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World War Two / Re: MV Staffordshire
« on: Saturday 08 February 25 18:01 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: AmandCo on Monday 29 April 24 06:39 BST (UK)
My grandmother, Joyce Violet Thomas, was aboard the Staffordshire, and was taken to Stornoway on the Sama. Her aunt took down her account of events from being aboard ship to her return to London, and the file is attached. I'm sure all will find it interesting. My late father added some extra info about the attack and the Sama.

That was very interesting, thank you for sharing it.

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World War One / Re: Medal Card
« on: Monday 04 November 24 17:33 GMT (UK)  »
I did send for the RAF record quite recently.  Most of it was redacted ie next of kin, names, addresses etc. so I didn't pay much attention to it.

On the Previous Engagement Section it says the following:

"Army Reserve Section "D"

19.03.23 to 18.03.27"

So looks like Medal Card man is not mine.  Plus wrong badges etc.  Hope I haven't wasted anybodies time, though I still don't know what his uniform was.  He married my grandmother in 1921 in Liverpool so the studio photo must be earlier than this when he still lived in Wales.


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World War One / Re: Medal Card
« on: Sunday 03 November 24 21:34 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: tonepad on Sunday 03 November 24 21:27 GMT (UK)
BarbW

The document you posted is not a Medal Card. There is a separate medal card available for the soldier with Service Number 48876.


Is this the uniform post you refer to below:

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=885127.0

The cap badge on the photo is not RAMC. How certain are you that this is actually a photo of your grandfather. Do you have other photos for comparison?


Tony

Yes I have a photo of him with my grandmother taken circa 1921.  Her daughters both had a copy in their possession as I found out before I came across it last year.  The army photo was sent to me about 30 years ago by his son but it was a very blurry copy of a copy until a family member sent me the original last Christmas taken in a photographic studio in Llandudno.

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World War One / Re: Medal Card
« on: Sunday 03 November 24 21:28 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Andy J2022 on Sunday 03 November 24 19:34 GMT (UK)
Just because he was in the RAMC doesn't mean that he was definitely a medic. Indeed he might have a been a cook in the RAMC. The Army Catering Corps was not created until 1941; before that units had to have their own cooks, who would wear the same capbadge as the soldiers who were responsible for carrying out the unit's main role, whether that was the Infantry or medical services.

Thank you.

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World War One / Re: Medal Card
« on: Sunday 03 November 24 21:27 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: jim1 on Sunday 03 November 24 19:24 GMT (UK)
48876 Williams went overseas Oct. 1915 & was based on a Hospital Ship.
Discharged March 1919.

He was the informant and present at his mother's death on 11 Nov 1918 in Penmaenmawr.

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World War One / Re: Medal Card
« on: Sunday 03 November 24 21:24 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: ALAMO2008 on Sunday 03 November 24 19:26 GMT (UK)
Was Thomas from Bethesda ?
When was he Born ? Do you have his DOB ?
When and where did he Die in WW2

Yes he was born in Bethesda on 22 Feb 1898.  He was killed on 2 May 1943 in Whitchurch, Shropshire.

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World War One / Medal Card
« on: Sunday 03 November 24 18:23 GMT (UK)  »
I have just found a medal card on Ancestry that is possibly my grandfather.  I believe it's a medical Corp but can find no other records.  I posted a photo on here of him in army uniform some months ago but nobody was able to identify it.  He was killed in a road traffic accident in WW2 and was some kind of cook in the RAF which makes me question the change of occupation from medic to cook.  Here is the transcript as you can see a very common name in Wales.  TIA.

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The Common Room / Re: Vaccination Officer 1880
« on: Saturday 14 September 24 22:22 BST (UK)  »
Thank you both, I'd never heard of it before!!  Always something new to learn in our hobby/obsession 😆

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Armed Forces / Re: Cheshire Yeomanry
« on: Saturday 14 September 24 20:25 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much.  I was hoping for a bit of Boer War action with him being in the King's Coronation honour guard detail, but most likely that's more because he was a Freemason.

Yes I came across his will today.  He is the great nephew of my ancestor and I only started looking into him more today as Ancestry had sent me a newspaper hint by email, probably because they are trying to sell their newspaper subscription, but I already have Find My Past so logged in there to find it.

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