RFA WW1 - GREEN, Walter William

[heywyre]

Sorry Annie  but I did already have it.  I found it last night after you gave me the instructions on how to get around the site.

However, there is no way I can be sure it is the right Walter William GREEN

Judy

[liverpool annie]

Hi Judy!!

That's OK I'll let you off !!   can you post it ? so the guys that know that stuff  - can tell you if it's the right one - ( I know I spent a few bob before I got it right ....... )
I know Mack has been working on it for you - so with a bit of luck he'll tell you the next steps soon .... !!

Annie

[heywyre]

Sure thing - here it is:

Medal card of Green, Walter W

Corps                     Regiment No          Rank
Honourable Artillery          625476                            Gunner
Company Artillery

Royal Field Artillery            279462                            Gunner

1914-1920

Catalogue reference - WO372/8

Dept - Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General and related bodies

Series - War Office:  Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War

Piece - Gibson A - Hannas J M M

Image contains - 1 medal card of many for this collection   


That's all she wrote  - Judy

[liverpool annie]

Judy

That's got to be it -  'cos that's the number Mack said it was.... 
Good girl - you did it !! and it didn't cost you an arm and a leg!!
I don't know if you have any newspaper clippings but maybe that's the next step - try and find out if there are any pieces in the local papers - Mack said it was in the Gazette - you'll have to wait till he replies to find out how far along he is .... ooh this is getting exciting huh??

Annie

[heywyre]

Not necessarily Annie because that's the number I gave Mack in the first place that I got from one of the medal cards.  It says Walter William Green on it but I am unsure as to whether it is the right Walter

His birth certificate said he was a Lt. Bombardier RFA

The information Mack found was as follows:

judy,heres the info i found.
gunner
walter.william green
625476
H.A.C
his majesty has graceously approved the award of the military medal to the following,for bravery in the field
625538.corporal p.m keen,from hampstead

625525.bombadier a.s chalis,from forest gate
625476.gunner w.w green,from coleshill
625461.gunner h.hammond,from addlethorpe
his military medal was gazetted on 14-5-19
his service medals are in WO372/8
it looks like the whole gun tam were decorated,if walter was from the area described,then hes your man,bernard

But that doesn't mean it's him.  It says he was in Coleshill but that would only have been where he was at the time

Oh woe is me 

[liverpool annie]

So - Coleshill doesn't mean anything to you??

Do you know where the family were by any chance ?

Annie 

[heywyre]

Walter and his family were originally from Pitstone, Bucks.  They flowed over into Herts and thats when where he and his new bride ended up (Bushey to be exact) in 1920 after they got married in Steyning, Sussex (February 14th to be exact).  Their daughter, Joyce, was born in October of that same year and a brother, Leslie Frank, 3 years later.  I don't know if there were anymore children of the marriage but Joyce and Leslie were both born in Watford

Judy

[manmack]

hiya judy,the medal card that annie found,was his other card,he has two,i cant find any more on him,the local papers from where he was living at the time should have mention of him because hes a gallantry medal winner,is there no hint of a place in his papers that may narrow it down,mack

[heywyre]

I really don't have any papers other than his birth and marriage certificates

He was born in Pitstone, Bucks, married in Steyning, Sussex in 1920 and then returned to Watford/Bushey area of Herts and remained there until at least the 1940's because he was a witness to his daughter's wedding in 1945.

If he was in the Coleshill area during WW1 - only he would know that.

I guess my next plan of attack is to try and find any newspapers that would have been printed around the Pitstone area back then to see if he is mentioned

Judy