17th Northumberland fusiliers Kingston upon Hull

[anthonyhermann]

Can anyone tell me please
My granddad 17/124 F L Hermann was in the 17th Northumberland i have the book of the battalion and in it on one page he is marked as gassed then if you look a few pages on his name appears again can any one tell me if he was gassed and returned at a later date. it was reported in the hull daily mail in October 1916 thank you

[km1971]

Sounds as if he was lucky and only got a small dose.

Ken

[anthonyhermann]

Yes Ken I think he was but did he go back out again

[jim1]

If he was discharged he would have received the Silver War Badge. This may (or not) be listed on his MIC but he should be in the SWB lists if he was. These are viewable on Ancestry.

[BradfordPal]

His MIC and both of the Award Rolls show that he stayed with the 17th and was fit enough to be transferred to the Army Reserve (Class Z) at the end of the war. That would suggest to me that there is every likelihood that your grandfather rejoined his battalion.

Martin

[jim1]

As the 17th. were Pioneers he wouldn't necessarily have to be A1 fit to rejoin.
Although it wasn't reported until October he may have been gassed in July during the 1st. Battle of the Somme when the 17th. were brought up to the support trenches at Albert & were also used to dig front line trenches & saps as the battle commenced.

[anthonyhermann]

Thank you for your replies and the information every little helps a lot. 
Tony