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World War One / Re: FREE for November - British WW1 Records on Ancestry
« on: Sunday 23 November 08 14:05 GMT (UK)  »
I was dissapointed about the lack of any details about my grandfather's service while in France as a Sapper. There seems to be two copies of his service record on Ancestry with slightly different info in each. Apart from two periods of leave his entire service in France is covered by the entry:- BEF France 25/2/17 to 25/4/19. Am I correct in thinking that the units Diary is the only place I may find out more details of the worh his unit did.

Chris Jefferies

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World War One / Re: Inland Water Transport - Royal Engineers
« on: Monday 17 November 08 19:36 GMT (UK)  »
His Name Herbert Josiah Jefferies Born 1881 No 222770 WR504429

The only info on his Service Record on Ancestry is:-

Short Service form -       Campaigns    BEF France 25/2/17

Another
Short Service form -       Campaigns   BEF France 25/2/17 to 25/4/19

On "Statement of Service" sheet there are entries about pay then pay rise which have under Corps:-

IWT.RE PRU Q13 or O13  - Joined F?? in England         28/2/17
IWT.RE PRU Q32 or O32  - Raised to Very Superior     25/4/17
IWT ??   Q13 or O13        - Joined from England          25/4/17
Next Entry Stamp - Transfered to Reserve 24/5/19

Chris Jefferies

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World War One / Re: Inland Water Transport - Royal Engineers
« on: Sunday 16 November 08 13:07 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks, there is so little published about the unit. The "Long Long Trail" web site looked interesting with an IWT page but that just said " I am sorry. I haven't written this page yet!".

As there is nothing in my garandfather's war record about his service in France, does it mean that the only way to get some idea what he did is to hope he is mentioned in the units "diary"?

Chris



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World War One / Inland Water Transport - Royal Engineers
« on: Saturday 15 November 08 13:11 GMT (UK)  »
I have known since the 1980s that my Grandfather was in the Royal Engineers  in WWI and was kept in France until 1919 repairing bridges. I have just downloaded his service record from Ancestry which has his Recruitment in Bristol 1916, Mobilisation to France with the BEF in 1917 and his Demobilisation tin 1919.

As a stonemason it seemed logical for him to be a Sapper in the Royal Engineers but I was surprised that he is in the "Inland Water Transport Corps". There is only a short paragraph on the unit on the Royal Engineers Museum Web site mentioning transport on French canals and seagoing barges across the channel. They must have been using his stonemason skills because shortly after mobilisation he had a pay rise from 1s 8d to 2/- because he was a "Very superior stonemason".

Does anyone have more details of this unit.

Chris Jefferies

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