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Ayrshire / BOER war volunteers from Beith
« on: Friday 04 July 25 22:53 BST (UK)  »
my Grt Grandfather Hugh Ferguson volunteered along with 5 others from Beith to go fight in the BOER war, the only info is   [they were accepted at Ayr on saturday for duty in south Africa ,Privates Hugh
Ferguson, Geo Higgins ,Wm Harrington ,Alexander Love ,Robt Gibson ,Terrence McCabe]  D Coy 1st VB Royal Scots Fusiliers 1900-01
  How can i find out more information on these people including Medal Entitlement

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Armed Forces / Re: a helluva man with a helluva story
« on: Tuesday 25 November 14 22:47 GMT (UK)  »
 ;D ;D ;D  ALL I CAN SAY IS .....AWSOME....WHERE DO YOU FIND ALL THIS INFO...THAT IS AMAZING.....IVE BEEN TRYING FOR OVER A YEAR AND I MANAGED A MEDAL INDEX CARD AND VARIOUS LITTLE SNIPPETS FROM FAMILY...AND YOU GET THIS SO QUICK..... SHOULD CHANGE YOUR NAME TO ORACLE  :P..... CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE I CAN FIND THE INFO REFERENCE HIM BEING WOUNDED IN FEB 16 .... SORRY FOR BEING A PAIN :(

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Armed Forces / Re: a helluva man with a helluva story
« on: Monday 24 November 14 12:37 GMT (UK)  »
i only found out he was serving in WW1 due to seeing it on his attestation paperwork, i paid my £30 to historical disclosures but they only have very limited info, i went to national archives in Edinburgh hoping to get some info,but was told they don't hold military records and Kew held all or most military records, i really want to start the journey from when he joined the royal Scots fusiliers , he served 4yrs  267 days, his medal index card showed he was in Gallipoli,may 1915,what confuses me here is that he has an army number for service with the northumberland fusiliers...why would he have that if he served for the duration of the war with a Scottish regt ???? ... the story then jumps to 1920 when he went over to Ireland with the black and tans (my grandmother got a pension for his service here until her death in 1988,i have the letter confirming the pension will now cease), my aunt also said he was shot in the hand by the ira....lots to find out but it seems there is brick walls everywhere i go...would this be due to him serving with the royal Irish constabulary auxiliary .... when i go to national archives,all i get is redirected to his medal index card (which doesnt show his WW2 army number ...confused confused confused lol

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Armed Forces / a helluva man with a helluva story
« on: Sunday 23 November 14 16:42 GMT (UK)  »
Just recently it came to my attention that my grandfather was involved in WW1 with the 4/5 royal scots fusiliers.... and with the RIC aux during the Irish war of independence 1920-22, then with the royal engineers during WW2...its a helluva complicated journey trying to get information on him...   i have his attestation papers when he joined for service in 1940 at the age of 42, he joined the RE , he was promoted to lcpl in  the 1st month of service before going out with the BEF to France on the 29th march 40, he was evacuated injured on the 19th may 40 to (writing is difficult to read,so could be a variation on my conclusion) to 16 mill sid (or SD) hospt ....  B2,3030/2T5... he was discharged 19th july 40.....the reason being...CEASING TO FULFIL ARMY PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS  (Para 383(xvi)tg)KR1935........  can anybody throw some light on why he was discharged......my grandfather died 1943 with cancer....regards Rob......................................................................his army numbers are 1914799 (on his attestation paperwork of 1940)...8318 with the royal scots fusiliers and 311256 with the northumberland fusiliers which i got from his medal index card

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