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World War Two / Re: Look up for these two men.
« on: Monday 25 December 17 22:55 GMT (UK)  »
Twenty-year-old Tpr James Francis O'Brien was critically wounded on the night of 19 July 1947 when his vehicle was blown up by an IED during a patrol in Jerusalem. He died in hospital on the 21st.

Can't help with Stewart as he was in the 17th/21st.

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World War One / Re: Where is Jabber Track France near Passchendaele
« on: Saturday 11 March 17 09:01 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Les de B on Saturday 11 March 17 01:38 GMT (UK)
Very good information "writer133". Is Broodseine close to the Jabber Track? That's where my grandfather was wounded 4/10/1917. As a child, he showed me the machine gun wound scars on his leg- he was 1st Battalion A.I.F.

Les

Broodseinde is about 1,500 yards to the north of Jabber Track.

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World War One / Re: Where is Jabber Track France near Passchendaele
« on: Friday 10 March 17 23:22 GMT (UK)  »
When the Grave Retrieval Units searched for bodies post-war, they were given total numbers of bodies definitely known to be buried in each quarter square (a-d). As you can see from this extract showing the relevant area, they had been notified of 100 in grid square 4b. These were just known graves, each square would also have its unknowns as well. I can't tell you how many were actually recovered from that square, or how many of those were identified, but a trawl through the CWWG records for nearby Polygon Wood Cemetery may be of help. When individuals were moved from another grave, they were given what is known as a 'concentration' document. These can be uploaded and checked, but you need to go through every casualty to find them all. (Having already gone through all 133 pages of these from that cemetery, looking for 12 men of the King's Own buried at Polygon Wood in 1915 and never recovered, it's no quick task!) 




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World War One / Re: Where is Jabber Track France near Passchendaele
« on: Friday 10 March 17 23:04 GMT (UK)  »
Apologies Andcarred. Just read your first post properly and realised that's a map reference. The map reference given for the grave is marked as a red placemark on map and Google Earth view. Actual coordinates are 50°51'45.30"N  2°59'47.40"E




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World War One / Re: Where is Jabber Track France near Passchendaele
« on: Friday 10 March 17 22:53 GMT (UK)  »
Rather a long track I'm afraid. The placemark on the Google Earth view is in the same place as the green flag on the trench map. It's north-east of Polygon Wood




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World War One / Re: 55th West Lancashire Division 1917 action ?
« on: Friday 24 February 17 21:06 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: ALAMO2008 on Friday 24 February 17 16:48 GMT (UK)
Sadly writer133 after 2 days of viewing the files you listed plus others they suggested .,No luck on my Granddads MM award.

That's a pity.

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World War One / Re: 55th West Lancashire Division 1917 action ?
« on: Monday 20 February 17 14:16 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: ALAMO2008 on Monday 20 February 17 10:22 GMT (UK)
Brilliant -writer133 !

I travel back to Liverpool every 3 weeks from Aberystwyth, we stay at my Wife's Sister in Anfield area and they dump me at the Liverpool Archive Library on the Friday and Saturday where I spend 8 hrs each day researching my Liverpool Ancestry.
Will email Roger Hull the Archivist to have the above ready for me later this week,
now that I know they exist.
 Here's hoping I find more on Granddad, will let you know .
Cheers
Alamo

Good luck and hope you find it. The surviving citations are far from complete, though there are a significant number in the archives. Unfortunately, the battalions' overall reports for the Battle of Menin Road Ridge are very sketchy, mainly because all four battalions from 165 Bde got mixed together almost from the start, which made it difficult for the officer writing the report to produce a blow by blow account. The individual platoon/section reports give much more detail of the actual fighting, many of the NCOs testifying that their squads were made up form mixed units- sometimes men from all four battalions.

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World War One / Re: 55th West Lancashire Division 1917 action ?
« on: Sunday 19 February 17 22:05 GMT (UK)  »
If you're able to visit in person, the Jeudwine Papers in Liverpool Record Office (upstairs in the Central Library) contain many of the MM citations for 55 Division. The files you're looking for are coded as 356/FIF/6/6/18 (1-7) 'Immediate Awards, 165th Infantry 1/7th Liverpool Regiment'.  You need to contact them a couple of days prior to visiting, as they won't bring items up from storage on the day. If you're not already a member of a Liverpool Library, bring two forms of identification with you. They have no objections to people photographing records provided you don't use a flash.

Edited to add: They also have the post-combat reports completed by every platoon, and some cases section, for the Third Battle of Ypres. He may get a mention and may even be the author of one- many of the medal recipients were asked to write a report of their deeds. The relevant files are 'Narratives of 'A' Company, 1/7th Battalion, the King's Liverpool Regiment 356/FIF/2/2/74'; for 'B' Company etc- 356/FIF/2/2/75, 'C' Company is 356/FIF/2/2/76 and 'D' Company is 356/FIF/2/2/77

I think the above are for 20 September (catalogue doesn't say) and the ones for 31 July are 356/FIF/2/2/12 all the way through to 356/FIF/2/2/19

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Dublin / Re: Is there an online electoral roll for Dublin c.1929 available?
« on: Saturday 21 January 17 22:53 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: aghadowey on Saturday 21 January 17 22:27 GMT (UK)
If she was about 17 years old in 1929 then her birth should be online- have you tried looking at all the female Dohertys born in Dublin or Delgany in case you recognise any names of parents?

Have looked at all Elizabeths nationwide within the age range, but have no way of knowing if one is ours or not, as none of the mother's maiden names ring any bells for known surnames in the family tree. The only way I can confirm I've the right family is with an address match, but that's proved impossible.
I suspect that the family relationship is probably connected to my great-grandfather's mother's line, whose surname we don't know- hence the attempt to try to trace Eilish's line backwards. Unfortunately, none of the records for my great-grandfather Shannon's birth c.1854 (probably Dublin, but might be Kildare); his father's birth in 1822 (in Kildare and probably Athy) and subsequent marriage are available.

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