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World War One / Re: In which battle was my grandfather injured?
« on: Thursday 19 October 23 16:28 BST (UK)  »
Hi Steve, this is incredible, thank you so much! Guess what I'll be doing for the rest of the afternoon! It gives such an insight into what their life was like at Bois Grenier and how my grandfather probably got injured. My family and I are thrilled to have this to read, thank you again!

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World War One / Re: In which battle was my grandfather injured?
« on: Thursday 19 October 23 14:28 BST (UK)  »
Thank you AllanUK,
Thanks to you all we now know more than we previously did which is fantastic. A family reunion yesterday of all his surviving grandchildren (12)  sparked a renewed interest! The War Diaries will be a fascinating read.
Ruth

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World War One / Re: In which battle was my grandfather injured?
« on: Thursday 19 October 23 14:09 BST (UK)  »
Thank you willyam and AllanUK,
I have a subscription to Find My Past and have found both mentions on there.
Yes AllanUK, just in the list of wounded, but there were a few more wounded too and one death.
Could these all be from working parties to the front line as stevej60 suggested? I think I need to read through the war diaries to see if anything is mentioned in them. I have downloaded them from the National Archives.

Many thanks
Ruth

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World War One / Re: In which battle was my grandfather injured?
« on: Thursday 19 October 23 13:29 BST (UK)  »
Thank you to everyone who has answered my question. I now know much more than ever before about my grandfather's war service. I am grateful to you all for taking the time to reply.

Thank you
Ruth

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World War One / Re: In which battle was my grandfather injured?
« on: Wednesday 18 October 23 21:38 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much stevej60, I've just seen your reply after posting mine. That could certainly explain his injury. He told my mother that he was at  Ypres, so Bois Grenier is near enough to fit into the family story.

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World War One / Re: In which battle was my grandfather injured?
« on: Wednesday 18 October 23 21:32 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
Thank you for your replies, will this help further?....my grandfather's name was James Mason and his army number was 13623. He also had a Labour Corp number 167308. He was badly injured in his hip and always walked with a stick in later life. The wound report date was the 20th Dec, would that be the date he was actually wounded or would it have been earlier?

Thanks
Ruth

 

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World War One / In which battle was my grandfather injured?
« on: Wednesday 18 October 23 20:24 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

My grandfather served in the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment 10th Battalion. He entered France on the 26th August 1915 and was listed as wounded in the casualty list on 20th December 1915. Is it possible to find out where he spent those few months in France, where he was fighting and where he was wounded please? He survived and was returned to England to a hospital in Stoke on Trent.

Thank you
Ruth

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World War One / Re: Labour Corps WW1
« on: Saturday 08 September 18 15:14 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jim,
Sorry to have been a few days replying to your post.
I think you are most probably right about him being at Hill 60, certainly if he was still in the 10th Battalion. It fits all the criteria, gassing, shelling and close to Ypres.
 I've also looked up the Roll of Honour for the 10th Battalion and apart from one soldier falling in July 1916 most casualties are from 7th June 1917 onwards. Which does point to that being where he was injured, he had to be fit enough to be back in Yorkshire for late summer.
Could he have gone into the LC after his marriage?
Without realising the significance at the time I visited the area about 15 years ago. Was this the hill where the blast was heard back in England?

Thanks
Ruth

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World War One / Re: Labour Corps WW1
« on: Tuesday 04 September 18 16:55 BST (UK)  »
I appreciate the time you've taken over all my questions, Jim. I'll read up on Hill 60, we certainly know more than we did before and have an image of what it must have been like for him.

Thank you
Ruth

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