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From: Paul Spooner <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] Different SDITGW Look-up
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 15:09:51 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <006a01c477b2$5015b360$f2119a51@default>


Hi Tom,

Thank you for your reply to my query. I see what you mean about the service numbers. I looked -up both men and Albert Christmas was from Edmonton, which is next to Wood Green, where my G'father was from. Could you give me the place of enlistment for both men.

Back in 2001 I had a researcher look for my G'father's Service Paper's and she turned -up only his Medal Index Card. So I have that to work with and his 3 medals.

Thanks again,
Paul Spooner


Tom Tulloch-Marshall <> wrote:
Paul - SDITGW only has a couple of men with 5 digit 411 - - series numbers
close to your grandfather >

41111 Albert S Christmas, X7th Trench Mortar Battery
and
41113 Bert Erridge "D" Battery 75th Brigade

I can see your reasoning, but have to tell you that this approach simply
doesn't "work" with men in the RHA / RFA / RGA - their numbers were
allocated at enlistment and bear no relationship to their final unit
allocation.

RFA men, with unit unknown, are one of the most difficult cases to crack, -
more often than not they are impossible. You say no service record
survives, - your evidence for that is - ?
regards
--
Tom Tulloch-Marshall
Great War Military Research
Website > http://www.btinternet.com/~prosearch/index.html

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Spooner"

To:
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 1:19 AM
Subject: [WW1] Different SDITGW Look-up


> Hi List Members,
>
> My g'father was Gnr Wm. Vaux RFA # 41116. No service record survived so I
don't know his Brigade or Battery.
>
> I'm hoping someone could look-up say 5 or 6 names and numbers either side
of my g'father's number so I could look them up on the CWGC and see if a
common thread exists.
>
> Thank you so much
> Paul Spooner
> San Diego





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