deptfordboy Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Hi Gents, My Xmas present from the missus this year was another rather rare history to a SE London unit. This is the original 1920 edition - a nice touch is the sticker inserted proclaiming that 'A copy of this book has been presented to His Majesty the King'. My copy belonged to George W Osborne (haven't managed to identify him. The 2/20th had a distinguished record in France, the Middle East and Germany. The history features detailed accounts of call-up, engagements with the enemy, Roll of Honour, awards and details of officers and NCO's. Naturally, I am happy to do lookups for any soldiers or events concerning the 2/20th, and would also be interested if any other forum member has an original copy. Cheers Gilbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Hello Gilbert,That's a fantastic Christmas present, you must have been over the moon when you unwrapped it.I bought myself the Surrey recruitment CD if you need (or anyone else) the name(s) of any 2/20th looking up (or anyone else in another unit), they may have joined up in Surrey, you never know.Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deptfordboy Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 Thanks Tony, I may well take you up on that if I have a chap who joined in Surrey. Meanwhile, I have done a little research and tracked down a few details of the chap who once owned my copy of the book. George W Osborne was appointed Sergeant in Dec 1915 and was wounded on 5/10/1916. According to his MIC, he was entitled to the BWM/Vic pair, it would be great to reunite his battalion history with the medals... who knows?Cheers Gilbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 My uncle Sid Kitchen was pre-war / WWII 20th London, I met him for the first time in about 20 years or more a few months ago, I knew that he was looking for a 20th London white horse cap badge & posted ione to him a few days ago. He wore that badge initially, then the RE's, then the RA's, as the unit changed titles and roles within a decade or less in the 30's - 40's.I've photos of him badges up as RE & RA, but have to find out if he has one of himself wearing the horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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