! Lynn
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Hi :)
George o' Brien did not serve with the Royal Artillery. Here is his MIC, he served with the Royal Irish Rifles then with the Machine Gun Corps:
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Lynne
George's SDGW entry:
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Hi :)
George o' Brien did not serve with the Royal Artillery. Here is his MIC, he served with the Royal Irish Rifles then with the Machine Gun Corps:
So, this man is not likely to be George O'Brien, and he is not likely to be Valentine Flood who was in the Medical Corps. Funny thing is, I first thought he was John Joseph O'Brien, my grandmother's brother , who lost an arm in WWI. I emailed his granddaughter the photo, and she said she didn't think it was her grandfather. Perhaps it is John Joe?
Could you check for info on John Joseph O'Brien, born about 1887 in Howth? Thanks!
Lynn
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Hi Lynne
Presumably John Joseph survived the Great War, minus an arm. If so, then he is likely to have a Pension record which should be searchable on Ancestry, so you should be able to seek this info out for yourself, as you mentioned you have been searching Ancestry already.
Cheers
Anne
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Hello Lynne,
Very interested in your comments regarding Valentine Flood. Myself and my brother are currently researching our families (both my mothers and Fathers side). My mother was a Flood from Howth and her father was Francis a brother of the same (Valentine Flood). Unfortunately I have no other details as yet but I believe that 4 brothers fought in WW1. Would welcome any other info that you have regarding our Great Uncle!
Thanks
Paul