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Offline Tim Fellows

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World War I Military Medal
« on: Monday 24 March 14 08:12 GMT (UK) »
Hello

My great uncle James Whittaker of the Sherwood Foresters won the Military Medal in WWI. I would love to find out more about his military background and what he did to get the medal.

As a miner, I think he may have volunteered for service but I don't know when that was. I have his birth date if that helps.

Can anybody help with a good process for getting more information?

Thanks

Tim

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Re: World War I Military Medal
« Reply #1 on: Monday 24 March 14 08:22 GMT (UK) »
morning tim
yes a birth year and place may well help , as to the mm as so many were given out they rarely have citations as well but you should be able to find a mention in the London gazette [ if you can navigate it ] otherwise the best you can hope for is a trace of where his regt were in ww1 .
also have you any idea what battalion of the Sherwood foresters he was in that should help a lot as well .
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Re: World War I Military Medal
« Reply #2 on: Monday 24 March 14 12:43 GMT (UK) »
Hi, I've just put the name into the National Archives site and there looks to be a couple of hits for James Whittaker Nottinghamshire and derbyshire regiment

4008 Private

201297 Private

That's just 2 out of quite a few possibles, further information would be needed as mentioned.

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Re: World War I Military Medal
« Reply #3 on: Monday 24 March 14 15:06 GMT (UK) »
Nothing in the Gazette.
The 2nd. on Frank's list transferred to the RE.
Both joined 1915.
There's another a James W Whittaker also in The Notts. & Derbys.
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
Census information is Crown copyright,from
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

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Re: World War I Military Medal
« Reply #4 on: Monday 24 March 14 15:18 GMT (UK) »
Found service docs. for a James Whittaker 14503 Sherwood Foresters. Joined Sept. 1914 aged 19.
NOK mother Sarah.
Could this be him ?
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
Census information is Crown copyright,from
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

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Re: World War I Military Medal
« Reply #5 on: Monday 24 March 14 23:51 GMT (UK) »
My Uncle Jim was born in 1889 in Stretton, Derbyshire

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Re: World War I Military Medal
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 25 March 14 11:06 GMT (UK) »
There are no services doc's for him so my advise would be to contact the Regimental Archive.
It costs £15 for a search.
http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/archives.htm
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
Census information is Crown copyright,from
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

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Re: World War I Military Medal
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 25 March 14 12:00 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: jim1 on Monday 24 March 14 15:18 GMT (UK)
Found service docs. for a James Whittaker 14503 Sherwood Foresters. Joined Sept. 1914 aged 19.
NOK mother Sarah.
Could this be him ?

His mother was Sarah and there is a medal record for that name and service number at Kew. It could be that the age is just wrong.

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Re: World War I Military Medal
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 25 March 14 12:19 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: jim1 on Monday 24 March 14 15:18 GMT (UK)
Found service docs. for a James Whittaker 14503 Sherwood Foresters. Joined Sept. 1914 aged 19.
NOK mother Sarah.
Could this be him ?

They're not coming up on Ancestry for me!  Where/how did you find them, pls?  Do I need to improve my searching technique?

STG
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