Cap Badge

[O1dgobbo]

Hi All

There is a medal card for Arthur F Foster, East Surrey Regt, Pte, 2507.  He was posted to France 31/8/15 and presumed dead 26/9/15.

All the best

Gobbo

[Mistyrose41]

Thanks Gobbo afraid not my Grandpa as he lived to the ripe old age of nearly 90!! Mistyrose

[O1dgobbo]

Hi Mistyrose

I did wonder since you had not mentioned his death.  However it does mean that when poking about in the military records do not get confused by 2507, who is recorded on the CWGC site as Arthur Frederick Foster.

There are a heck of a lot of Arthur Foster medal cards with at least two in a Surrey Regt so I am afraid that that line of inquiry is not going to help - sorry.

All the best

Gobbo

[scrimnet]

Thanks Scrimnet. Do you know if they served in India? Mistyrose

6th bn East Surreys were in India in 1918 at Chakrata...

[scrimnet]

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?act=idx

This is an excellent site concentrating on WW1.
Somewhere here is a section on badges.

You will have to join, but it`s well  worth it .

Oooh...We can normally out do them on here!!

But a useful addition to references...

[O1dgobbo]

Hi

There is a good account of the use of the Maltese cross badge in the East Surreys on their museum web site: see
http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_badges/es/es_03.html
The text mentions

The 6th Battalion continued to wear a badge of Maltese cross design, with "South Africa" on the upper arm and "1900-02" on the lower. In the centre was a circlet inscribed The East Surrey Regt./6th Battalion" surrounding an eight-pointed star bearing the arms of Guildford. Examples with voided and solid centres are recorded.

.  It looks as if Frederick has one with a solid centre.

The posting to India after the 1915 photograph is a bit of a worry.  According to "The Long Trail" 1/5 and 1/6 Battalions embarked for India on 29 Oct 1914.  http://www.1914-1918.net/eastsurreys.htm  I suppose that Frederick could have been sent as part of a reinforcement batch after the 1915 photograph but I cannot find any trace of this in the easy web sites.

All the best

Gobbo

[scrimnet]

I'm doing a display at the museum on Sunday....

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-events-find_event.htm?propertyID=237

The museum will be open...

I'll see what I can find out for you

BTW

It's badge 1723 in Kipling and King 

[Mistyrose41]

My thanks to everyone for all the info. My father would have been about 3/4 months old in the photo [born in April 1915] so Grandpa's departure for India would have been after July/August. He was wounded in the leg while in India don't know if there would be any records of this. I will look at the Web sites that you have recommended. Yes please  Scrimnet I would be most grateful. regards Mistyrose.

[O1dgobbo]

Hi Scrimnet

Kipling & King looks to be a super reference but at around £60 a bit beyond the reach of a poor (mean?) Gunner.  Have fun on Sunday, I guess  at Clandon Park.

All the best

Gobbo