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Tracing a soldier in Royal Irish Rifles

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    #32
    johnny_doyle
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    S V C Jones gazetted Lieutenant effective from 24th June 1916

    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29817/supplement/10834


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    #33
    BionicRasher
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    Thanks johnny_doyle
    Lots more reading and discovery on my part to do now that I have a start. My grandparents generation are all passed on but my father and his siblings will be delighted with this information.
    We had war medals belonging to SVC Jones at one point but we cannot locate them now and think they must be in the Grandmothers house somewhere - time to go treasure hunting!!


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    #34
    johnny_doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭johnny_doyle


    the medals to look out for are the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. The National Archives website carries a good explanation of the various WW1 campaign medals

    http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/medal-index-cards-ww1.htm

    You should also look for a "Death Penny"

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Plaque_%28medallion%29

    Good hunting!


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    #35
    BionicRasher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭BionicRasher


    johnny_doyle wrote: »
    the medals to look out for are the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. The National Archives website carries a good explanation of the various WW1 campaign medals

    http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/medal-index-cards-ww1.htm

    You should also look for a "Death Penny"

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Plaque_%28medallion%29

    Good hunting!

    found the medal card and although I can make out some details I don't have a clue what other details are - maybe I should post a picture of the medal card in a new thread for help


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    #36
    Ponster
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    There usually isn't a whole lot of information in a medal card really. The symbols that you perhaps can't interpret are most likely the names of the units that he served in. Go ahead and post them here but this site migt also help you :

    http://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/interpretmic.html


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    #37
    BionicRasher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭BionicRasher


    Ponster wrote: »
    There usually isn't a whole lot of information in a medal card really. The symbols that you perhaps can't interpret are most likely the names of the units that he served in. Go ahead and post them here but this site migt also help you :

    http://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/interpretmic.html

    Thanks - I had looked at that site and it helped in some way but there are still bits that I can't really decipher

    k9g8ra.jpg


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    #38
    chughes
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    If any of you have a subscription to Findmypast, is it true that you have access to the 1911 census details for the UK? If it is, could I ask a favour and could I ask you to look up Robert Thompson, born in Belfast and with a birth year of 1880? The country is described as Overseas Military.
    I expect that the detail should show 1st battalion Royal Irish Rifles and the location was either Maymyo Burma or Kemptee India. Thanks in advance.


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    pinkypinky
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    PM sent.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    #40
    Waitsian
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    chughes wrote: »
    If any of you have a subscription to Findmypast, is it true that you have access to the 1911 census details for the UK? If it is, could I ask a favour and could I ask you to look up Robert Thompson, born in Belfast and with a birth year of 1880? The country is described as Overseas Military.
    I expect that the detail should show 1st battalion Royal Irish Rifles and the location was either Maymyo Burma or Kemptee India. Thanks in advance.


    So Irish born members of the British Army serving abroad are listed in UK censuses?! :eek:

    I have a 3xtimes great uncle from Kerry who served 1849-1870, mostly abroad including China, India and the Crimea. Would he be listed in British censuses?


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    #41
    chughes
    Registered Users Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    mod9maple wrote: »
    So Irish born members of the British Army serving abroad are listed in UK censuses?! :eek:

    I have a 3xtimes great uncle from Kerry who served 1849-1870, mostly abroad including China, India and the Crimea. Would he be listed in British censuses?
    I would imagine that your ancestor would be listed in British censuses. He was serving in the British Army in British controlled areas.


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    #42
    shanew
    Registered Users Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭shanew


    mod9maple wrote: »
    So Irish born members of the British Army serving abroad are listed in UK censuses?! :eek:
    .....


    I'm not 100% certain, but as far as I remember only the 1911 England/Wales census included overseas Army and Navy


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