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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: Talie on Friday 11 November 11 11:19 GMT (UK)
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Quoting the CWGC website. This was the entry for the death of my great great grandfather James William Cutts who was killed in action in 1916.
CUTTS J W
Nationality - United Kingdom
Rank - Private
Regiment/Service: East Surrey Regiment
Unit Text: 7th Bn.
Date of Death - 02/04/1916
Service No - 6556
Casualty Type - Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference - II. J. 17.
Cemetery - VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
I then came across a medal card for a James W Cutts who was in the 1st battalion East Surrey Regiment. The regiment number was 6556, the same as the service number of my great great grandad. I don't know if the two numbers relate to each other.. but is it possible this could be the medal card of my grandfather? (i've attached the medal card image)
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Yes, that's his medal card.
Cati
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Yes, that's his medal card.
Cati
:o Awesome!!
Would this now require a trip to the national archives to see if there is any more existing information on my grandfathers military history?
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Have a look on Ancestry for his service record (free access to this until Sunday!) - but the records may not have survived.
Cati
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Searching the regimental number on ancestry, there are no results for my guy :( Damn!
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Only about 30% of the service records survive, so it's not surprising you can't find him
Cati
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Talie,
He was a pre-war Regular.
When was he born? According to one source, his service number shows that he enlisted during 1900.
Phil
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Talie,
He was a pre-war Regular.
When was he born? According to one source, his service number shows that he enlisted during 1900.
Phil
What is a pre-war regular? :o
He was born in 1883 in Surrey. I don't know much about him, I haven't found anything about his enlistment. He's completely disappeared on the 1901 census to :(
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He was a Regular Soldier pre Great War...Ie wasnt conscripted or volunteered on outbreak of war.
Its possible he was overseas on 1901 the Boer War was on in South Africa
Ady
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He is on the Boer War Medal Rolls as LCpl James Cutts 2nd East Surrey Regiment with the number 6556 same as WW1 :)
Ady
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He is on the Boer War Medal Rolls as LCpl James Cutts 2nd East Surrey Regiment with the number 6556 same as WW1 :)
Ady
Wow! I never knew this stuff, i'm not sure anyone in my family knows about this. Thank you!
Where can I find these Boer War medal rolls? I'd like to search this up and save it to my records :D :D
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http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1686&iid=31794_221475-00144&fn=J&ln=Cutts&st=r&ssrc=&pid=276544
Theres two entries for him on ancestry...One for Kings South Africa medal the other for Queens South Africa Medal
Ady :)
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Damn, I have no subscription so I can't see it :'(
Thank you though! It's really great to have all this extra, unexpected information on him. For far to long he's been just a name with very little information :(
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Tallie, I see that you're in the UK: check whether your local library has AncestryLibrary: if so then you can view their records free...
Cati
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Hi
If you send me your e-mail details via a PM I will send this record to you
Margp