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The Common Room / Help to identify John Jones !!
« on: Thursday 12 August 10 19:19 BST (UK)  »
Hello, I am tracing my family tree and heres the thing I am looking for John Jones in Shropshire needle haystack etc. I have a photo taken at my grandparents wedding in 1940 and believe the gentleman in uniform is John Leslie Jones who we never knew of and have only just found out that unfortunatly died in 1942 in Persia and buried in Tehran Cemetrey. He belonged according to the War Graves commission to R.E.M.E (Royal Electrical and Mechinical Engineer's). Could any one tell me if this unfirom is the R.E.M.E and is John Jones.
He is son of John Jones who we can not find a record of death.

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Hello again everyone thank you all for your help. I now have the files but they are very hard to read. I can make out that he returned to England on the SS Scandiavian in June 1915 spent time at Newingate Kent and went to France/Belgium in Feb 1916 attached to CORCC which I have found to be the Canadian Oversea's Railway Construction Corps but can not find where this was. He was then attached to 2nd Reserve Park CASC again I can not find where these were in France/Belgium. I am geting a good picture that he drove horse and cart supplies to and from depot to front line and he was awarded a Good Conduct Badge in 1917 and a list of his grant of leave and the fact he had defective teeth as he spent 4 days in hospital in France to fill 4 and extract 5 but no placing and there are no war diaries I can find for any of these mentioned units. Please help again thanks Tx

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Thanks I have resubmitted using this form fingers crossed. Thank you for all your help. Lets see if I can piece a bit more of the family tree together. :-*

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Sorry forgot to say his name was Arthur Mason DOB 31/May/1890 Place Staffordshire England Married to Florrie Mason Son of John William Mason enlisted CEF December 8th 1914 Montreal. On returning from the war he settled back into his wifes childhood home here in Staffordshire until his death in 1954. His medals and the only postcade from Florrie to Arthur stated Driver 768

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Thanks for replying his name was Arthur Mason he was born here in Staffordshire England signed up in Canada but lived the rest of his life after the war in his wifes childhood home here in Staffordshire England.

He was a driver we don't believe he reached anything above this the only clue we have is a postcard addressed by his wife to Driver A Mason Reg No 768 2nd Cadaian Aux Army Horse Corps though this is difficult to make out. I found his sign up papers on the Library and Archives of Canada but they do not list this regiment and requests have not forth comming of his service records.

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Thanks I have looked at this it does not give these and I have sent 2 written requests to Canada and 2 fax requests for these paper files but 6 months on I still have no reply I can not go to the records as I am in the UK

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Hello, new to this chat thing so sorry if long winded and blundering. I have been trying to get my grandfathers war  service records from the Library and Archives Canda for the last 6 mths but have heard no reply have called and they say fax again. I have his Attestation documents from their web site but can not get the info I need such as what regiment was he in (I know he was a driver have pictures of him we believe to be in Passendale on a horse and cart and general photos in a drivers uniform) and where did he serve etc. Can any one help me please. :-*

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