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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: shannie134 on Tuesday 03 June 08 17:49 BST (UK)
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Hello All
I am trying to find information about my Great Grandad.
I know he joined the Birmingham Pals
Pvt Henry (harry)Allen 53559.
My Mum has a letter which he sent from Paull Point Battery,Hedon Hull on 2.6.1919.
He had got married in Birmingham on 17.8.1918
Any help or information would be great.
Thanks
Shannie
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welcome Shannie - so do you want his marriage found, so you get the maiden name of ggrandnan, and his age and Father's name and occupation ... ?
Or Census entries - that might be harder until his Dads name is revealed on that marriage Cert .....
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Does Jane sound right ? 'Sep' quarter is correct for an August wedding date
Marriages Sep 1918
Allen Harry [spouse=Chaplin] Aston Vol 6d Page 971
Chaplin Jane E [spouse=Allen]
If you want to order the Cert - go to http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ and follow the prompts ........
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Hi
My Mum has a copy of the marriage certificate so have all those details its more his service history I would like to find out about,I have not been able to find his details on Ancestry.
I am trying to work out when he was injured what Paull Point Battery was a hospital.
It seems from the info I have he got married and was then at Paull Point so did he come home on,leave and then return to France/Belgium and then get injured.
Thanks
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ah, OK - sorry, it didnt register that this was posted in 'Armed Forces' :-[
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Hello Shannie,
Harry's service number in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment was 17778. At some point, after he was injured presumably, he was transferred to the Royal Defence Corps with the service number 53559.
At a guess, I would say that Paull Point Battery was where he was stationed with the RDC at the time he wrote the letter.
This is a link to a brief outline of the RDC's role.
http://www.1914-1918.net/royaldefencecorps.html
Phil
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Hello All
I am trying to find information about my Great Grandad.
I know he joined the Birmingham Pals
Pvt Henry (harry)Allen 53559.
My Mum has a letter which he sent from Paull Point Battery,Hedon Hull on 2.6.1919.
He had got married in Birmingham on 17.8.1918
Any help or information would be great.
Thanks
Shannie
Can I just point out to avoid any confusion....that the tern Pvt is American...the correct term for British soldiers is Pte...If you look on any service records etc you may not realise what you are looking at!!!
Have you seen this book??
http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/?product_id=129
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Phil
Thanks for the info,I knew had 2 numbers just mixed them up
Thanks for advised and link
Shannie
Scrimnet
Thanks for advise re short hand and yes I have that book
Shannie
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Hi Shannie
I have not been able to find his details on Ancestry.
You can download his Medal Index Card from TNA for £3.50.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/03l1/
Ancestry are adding them all, in the long term.
Wendi :)
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Wendi
Thanks,I have a copy.
Found out my Great Uncle got rid of the medals and other WW1 stuff as he was fed up of the children playing with them such as shame as was not even his relation!!!
Shannie
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The medals may still be out there...try www.medaltracker.com
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Scrimnet
Thanks,no luck,it was 50yrs + ago that they went
Shannie
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Scrimnet
Thanks,no luck,it was 50yrs + ago that they went
Shannie
The idea was to post them as "missing," they are probably in the hands of a collector somewhere...
I still have guilt trips about the ones I collected when I was a young child, and should post them here as well as on medaltracker... :-\ :-\ :-[
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I am such a girl
Thanks again have just posted details
Shannie