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Armed Forces / Re: Waterloo Medal Roll Lookup Please.
« on: Friday 20 March 15 13:57 GMT (UK)  »
There's a record from 1815 is this the one you are referring to?

Shows the following:


Regiment:
 capt farmer's coy no 7   

 Brigade:
 Capt Farmer's Coy No 7   

 Battalion:
 23rd 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help with identifying Edward Ellis Regiments and place please
« on: Friday 20 March 15 09:49 GMT (UK)  »
I'd say its definitely a wound stripe. If it was an upside down chevron it would be for good conduct but it looks more like a single line which would make it a wound stripe.

The axes above his rank slides (3 for sergeant) show he was a Pioneer Sergeant.

I don't suppose you have his service number do you? There is an E Ellis listed in the London Gazette who got a Mention in Despatches on 22/05/1917 on Gazette No. 30086 gazette page 5032.

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Armed Forces / Re: 5th Irish Lancers
« on: Friday 20 March 15 09:39 GMT (UK)  »
You're welcome Emma.

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Armed Forces / Re: 5th Irish Lancers
« on: Friday 20 March 15 09:36 GMT (UK)  »
Oh, he was also awarded the clasps:

Elandslaagte

    
Defence Of Ladysmith

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Armed Forces / Re: 5th Irish Lancers
« on: Friday 20 March 15 09:35 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Emma08 on Wednesday 18 March 15 21:32 GMT (UK)
Hi Ken,

Yes I am trying to find out where he came from. I posted about him on here a few months back and managed to get his army number but I still can't find much else about him.

His name was Henry Stewart. His number was 2723. He was a staff sergeant farrier.
He served in India for a few years during the late 1890s, where he also married and had children.
Then it seems he was killed during the Boer War in 1900.

I know his father's name was Walter Stewart. And I may have tracked down a half sister... But that's it.

There seem to be strong links to Ireland for him. His wife was Irish and possibly his mother.

He was born approx 1867.

If I could find out his nationality or even when he enlisted that would really help.

He was my great great grandfather.

Not specifically what you're looking for but I have found he was a Staff Sergeant Farrier and he actually died of desease on 13/02/1900

This is from The Boer war medals to British and Commonwealth forces 1899-1902 which is an exclusive collection on Forces War Records.

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World War One / Re: FWR Website Hospital Records
« on: Friday 20 March 15 09:13 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Colin,
In response to your PM asking for if the records hold anymore info than you already know,  here are the details Forces War Records hold. Hopefully there's some new info in there for you.


James Shepperd (Great Grandfather) 23276 MGC  - I have found a reference to Hospital records 1918. I know he was gassed in 1918 and returned to England.
Any detailed info would be fantastic

As you already knew this person was listed in their MH106 Military Hospitals Admission and Discharges Register

The available info you haven't mentioned and is worthwhile mentioning here and is available is:

age
Index number of admission
rank
years service
Months With Field Force
Injury sustained
Date Discharged Back to Duty
Date of Transfer From Sick Convoy
Religion
Notes written by FWR when Transcribing
Regiment
Battalion (Always useful as you can then make a judgement of the individuals movements/postings)

All in all, very interesting!


Henry George Sheppard (brother of above) 5083 Gloucestershire Regiment KIA - 1916
I have details and photographs of his grave and Image of MIC 


No Record for Henry George Shepperd


Joseph Henry Mustoe 26542 Gloucestershire Regiment KIA - 1917
I have details and photographs of his grave and Image of MIC 


The available info you haven't mentioned and is worthwhile mentioning here and is available is:

circa DOB
Age
Birth Town
Resided Town
Date of Death
Fate
Further info (parents)
Rank
Duty Location
Battalion
Collection: Soldiers Died in the Great War plus the IWGC registers



George Mustoe 10352 Gloucestershire Regiment KIA - 1915 - Gallipoli
Buried in Cairo.





The available info you haven't mentioned and is worthwhile mentioning here and is available is:

DOB: circa
Age
Birth Town
Resided Town
Date of Death
Fate
Infomration (parents)
Duty Location
Battalion
Commemorated
Collection: Soldiers DIed in the Great War plus IWGC Registers Collection



Stephen Enos Uzzell 26952 RAVC - injured but survived
died and buried in England 1919
I have details and photographs of his grave.




The available info you haven't mentioned and is worthwhile mentioning here and is available is:

DOB circa
Age
Date of Death
Infomration (parents)
Commemorated
Collection: IWGC Registers Collection


Hopefully that's some use to you, but they do seem to have quite a bit on a couple of your ancestors.

Good Luck!

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Armed Forces / Re: RHA at Waterloo
« on: Thursday 19 March 15 16:21 GMT (UK)  »
I can only add a middle initial to this of 'D'.

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Armed Forces / Re: Help me identify Medal - Royal Marines
« on: Thursday 19 March 15 16:17 GMT (UK)  »
It isn't a campaign medal as they were all round...ish or star shaped, it may be a gallantry medal but very hard to tell from the photo.

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Does anyone use "FORCES WAR RECORDS" opinions needed please.
« on: Thursday 19 March 15 16:13 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Plummiegirl on Thursday 19 February 15 14:44 GMT (UK)
What it appears that this site has done it get all the available war records and put them on their site.  And then charge for the privilege of using their site.

They have NOTHING that cannot be found on others sites.

So, as for WW1, if Ancestry etc., does not have it, it does not exist.

We have always been told that only 30% of WW1 records survived WW2.  A lady from the National Archives was on telly about 4 weeks ago and she actually confirmed that it is only about a 25% survival rate for these records.

This is the problem with military records and the amazing marketing Ancestry have done and so most people believe this common misconception that if it's not on Ancestry then it isn't anywhere which simply isn't true.

I would recommend you take a look at each sites collections list, you will see practically every site has exclusive records not available on any other site, it is of course an obvious business tactic.

There are always obscure collections that the sites transcribe from time to time, otherwise why are we are still subscribing hoping for new info to come to light if all the collections have already been done, and yet just about every site sends us regular emails telling us they've just added new collections!

There's lots of collections outside Ancestry worth looking at, whether your ancestor is in any of them is another matter of course.

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