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British Newspaper Archives Birmingham & WW1
- Thread starter mikejee
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Janice, I have been going around in circles since this all began, sorry I did not answer you before, I think I have put all the info that I can on these post as I cannot find any more. If you read what I said to Lyn, I think I have covered it all.
As it was mentioned before I think his records were distroyed in that bombing in W.W.II. So that is the end of the search for Gunner David Edwards 1914-18.
Dave
As it was mentioned before I think his records were distroyed in that bombing in W.W.II. So that is the end of the search for Gunner David Edwards 1914-18.
Dave
dave im confused again....i saw your list of children but i thought that they were your grandfather richards siblings not your dads...i just thought that maybe the david john edwards aged 13 that i found on the 1911 census could have been your dad especially as his mother was called mary he also had a sister ann jane but it seems not...yes mary was head of the house but as she is down as married it is most likely that her husband was maybe working away at the time the census was taken...dont think we can go any further now dave but dont give up...
all the best
lyn
all the best
lyn
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pjmburns
master brummie
No it wasn't that one - I should have given the info.
Richard and Mary parents, children David and Annie on 1911 census at Gwarfelin Hach (?), Rhydfelin Aberystwyth. In 1901 an older son Thomas is listed as well.
Janice
Richard and Mary parents, children David and Annie on 1911 census at Gwarfelin Hach (?), Rhydfelin Aberystwyth. In 1901 an older son Thomas is listed as well.
Janice
Janice, you are correct, we can trace all the family way back but cannot find the army records, Lyn is probably right and we think the same that they were distroyed in the fire of the last war.
I have just uncovered an old post card from Egypt dated 1917 and printed it to try and identify a number which is on it but there only four figures on it and there should be at least five.
Dave
I have just uncovered an old post card from Egypt dated 1917 and printed it to try and identify a number which is on it but there only four figures on it and there should be at least five.
Dave
Janice, I am just trying to check with records and inserting 1>>>9 in front of the numbers I have, which are 1864. When in the modern army you always give your name and your last four of the complete number when asked by a N.C.O or officer. I will see what happens and let you know.
dave
dave
Janice and Lyn, "EUREKA" I have found what we were searching for, stop don't do any thing until I have put this on the post. I had been thinking that maybe when he joined the B'Ham city police force in 1919 they may have had his army records, and I bought them many years ago and I have everything.
Right pin back your lug holes. first he was promoted from gunner to bombardier in the field of battle, his army No is Bomb David Edwards 730763 R.F.A that came from the R.F.A Woolwich. Ever get the feeling you are chasing shadows, I think so with this one.
Dave
Right pin back your lug holes. first he was promoted from gunner to bombardier in the field of battle, his army No is Bomb David Edwards 730763 R.F.A that came from the R.F.A Woolwich. Ever get the feeling you are chasing shadows, I think so with this one.
Dave
Janice, that number 1864 is in pencil on the bach of the post card photo and "A" battery but I did not know what it stood for. The card is badly faded but it is telling someone where he is as it seems he was on his way home because he ended up in southern Italy.
What did you click on to find that info?
Dave
What did you click on to find that info?
Dave
standerton
Brummie babby
Would he be in the absent voters lists for 1918/19?
pjmburns
master brummie
The absent voters lists show the names of men entitled to vote but who were absent in the forces and gives their name, number and address. I know Birmingham lists are online but have no idea which list he would be on from Rhydyfelin or where you would find it but I would think that a big library (perhaps Aberystwyth) would be able to tell you. I am not sure it would add to your info unless he had already moved away and then it might give an address you did not know.
Janice
Janice
standerton
Brummie babby
Dave. I have only come in at the tail end of this thread, and now realise that he was below the voting age at the end of the war - thus he would not have been registered on the voting list. Sorry for this. MUST read the whole thread in future! However, I have In the past found this a useful resource - even though my Father was listed as RAF not RFA!!
Kind regards, Standerton.
Kind regards, Standerton.
I've been following this thread and am amazed how you can find all these details so quickly! My cousin researched our great uncles war service and have hit a blank with one brother. We've got two , Alfred Alder KRRB, died 1918, Henry Charles Alder KOSB died 1917 but we can't find John Norman Alder who served but was gassed and invalided out he died in 1921 back in Birmingham due to his damaged lungs. Anyone got any ideas as to find out his regiment etc?
When John Norman Alder was born in April 1899 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, his father, Alfred, was 35 and his mother, Louisa, was 30. He had four brothers and three sisters. He married Gertrude Susannah Clarke on September 25, 1920, in Bordesley, Warwickshire.
Name:
John Norman Alder
Military Year:
1914-1920
Rank:
Rifleman
Medal Awarded:
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps:
Royal Irish Rifles
Regimental Number:
15/52259
Previous Units:
2/7 R. War. R. 267832 Pte., 15/R. Ir. Rif. 15/52259
Clarkie
Name:
John Norman Alder
Military Year:
1914-1920
Rank:
Rifleman
Medal Awarded:
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps:
Royal Irish Rifles
Regimental Number:
15/52259
Previous Units:
2/7 R. War. R. 267832 Pte., 15/R. Ir. Rif. 15/52259
Clarkie
Oh my goodness can't believe you found him just like that yes that's him and the lady he married was my Nan as years later she married his younger brother. I see he WA in the Royal Warks first then transferred to Irish Rifles would this be because of injury do you think? Thank you all so much yes I know he's buried in Witton Cem because they're family graves with his mum dad and an uncle and sister I think, thank you all again so much
Also from this information do you know if u could find out which battles he was in?
pjmburns
master brummie
Change of units sometimes came about, I think, if regiments were so decimated they could no longer operate. To look for regiment battles search here https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/. Put the regment into the search box and see what it comes up with. Or there might be some info in the War Diaries - try Ancestry (if you can) - his name on the medal roll will give a search for the diaries.
Janice
Janice
