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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: queencorgi1 on Saturday 15 February 25 14:35 GMT (UK)
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I have been unable to track this man down, or even to find anyone called 'J.H. Corbett' (I don't know his full names) as an officer in the London regiment. All I know is that he was cashiered in April 1918. Can anyone help me identify him?
Many thanks in advance!
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On the Military Hospital Admissions and Discharge Registers there is a Second Lieutenant J H Corbett, 2/3 Battalion London Regiment, aged 32, admitted 2/6/1917, ailment Pyrexia of unknown origin. Could this be him?
Added- found a John Hampton Corbett, 22037, Corporal Canadian Infantry,then 2nd Lieutenant Imperial Forces also 2nd Lieutenant London Regiment, could be your man?
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Per a 1917 Army List his seniority date was 14 December 1915. It seems likely that he was John H Corbett who was given a commission on that date to the London Regiment, having previously had a temporary commission with the Bedfordshire Regiment.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29401/supplement/12434
His temporary commission date was 17 June 1915. I will now look for that one.
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John Hampton Corbett
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29197/page/5879
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Medals forfeited
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1262/images/30850_A000369-00710
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J H Corbett married Nora C Thoday in Romford 1915:
Marriages Sep 1915 (>99%)
Thoday Nora C Corbett Romford 4a 1535
Tony
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Possible birth
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1885/02639/1973179.pdf
1931 canada census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6RSL-VCM5
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Here is one possible candidate.
John Hampton Corbett born c1885 possibly Q1 1885 Wrexham 11B 267 mother's maiden name Powell. If this correct then his parents were Robert Corbett Police Constable b. c 1856 and Annie Powell b c 1857 married Q1 1877 Wrexham 11B 366. in 1891 census the family were living at 1 Burton Terrace Ruabon, Wrexham, Denbighshire. I think SoftlySoftly's suggestion is more likely.
Service record.
Corporal 22037 in 16 Canadian Infantry Imperial Forces, commissioned 17 Jun 1915 (London Gazette Issue 29197) into London Regiment as 2Lt, later promoted Lt.
On 2 Jun 1917 2Lt JH Corbett 2/3 London Regiment admitted 2 General Hospital and treated there for 18 days before being transferred to 1 General Hospital. Medical complaint PUO. At the time of his admission to hospital he had been with the Field Force for 5 monthsHis age was given as 32 and he had 2 years service in the Army.
Medal card (in WO372/5 - see below) shows that he forfeited all medals to which he would have been entitled (probably British War Medal and Victory Medal), which accords with him being cashiered.
He appears to have married Nora Christine Thoday at Hornchurch on 18 Sep 19815, while stationed at Reed Hall camp Colchester. His father named as Robert Corbett, country gentleman (possibly an exaggeration). You didn't ask about his later life so i haven't looked any further.
Apologies for repeating much of what others have already posted.
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Suffolk and Essex Free Press, 15 Sep 1915
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Name John Hampton Corbett
Gender Male
Marriage Age 30
Birth Date abt 1885
Marriage Date 18 Sep 1915
Marriage Place Hornchurch, St Andrew, Essex, England
Father
Robert Corbett as per ireland birth record
Spouse
Nora Christine Thoday as per 1931 canada census
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1901 census - John Hampton Corbett age 15
House 56 in Hanover Street (Portadown Urban, Armagh)
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Armagh/Portadown_Urban/Hanover_Street/1029863/
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Thank you all so much!
I haven't previously come across someone transferring from the Canadian to the British forces, but I presume that was because he was British originally.
I will proceed to add him into my lists -- again, most grateful.
A final thank you to Kiltaglassen for the 1901 census entry, which arrived as I was typing!
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Canadian Archives
https://beta-recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=pffww&IdNumber=116772&q_type_1=q&q_1=hampton%20corbett&ecopy=054514a
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Marriage of John Hampton's parents.
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https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1879/11065/8048106.pdf
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Medals forfeited
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1262/images/30850_A000369-00710
Hi Shaun
This is interesting because not all my court martial subjects do forfeit all medals. Some forfeit just gallantry ones.
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His officer service record is available at TNA, but not digitised: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1059535
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His officer service record is available at TNA, but not digitised: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1059535
Thank you, Andy, that was literally going to be my next task!
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Medals forfeited
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1262/images/30850_A000369-00710
Hi Shaun
This is interesting because not all my court martial subjects do forfeit all medals. Some forfeit just gallantry ones.
According to his Canadian service documentation, linked to by hanes teulu, he was put on the Canadian medal rolls. There is no mention of him having been court martialled in his Canadian records when he re-enlists in 1918.
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The Court Martial Registers record him as court martialled and cashiered in April 1918.
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Andy,
I trawled thru' the Canadian record hoping to find reference to his being cashiered - but drew a blank. However, I wasn't sure what I was looking for!
Thanks for confirming absence from record.
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I have another instance where a man cashiered in the British army then turns up in Canada and enlists there!