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Just bought it on ebay!!!!!

Another book which would be of interest is called Our Harry's War: 1553 Sgt. G.H. Morgan Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1914-1918 by Henry Morgan You can get it on Amazon UK Served for a time with the 1st Warwicks around the time your grandfather was wounded Amazon.co.uk: Books: Our Harry's...

Look for the book entitled 'Seek Glory, Now Keep Glory' The story of the 1st Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1914-18, written by John Ashby isbn 1 874622 45 0, published by Helion & Co, Solihull. Published in 2000. Good accounts of the early days of the battalion when the CO, Lt Col...

If you look at his belt he has several souveniers adorned on it comprising of cap-badges and shoulder titles. The Royal Warwickshire badge being in the middle. Terry

Thanks Alf,,, Hope you had the same... and the rest of our forum buddies. Chuka I have done a check on the Soldiers Died in the Great War. A Territorial with a similar number was a Sgt Sorrel of the 1/6th Warwicks his number was 1457. There was also a 1st Warwicks man with the same number...

Hi Chuka The date on his M.I.C. confirms he was a Territorial (23/3/1915 the day the 143 Bde TF of the 48th Div embarked for France). However, I have no other reference of him as to which battalion he was serving in. Sorry. Regards Terry

Hi The Birmingham Daily Post is on microfilm at Birmingham Central Library, 6th Floor. Terry

Hello Scottergirl The Territorials in WW1 were re-numbered in early 1917. Thus your grandad's six-digit number 200382 was allocated to the 5th Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regt. Looking at his Medal Index Card he also appears to heve been awarded the TF Medal which probably means he was a pre-war...

Hi Andrew It appears that his WW1 service was spent serving in the 7th Dragoon Guards. His Medal Card Index on Ancestry UK is listed under Bert Chapman.... see below. I do know for a fact that when serving on the Somme, 14 July 1916, the 7th Dragoon Guards and the 22nd Deccan Horse took part...

Hi Andrew Need a bit more info. Do you know what medals they are? Service numbers are also stamped on the edge of some medals. Where was he born etc. d89 42...... is that a number? 7th d gds...... that looks like 7th Dragoon Guards Terry

Andrew can you supply us with a service number from his medals. Are there three medals or two?. We have to establish which battalion he served in. The 1/7th or 2/7th Royal Warwicks. Regards Terry

Lt Col Innes a couple of weeks or so before he died. Photo taken in the village of Mailley-maillet, Somme, France.

Hi Mary In the past when I have visited in February, I have had some dry sunny weather and its been quite pleasant. Other times its been wet and miserable. Regards to fighting on the Western Front during the summer time..... as you can guess this brought about much death and destruction as...

hello Maryem I am glad the trip went well. I am off to the Somme again, myself, in February. The guy who runs the Pals site seems to have lost interest. So as I was moderator on the Birmingham Pals site I took the decision to stop access for all members and non members to access the site due...

As Alan said it is not a very good reproduction in the newspaper

Checking the Commonwealth War Graves, I see he is buried at Etaples British Military Cemetery. Etaples, a French coastal town, was the site of many military Hospitals during WW1. So, even though Henry Worrall died of wounds in a hospital at Etaples, it is hard to say what date he received his...

I have checked the Medal card index on Ancestry and came up with what might be the answer. Could it be a John C Clarke that you are looking for, No.1055, 2nd Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who became a Prisoner of War in 1915. In the Birmingham Daily Post casualty lists his name and number...

Hello John70 I have posted the extracts from the Birmingham Weekly Post to confirm that Private Thomas Haylor was taken a prisoner by the Germans on 1 July, 1916, during the attack upon the Heidenkopf Redoubt. the first snippet of info was published on 2 September 1916. The second piece was...

Info from the 'Soldiers Died in the Great War' database:- Thomas Kelly, 28223, 11th Royal Warwicks, DIED (probably because of an illness) 10 August 1917. Born Birmingham, enlisted, London. Residence, Birmingham. Formerley served in the Hussars No.14783. There is another Thomas Kelly...

Paul There are loads of soldiers with the name of George Harris that served in the Royal Warwicks and the rest of the army in WW1. The Medal Index cards, do not give addresses or dates of birth. Now, if he was born in Edgbaston and served in the Australian army in WW1 I could help you. I have...