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On Ancestry he is indexed as Bertholomew but the card clearly shows Bartholomew.

There is a second card where the card itself shows R Glover, no 25418. Enlisted 13th Oct 1913; discharged 7th Aug 1917 as a result of sickness. Listed as G Company which was a Depot unit at Chatham, Kent. Repeated on a Silver War Badge roll entry.

If William joined at the same time into the RE he should have a similar number but there doesn't appear to be anything similar.

There is a pension record for a Peter Glover from Tralee joining the Leicestershire Regt in 1920.

the badge looks like a Silver War Badge rather than an RE badge.

Thanks a million Johnny, that could be him alright. My Grandad enlisted in 1913 and I always thought they signed up together but perhaps they didn't. I found what I think might be his death record (Dagenham 1931). I might get a copy of the death cert and take it backwards from there.
Would no overseas service be unusual ?

If you type in Thomas Power in the Waterford 1911 Census you get 230 hits. There was one Power from Ballyshunnock, Newtown, Kilmacthomas who died in the war. He was John Power, of the Irish Guards. I don't have information on lads who survived, sorry. If you contact https://www.facebook.com/waterfordcountymuseum
perhaps they can help you?.
Cheers.
Tom.

I'm trying to track down some information on my great grandfather James Grans who served on the British Army in WWI. He ended up suffering a mustard gas episode, and died in 1931. He's buried in Glasnevin. Unfortunately I know very little about hime as he died when my grandfather was 9/10 & I don't recall him being discussed when I was growing up. He was survived by my grandfather Gerry (age 10). Molly age (age 12) & wife Mary (age 43)

I also have a transfer form for my wife's great Grandfather, Michael Fogarty (S/N AA835 or 638200). He was transferred to the reserves on 02/04/1919 age 36 (b. 1883). He's buried in Deansgrange



Thanks in advance

Its James Grant.

Here's the transfer document

James Grant lived in the Raheny/Killester/Artane area. We believe he originally came fromWexford & lived with an aunt & uncle here before marrying Mary O'Leary in 1918. Born circa 1881 & Died 10 June 1931.

Thanks for the medal record card. What does that mean & what can I do with it ?

I think the papers you've got from Ancestry are for 2 different Edward Kennedy's from Dublin.

1 enlisted 1900 and later transferred to the RAMC; Gun Shot Wound right thigh on the 20/6/1916. Lived at Smith Cottages, Marlborough Road. Served in Boer War and awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with a number of claps e.g. Cape Colony. Awarded the 1914 Star. Medal Index Card is probably 2574, 15 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Rank - Private. Father John.


1 enlisted Royal Artillery in 1896; awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Ended war as Battery Quarter Master Sgt. Address in London. Discharged 4/3/1918 and entitled to a Silver War Badge.

there is a picture of staff at Leopardstown Hospital on the Great War Forum. This is the only time I've come across any reference to the hospital there.


The second EK has the discharge document as he was discharged before the end of the war. Haven't seen this document in the records of those discharged after the armistice (there is often a "Protection Certificate" though and that's not in the record for your man).


You're lucky to have found as much as you have. Most records were destroyed during WW2 and many of those that survived suffered water and fire damage.

Just wondering if anyone can help me here

My grandfather served in the US Army in WWI

I have his military record from the US Archives and I'm trying to understand what is in it.

It's very short actually, in the section "Organizations Served in, with dates of assignments and transfers" it reads
"Sup Co 306 Inf to May 26/18; 3 Co Hq Bn Army Serv C to disch"

From that I think he was involved in the 306th Infantry until 26th May 1918, and he then did something else until his discharge, which was in August 1919, but what that was I cannot figure

Also what would be the best source to find out what the 306th Infantry were doing until May 1918, so I could be an idea of where he was located

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

johnny_doyle wrote: »

the book you probably want would be :

The History of the 306th Infantry by Major Adler, Colonel Vidmer etc but looks a tad expensive. There's a free transcript at :

http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/upton/adler/adler.htm

and I would look under Supply Company and Headquarters Company in the first instance for your man first (always a good idea to post the name when submitting a query re a soldier)

Hi
Thanks for that

I had a quick in Adler's The History of the 306th Infantry online but I could not find his name in the list of any of the companies or elsewhere in it.

His name was Patrick Ryan by the way,he enlisted on 6th Dec '17 and was overseas from March '18

I'll keep searching.

Thanks again

johnny_doyle wrote: »

Did you get the material you have from the Fold3.com website?

I got the details from ancestry.com.
The “"Organizations Served in, with dates of assignments and transfers" details I have in the post above are direct quotes from the military service record doc I found there.
On the document the ‘Served Overseas from’ date is “Mch 5/18”.
From what I read in Alder’s book online it seem like the group he was talking about did not depart the US until April 1918.

I see that Fold3.com is brought to us by ancestry.com
Does it contain more info than ancestry.com for military ?

Again thanks for the info Johnny.

Patrick returned to Ireland in the early '30s.

What I am really interested in now if trying to find out where in France he may have been and what sort of action he may have seen, and if there are any more sources out there that puts him in a particular place at a particular time.

He died when I was a baby, but my mother always said that he never talked about the war, which is understandable because I'd imagine it was horrific, so we have no oral knowledge of what he did in France in the family.

From what you posted it looks like the 306th were in Calais from April until early June 1918.
From my layman’s reading of his record it looks like he was with the Supply company of 306 until May 26th.
After that he was '3 Co Hq Bn Army Serv C to disch', but I cannot figure out what that means
Was he at the front ?, away from the front ?

Adler's The History of the 306th Infantry online looks to be an interesting read to get an idea of what the 306th did, but as I said earlier I did not see his name on the roll,

Was it possibly because he was ''3 Co Hq Bn Army Serv C'

'After that he was '3 Co Hq Bn Army Serv C to disch', but I cannot figure out what that means.'

He served in 3 Company Headquarters Battalion [Army Service Corps?] right up to his discharge - that is, when he was discharged from the service.

tac

the 2 service records found by Ponster are for the same chap I think (time in the Inniskillings and then the Dublin Fusiliers) and I think are for the John Becker on the headstone.

The John Becker who died in Tipperary in 1917 is listed with a DoB as approx 1872 which tallies with the service records.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FR2S-KPP

Son of Christopher and Jane Becker nee Connell (the 1901 census database listing gives her age as 40 but it looks like 60 on the original document - she is listed as 74 in the 1911 census), baptism record gives DoB as 28th June 1872

Medal Index Card shows he landed in France 20th December 1915. This tallies with when the 8th Battalion landed in France. Discharged to Class Z Reserve so survived the war.

No service or pension record on Ancestry.

was this a teacher training college rather than an army school?