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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: darrows1 on Monday 04 October 10 20:46 BST (UK)
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Hi
I have transcribed an army book belonging to a Sergeant Major (later commissioned to Lieutenant of the Royal Field Artillery, 1st battalion, from October 1916 to December 1917. Much is fairly mundane but it’s full of names and some incidents. For instance he was hospitalised and he listed the names of his companions on the ward:
Spent day in Rouen walking C?? ?? my ward in hospital. May be interesting to remember ?? ?? mostly stomach wounds. Here is the list – a cross section of the British Army
Horse, ?? Sum, Supplier
F Marqueg
Base Hospital Le Havre Oct/Nov 1916
B.S.M Pegler R.F.A
C.Q.N.S Green R. Fusiliers
Cpl Leon Ma??
Pte Blitz A.O.C
Pte Beasley A.S.C
Gnr Hughes R. Berks
Cpl Urquhart R. High/drs (Canadian)
Pte Bouffler W. Dragoons
Pte Duncan Black Watch
Gnr Walsh R.F.A
Pte White R. Sussex Regt
Pte Burns Manchesters
Gnr Berry R.G.A
Gnr Cutler R.G.A
Pte McFie Camerons
Some of the handwriting is difficult to decipher (hence the ??). After that lengthy preamble, my question is this:
Is there a place on the Internet (maybe this forum) where I could post the transcription and invite feedback on missing text and would historians find this of interest?
Thanks,
David
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http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=1494493&queryType=1&resultcount=11
Pte Blitz???
Uncommon name i think McFie was commissioned into London Regiment.
The Great War Forum may have someone interested in looking at your items..also im sure youd get lots of help on here :)
Ady
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Hi Ady
Thanks for this. I'll upload the transcription in WORD or PDF to both sites to see what comes back. He names a lot of soldiers so I'm sure somebody will find something interesting.
David