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Armed Forces / Re: Record of Service - Richard Stanley
« on: Thursday 09 November 06 22:19 GMT (UK)  »
sorry,i forgot to mention that most of the records for men whos surname began with S survived the bombing,mack

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Armed Forces / Re: Record of Service - Richard Stanley
« on: Thursday 09 November 06 22:17 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: ubam on Thursday 09 November 06 18:35 GMT (UK)
Hi.  Is this what you got off of the website at the National Archives

private richard stanley
labour corps,western command
formerly liverpool regt
regards,mack

If records were destroyed is there anyway of knowing which ones survived?

Guess I'll have to get my scanner up and working again. :D

Thanks a bunch
monsstar who is on this site may be able to help,hes a researcher at kew,and hes very cheap,the above info is from the medal index cards,so he was given medal
mack

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Armed Forces / Re: Help needed with the regiment please
« on: Thursday 09 November 06 16:51 GMT (UK)  »
migky,do you know their names,mack

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Armed Forces / Re: Help needed with the regiment please
« on: Thursday 09 November 06 16:12 GMT (UK)  »
the man in photo No2 is a serjeant in the cameronians[scottish rifles]hes wearing battle dress,which means its after ww1,around the 1930s,mack

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Armed Forces / Re: WWI medallion for the dead
« on: Thursday 09 November 06 12:37 GMT (UK)  »
trooper william,henry smith
13th australian light horse[the devils own]raised at broadmeadow,march 1915
442
age 32
born,chetwynd,victoria
enlisted,haitchie,victoria
educated,maude,new south wales.
occupation,farmer
father,william,henry smith,haitchie post office,victoria.
died of meningitis on board a troopship on his way to egypt,buried at sea.
left australia,28-5-15
mack
arrived in egypt,29-6-15

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Armed Forces / Re: Manchester Regiment
« on: Thursday 09 November 06 11:18 GMT (UK)  »
carole,the 3/5th manchesters were territorials,all the battalions from the 5th to the 10th were territorial army,mack
ps,welcome to our MR website

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Armed Forces / Re: Record of Service - Richard Stanley
« on: Thursday 09 November 06 10:20 GMT (UK)  »
heather,theres a lad called ken lees on the great war forum who is very knowledgable on the liverpool regt,he may be able to help,i bet you a pint that he asks you for a copy of his photo for his database ;D ;Dmack

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Armed Forces / Re: Manchester Regiment
« on: Thursday 09 November 06 10:15 GMT (UK)  »
theres these two.
pte w.latham 41267,won the military medal,his number is one that crops up amongst soldiers in the 3/5th- 3/10th battalions.
and theres this man.
pte w.latham
296
he looks like a prewar territorial,many serving territorials ended up in the 3/5th-3/10th to help the new recruits
mack

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Armed Forces / Re: Skeates, Medal Card
« on: Thursday 09 November 06 09:52 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Blue Spirit on Thursday 09 November 06 08:19 GMT (UK)
Quote from: manchester regt on Thursday 09 November 06 08:00 GMT (UK)
BS,the one who was a serjeant could have been a acting serjeant or a lance serjeant,a lance sgt is a corporal who is waiting for the next available sgts vacancy to come up,he would be allowed to wear 3 stripes but he would still be paid corporals pay,i think cas has found your men,mack

Thanks Mack, Thats interesting which helps, I am going to down load the two images, I think its worth it.

Arthur L Skeats served in both wars, WWI & WWII, if he continued his service yrs right through,  would he take the same service number, would you think ?

This really has put some meat on the bones.

Kind regards...
you will get both cards for the price of one,they will be on the same sheet.
if he did serve right through,then its possible he kept the same number,his ww2 service record will tell you what his number was,mack

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