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Title: RFA Hull & Sculcoates
Post by: emmsthheight on Wednesday 30 December 09 13:28 GMT (UK)

Hi :)

This is also for Waterloo.

Walter Varney of my other post, was in the Royal Field Artillery in WW!.  I decided to try and keep the military part separate. 

I can post on a separate board eventually, but I'm wondering if there were any links between the RFA and Hull or any specific organisations or if there is or was a base in Hull andwhere any archives might be.

Best wishes

Emms :)

Title: Re: RFA Hull & Sculcoates
Post by: Bee on Thursday 31 December 09 11:27 GMT (UK)

Hi Emms

If there is any info it will probably be at the new Hull history center, it opens in January
http://www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/

Bee
 :)

Title: Re: RFA Hull & Sculcoates
Post by: emmsthheight on Thursday 31 December 09 11:40 GMT (UK)

Thank you Bee.

We'll look forward to that and see if we can get in touch with them.

Best wishes & Happy New Year ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Emms

Title: Re: RFA Hull & Sculcoates
Post by: fleming1 on Monday 04 January 10 20:08 GMT (UK)

Hi Emms

re RFA and Hull.
My grandfather joined the Army in 1915 at the Hull central recruiting office and enlisted in the 38 "Hull" DIV.AMM COL. RFA .
I don't know if this information is of any value to you.

Best wishes
Eric

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Title: Re: RFA Hull & Sculcoates
Post by: Bilge on Monday 04 January 10 20:19 GMT (UK)

You may want to browse here good luck.

http://www.ukorigins.co.uk/glist.html

http://www.heroesofhull.co.uk/index.php

Title: Re: RFA Hull & Sculcoates
Post by: emmsthheight on Monday 04 January 10 22:43 GMT (UK)

Hi :) Eric

Thank you very much!

That might well explain why he came to be in the RFA rather than the East Yorkshire Reg.

Definitely merits more investigation.  I don't suppose you know where the records are, do you?  Are they just with other military?

Thank you again"!

Emms :)

Title: Re: RFA Hull & Sculcoates
Post by: emmsthheight on Monday 04 January 10 22:46 GMT (UK)

Thank you Bilge! :)

I can see a consideraable length of time going on tho ywo sites!  In fact I think one of them is one I've been looking for.  We used it once and then never found it again!

Best wishes

Emms :)

Title: Re: RFA Hull & Sculcoates
Post by: fleming1 on Tuesday 05 January 10 08:28 GMT (UK)

Hi Emms
I'm sure I just downloaded them from A2A I think it only cost about £3. Well worth it though for 20 pages of info. Including his AWOL naughty boy. In his letter of application he did say he had worked with horses so it could explain why he went into the RFA as did yours.
Best wishes

Eric

Title: Re: RFA Hull & Sculcoates
Post by: Bilge on Tuesday 05 January 10 17:05 GMT (UK)

Emms I have to say thats the most comprehensive Military record I've seen. I just had a few remains of charred paper on the one I needed most.
You could almost write your family tree from the information on those military records of yours.

Title: Re: RFA Hull & Sculcoates
Post by: emmsthheight on Friday 08 January 10 23:33 GMT (UK)

Hi Bilge

Yes, it was certainly a brilliant find when we got it - we didn't even know for certain he'd been in the war!  So that generatin's brilliant. 

Unfortunately one of the branches is Irish so we're after any clues by any means and as I say, they have virtually no photo's so being in touch with another descendant who had would be  - or finding any likely places would be fantastic.  I think we have our reasons for him joining the RFA though.

Thank you  again.

Besst wishes

Emms :)