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Kent / Re: Deptford St Nicholas and St Paul
« on: Yesterday at 08:17 »
The FreeReg website have transcribed 104,919 entries from the parish registers for St Nicholas between 1563 and 1939. St Nicholas Deptford
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Armed Forces / Re: Possible MC
« on: Sunday 11 May 25 18:10 BST (UK) »
On digging a bit deeper, I'm not sure that my statement about when the name was first engraved can be true. The example linked to below is from the First World War and is clearly engraved. By the way your medal is from the reign of George V (May 1910 - Jan 1936) so quite possibly from the First World War also.
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Armed Forces / Re: Possible MC
« on: Sunday 11 May 25 17:24 BST (UK) »
The name of the recipient was only engraved on the reverse of the cross from 1938. However I believe all MCs should have the year they were issued engraved or stamped in them.
source: Forces News
source: Forces News
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Armed Forces / Re: RAF Radar Mechanic 1941-5
« on: Saturday 10 May 25 12:45 BST (UK) »
curiousgeorge,
If you aren't already familiar with it, you might find this website useful for background (mostly technical) information on WW2 Radar: The Radar Pages
If you aren't already familiar with it, you might find this website useful for background (mostly technical) information on WW2 Radar: The Radar Pages
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Armed Forces / Re: RAF Radar Mechanic 1941-5
« on: Friday 09 May 25 18:39 BST (UK) »
Hopefully RootsChat member rafcommands will drop by shortly with a more detailed answer, as he is by far the most knowledgeable current member on RAF matters. But I think you are right in assuming that a member of a mobile servicing unit would be moved around between different locations. Radar systems were constantly being upgraded as the war progressed and this would have required radar mechanics to fit new modules or assemblies fairly frequently, in addition to the routine maintenance necessary to the equipment in specification.
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World War One / Re: WW1 identifcation of uniform please
« on: Friday 09 May 25 18:29 BST (UK) »
While I agree with Alamo that the RFA soldier he has identified is a possibility, I think some caution is required. The man whose medal index card is shown above ended the war as a gunner, that is the same rank as a private in the infantry, yet we know that your Christopher was a Lance Corporal or Lance Bombardier at some point in 1916-17 and had two good conduct badges. While it is possible that he was demoted to gunner before 1919 when the medal rolls were being drawn up, this seems at odds with his earlier good conduct. I would keep an open mind at this stage, as we are not certain he was actually in the Royal Artillery.
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World War One / Re: WW1 identifcation of uniform please
« on: Friday 09 May 25 16:57 BST (UK) »
He's from a mounted unit, based on the ammunition bandolier, so probably not Infantry. He's a lance corporal and has two good conduct stripes indicating he had been serving for at least 6 years. The initials on his left shoulder would tell us his regiment or corps but unfortunately they are too unclear to read. At a guess they might be RFA standing for Royal Field Artillery, but equally they could be RE for Royal Engineers, or indeed several of the cavalry regiments. The badge above the stripe of his right arm could be significant, but again it's too indistinct to make out what it is.
As you may know, around two thirds of all the service records from WW1 were destroyed in a fire during WW2, but even so there are around 100 records of one sort or another, inc luding more than 40 medal index cards, for C or Christopher Barry, which have survived. Many of these will be duplicates or refer to the same man, but even allowing for this, without further collateral information it's going to be hard to find out more about his service.
Do you have any further details about his date of birth or where he came from in Ireland? For example there was a Sergeant Christopher Barry born 11 Jan 1879 of Franzeska Street, Dublin (although he is possibly too old to be the man in the photo) and another born in St Christopher's, Dublin in 1884, connected to 132 Cork St, Dublin (possibly the address of his next of kin?). However both of these men were in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, an infantry regiment, so unlikely to be wearing a cross belt.
As you may know, around two thirds of all the service records from WW1 were destroyed in a fire during WW2, but even so there are around 100 records of one sort or another, inc luding more than 40 medal index cards, for C or Christopher Barry, which have survived. Many of these will be duplicates or refer to the same man, but even allowing for this, without further collateral information it's going to be hard to find out more about his service.
Do you have any further details about his date of birth or where he came from in Ireland? For example there was a Sergeant Christopher Barry born 11 Jan 1879 of Franzeska Street, Dublin (although he is possibly too old to be the man in the photo) and another born in St Christopher's, Dublin in 1884, connected to 132 Cork St, Dublin (possibly the address of his next of kin?). However both of these men were in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, an infantry regiment, so unlikely to be wearing a cross belt.
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World War One / Re: WW1 POW Where ?
« on: Thursday 08 May 25 22:06 BST (UK) »
He was CSM of D Coy 1st Battalion King's Regt. Captured at Guillemont 8/8/1916. Held in Dülmen POW camp. A number of docs relating to his capture on Find My Past