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The Common Room / Re: Corn Millers
« on: Sunday 29 January 23 14:40 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for the quick reply. I understand what Bran is and how it is "made"and what it is used for but don't know what the sharps were: which bit of grain it is and hat it is used for (by the wagon load!) by another Miller

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The Common Room / Corn Millers
« on: Sunday 29 January 23 13:54 GMT (UK)  »
What are "sharps" as mentioned in this 1908 advert? A relative was moving a wagon load of sharps before he had an accident...

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Worcestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Board of Guardians & Poor law Relieving officer
« on: Wednesday 30 March 22 04:41 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all for the clarification. My interest is a parochial one as I'm looking at life in Sedgeberrow near Evesham. I had the names of the officials but now I can flesh out their relation to the local inmates of the workhouses and worcester asylum where some were sent. thank you

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Worcestershire Lookup Requests / Board of Guardians & Poor law Relieving officer
« on: Tuesday 29 March 22 15:45 BST (UK)  »
The Evesham board of Guardians had representatives from the local villages including "Overseers". They also had "Poor Law Relieving Officers".
Does anyone know what was their remit and did they work together in deciding who was a pauper and therefore eligible for Workhouse admission?

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World War One / Re: william Clayton 56Btry/34Brigade KIA
« on: Monday 24 February 20 09:42 GMT (UK)  »
Hi MaxD, thanks for the war diaries link. I was able to look at the Somme war maps that are held at The National Library in London.  They have very English place names including Wilson’s farm where the 49th Battery was situated. Bank Farm and Toronto, the locations of the 246th RFA later in the campaign are also shown. Bert Matthews, my other grandfather was in this unit.
The map is cropped to meet the Image size limitation. Blue lines (L-R) original line;1st Aug; 26th Aug; 20th Sept; 26th Sept. Can email full image separately.
 

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World War One / Re: Football Battalion
« on: Sunday 02 February 20 10:08 GMT (UK)  »
Excerpt of War diary 34th Brigade RFA 
4th-31st December 1916. Beauvoir Riviere.

Units of the Bde participated in Brigade, R.A. & Divisional sports.
In the Divisional Football tournament the Bde team, by competition, was selected to represent the Divisional Artillery, and was only defeated in the Divisional final by 17th Middlesex Regt (Footballers Battalion) 2 : 1 . (as in 1915; the 17th Middlesex then winning by 11-0).

would be good to know who played (for either team) and if there were any photos reports of match!

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World War One / Re: william Clayton 56Btry/34Brigade KIA
« on: Monday 27 January 20 13:08 GMT (UK)  »
Absolutely brilliant. Many, many thanks - will check out the war diaries.
I've already managed to do that for my other grandfather but was stuck with William.

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World War One / william Clayton 56Btry/34Brigade KIA
« on: Monday 27 January 20 08:51 GMT (UK)  »
The pension record of my grandfather William Clayton shows he had the rank of fitter in the 56th battery/34 Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery (Reg. No. 91290) when he was KIA on 21St August 1917. He is remembered at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery which duplicates this information.

I assume that 1) he was killed in the third Battle of Ypres just after the Battle of Langemarch (16-18th) and 2) the 56th Battery was a Howitzer one attached to the 2nd Division.  I have not been able to find where the Battery was when he died.  Any help gratefully received.

Secondly, his Army Form B200 showed that joined at Athlone on 2.9.14 and ‘enlisted for 3 yrs army service’ with ‘Service towards limited engagement reckons from 2.9.14.’.
The column entries on the B200 Form are as follows:

RFA      Attested & posted   Gr   2.9.10?
RFA   183   Posted   Dr?   18.11.14
RFA   4 Sect         
   10 Bal?   Posted   Gr   1.12.14
     Res Bde   2B Posted   Gr   14.10.15
4A Res   Bde   Posted   Gr   15.11.15
Exped Fce?   Posted   Gr   20.11.5
2nd   Bal?   Posted   Gr   26.11.15
RFA   44 Bde   Dfe? Posted   Gr   1 Dec 15
   34th    Bde Posted   Gr   20.5.16
RFA   56 Btry/34 Bde Posted   Gr   25.5.16
      Appointed fitter      30.9.16
RFA   Becomes 56 Bty 34 Bde      27.5.16
            
115/47402            
   56/34 Bde Killed      
      In action   Ftr   21-8-17
      

From this record I am not sure about the 1910 date but otherwise think he was initially on reserve, sent to France in the 44th Brigade and then on 20th May he was posted to 34th Brigade that I found was resting at Dieval.

He was born in Marston, Staffordshire and while other relatives seem to join their local county regiments, I do not know why he had to go to Ireland to join when there were recruitment centres for the RFA closer to home (and where he was employed).

Any suggestions would again be gratefully received.

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