Died in the First World War

[suegill]

I checked ancestry and he isn't on there.  However, two of mine whose last names begin with "H" are on there, according to the latest news they are up to names begining with "HOR".  I'm assuming that his record was one of the 60% that didn't make it.

Sue

[scoobeuk]

To KM1971, Thanks for pointing out there are two medal cards on Ancestry, I didn't check just on the initial.  I only had the one, I didn't realise there could be more than one.....

I assumed, maybe wrongly, that the medal cards on ancestry, would be the same ones on the NA.  Is that not the case?  I'm not up on my military records in the least, if they are likely to be different, I'll buy them.

It does look like ancestry have uploaded the burnt records for Galley, and he isn't on there, which is a shame, I would have liked to have known more.  Though I will check local newspapers of the time when I visit staffordshire later in the year, see if an obituary was printed somewhere.

I checked gazettes online, I can see him listed a couple of times, but no actual detail.

Thank you so much for your help on this

[mmm45]

He has actually 3 MICs on the NA docs..1 X MID another that maybe a 2nd MID/TFEM or MSM They are  under H Galley...His Campaign Medals are under Hugh Galley and are as CSM Yorkshire Regiment.

Its possible that he was a pre war regular or TF soldier who didnt serve overseas with the North Staffs(in WW1) his Campaign Medals are to CSM Galley Yorks Reg and has no 15 Star so he deployed overseas after Jan 1916...As a CSM he may have had prior Service at Home with North Staffs and was sent as casualty Replacement to the Yorks Regiment.

Green Howards(Yorkshire Regiment )Museum is at Richmond.As a CSM with MID he must feature in the Unit War Diary 2nd Batt possibly H Coy.

Hope this helps

Ady

[km1971]

As Ady has pointed out one man can have three. Usually extra cards are for MIDs, SWBs etc. As Ady has also pointed out contacting the museum would be worthwhile.

Regarding the history of the MICs, I believe that, after they were microfilmed by the NA (PRO as was), the Western Front Association saved them from the skip. They contain about 4.8 million cards compared to about 5.5 million in the NA collection. The WFA did not get cards for women (at the Imperial War Museum), MM winners and cards for the Indian Army.

Ken