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World War One / Re: Mechanist Corporal Alexander Mason, regimental number 30263
« on: Saturday 08 June 19 10:29 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for 74969.

I just checked another photo of the Mason I am looking for, and the exact caption on it is:

"Mason. B.E.F. Flanders. May 1916".

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World War One / Re: Mechanist Corporal Alexander Mason, regimental number 30263
« on: Saturday 08 June 19 10:13 BST (UK)  »
And the man I am most interested in finding more about, Mason, is on the right in this photo that I put in the photo restoration forum:

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=812947.0

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World War One / Re: Mechanist Corporal Alexander Mason, regimental number 30263
« on: Saturday 08 June 19 10:10 BST (UK)  »
Keeling is in the front row, first from the right.

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World War One / Re: Mechanist Corporal Alexander Mason, regimental number 30263
« on: Saturday 08 June 19 10:08 BST (UK)  »
I posted some pictures at the end of this thread a few weeks ago, including one of Thompson:

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=741752.90

Keeling was definitely hanging out with a lot of other Corporals in 1915 and 1916.

I will attach another here.

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World War One / Re: Mechanist Corporal Alexander Mason, regimental number 30263
« on: Saturday 08 June 19 10:00 BST (UK)  »
The mention in despatches is for William Ernest Keeling, my grandfather, who I actually know quite a lot about now. The despatches certificate says 8th November 1918.
 
My sister got copies of the war diaries too. WO-95-664-5 and WO-95-664-6.

Unfortunately, they don't mention Keeling by name, or any of the other men that I am interested in who are named in Keeling's photos.

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World War One / Re: Mechanist Corporal Alexander Mason, regimental number 30263
« on: Saturday 08 June 19 09:53 BST (UK)  »
I searched manually on the National Archives for nearby numbers, and made this list:

74956 Bamford, Henry J.          Corporal
74957 Fowles, Arthur             Corporal Mechanic
74958 Melville, Frederick E.     Mechanist Corporal
74959 Thompson, William E.       Mechanist Serjeant
74960 Mahoney, Phillip           Mechanist Corporal
74961 Keeling, William E.        Corporal
74962 Wansbrough, Reginald       Corporal
74964 Drew, Oswald F.J.          Corporal
74965 Braun, George I.           Corporal
74966 Edmonds, Frederick P.O.    Mechanic Corporal ... Serjeant
74967 Dallison, Robert Victor    Corporal
74968 Salter, Henry C.           Corporal
74970 Pruen, E. Tristram         Corporal
74971 Agg, Albert J.             Corporal 2nd
74972 Hunter, George             Sapper
74973 Dougherty, Alfred          Lance Corporal


You mentioned 74969, which I couldn't find.
Do you have the name/rank for that man?


74963 is also missing from my list.


W E Thompson is William E. Thompson.
A Sergeant Ted Thompson appears frequently in my grandfather's WWI photos, so I think that the E. stands for Edward.

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World War One / Re: Mechanist Corporal Alexander Mason, regimental number 30263
« on: Friday 07 June 19 11:43 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

Thanks for your time and interesting information.

It's definitely "B".

I was trying to connect this Alexander Mason with "B" Corps Signal Company because I thought that he might have been my grandfather's WWI comrade.

I have some photos of the Mason that I am looking for, with my grandfather.
But, I only have the 'Mason' surname, written by hand on the photos, and nothing else to go on, except for the names of some other men with him, like 'Holmes', 'Stewart', and 'Thompson'. They were all despatch riders, dealing with messenger pigeons in France from 1915 onwards.

I have a copy of a certificate awarded to my grandfather, where "B" Corps Sig.Coy. is printed nice and clearly at the top, so it's 100% "B".

It seems from all this as if Alexander Mason probably isn't the man I am trying to find.

Perhaps a better way to approach finding the Mason that I am after is to look at regimental numbers near to my grandfather?

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World War One / Re: Mechanist Corporal Alexander Mason, regimental number 30263
« on: Friday 07 June 19 09:17 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

Thanks for the correction, you are quite right!

"Mechanist Corporal".

Maybe it is what we might call a mechanic these days.

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World War One / Mechanist Corporal Alexander Mason, regimental number 30263
« on: Friday 07 June 19 08:56 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I am wondering whether anybody can help me with any more information about this British WWI soldier of the Royal Engineers:

Mechanist Corporal Alexander Mason, regimental number 30263.

In particular, I am wondering if it is possible to find out whether he was part of 'B' Corps Signal Company.
In fact, any ideas about what a Mechanist Corporal would have done would be very interesting too.

Any help at all greatly appreciated!

Thank you.

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