Royal Army Medical Corps 207 Field Ambulance

[hannelore]

I have enquired from the M.O.D  regarding Williams records   It was quite some time ago but I was more or less told that unless I had a death certificate  and had proof that I was next of kin it was a definite no no.

Of course at that time I did not have the photographs which were given to me.

The gentleman who gave them to me  was the son of one of these officers and he was almost sure that he had seen one photograph which had the name Briggs on.   That was why the piece in the newspaper rang a with him.

He thought that the soldier wearing the spectacles was the same man who is on the original photo I have ie. William.

At first I thought not but have since changed my mind.  I only hope that it is not just wishful thinking on my part.   I sent a copy of my photo to Kew and they identified the badge as that of the R.A.M.C.


I will follow your advice and write to the M.O.D. again with all the info I have.


I understand your willingness to help.  To be honest I would do the same and indeed have.

This may amuse you

My grandfather was a German immigrant to this country in the early 1900s.   None of his grandchildren were aware of this as his children were afraid to say anything about their Germanic roots

He had been interned at Knockaloe P.O.W Campafter the sinking of the Lusitania.

I will not bore you as it is along story however, I joined the Anglo German Family History Soc. and a lady who lived in Scicily wanted to know where her grandfather had lived in Fallowfield.

My husband and I found the house which had since been converted to a children's nursery.

We took a photo to send to her and when a young lady came out to ask us what we were doing We told her and showed her the letter which this lady had sent.

We came home quite satisfied with ourselves and were just about to have a cup of tea when there was a knock on the door.

On answering there were two police officers there.  They asked what kind of a car we owned and had we been in the Fallowfield area a short while earlier.

They said that the lady who ran the nursery had reported that there had been a couple taking photographs and speeding off

I ask you Bonny and Clyde.  Two pensioners speeding off in a V.W.Golf


We laugh about it now of course and would do the same again

[t mo]

cor what a turn up here,s me thinking i,m helping a lovely old soul and all the time your a part time crim , [ well you and hubby ] just hope you pair haven,t got posters on post office walls as fugitives from justice  .
seriously as my lady friend keeps telling me don,t make a fuss of children as these days a lot of folk think your a paedophile when in all honesty it,s just a love of innocence in littleuns a very sad world we live in now i,m afraid and no end in sight .
well enough of that well deary where do we go from here i wonder we could do with another set of eyes i think cos we must be missing something but can,t see what .
best wishes
trevor

[t mo]

well just had alook at passenger lists incoming to england but can,t make a match for william  also been over all the posts again just in case something crops up and one thing i did mean to ask for clarification is in the post you made when you said that frederick went with his mum and your dad went to ireland but you make no mention of william now it,s probably just oversight but was nothing ever said as to what happened to william or what is your thoughts on where he may have gone is ir possible he went with another part of the family  only he was only 5/6 yrs old at the time only it doesn,t make sense that 2 out of 3 children are placed but the other one wasn,t .
hope this makes sense
regards
trevor

[hannelore]

That IS the difficulty.  WHERE DID he go to.

The 3 daughters of Frederick never heard him mentioned by their father.

[t mo]

have you just got back from the darby and joan club i thought you,d deserted me  .
well just another thought then if your dad was with relatives in ireland is there other relatives over there now who might have a clue as i see it at that age he was either with rellies or he,s in an orphanage and wouldn,t be emmigrating or whatever for at least another 10 yrs , my thought the other day was and it is now could he have been part of what became known as the british home children scheme where children were sent from orphanages to canada supposedly to give them a new start in life but in fact it was more a case that most were used as little more than slaves and were abused and treated terribly , sorry i,m running on .
basically have you anyone who you can contact to find any sort of info as to where he was
regards
trevor

[hannelore]

I have already exhausted the Ireland connetion as I recently found an Irish cousin wno is the granddaughter of the family my dad stayed with.

I have also found a relative in Stoke.  Her grandmother and my grandfather were sister and brother. 

I am definitely going to try the M.O.D. again.

Thank you for all your advice

[t mo]

morning
when you get in touch with mod give them a sob story if you explain your need is more to know where william was living at the time he joined up that would be something and if you can give them proof you are who you say you are then hopefully some common sense will prevail although getting the whole record would be great just to get a pointer to his where abouts would be a boon .
i wish you well with this and hope that you will let us know how you get on .
my very best wishes to you .
trevor

[hannelore]

I will do just that Trevor

Thanks again
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Florence