David F

If this is in the wrong forum then please let me know.

Here is my latest purchase.

It is a pair to 78242 BMDR G HOLLOBONE R.A. The medlas have been well polished at some point and obviously worn with pride

He was entitled to not only this pair,but also to the Mons star with bar,which is unfortunatly missing from the set.

I will get some more research when i have time and i will post up the results when i get them.

MIC

Medal pair

Thanks for the help guys.

Tony,it is my intention to research him when i get a minute in a busy life

I will be going on ancestry.com to find out what i can.I already have his MIC so that is a start.

here is my most recent group to gunner 159821 , George Lawrence

here is the MIC for him.It shows that he was only entitled to the pair.

And his Short service Attestation papers

Page 1

Page 2

Statement of service

More paperwork

That is about it.So any help at all on halping decipher what is on these documents.

As i mentioned it looks like they have been damaged by water.

Cheers

640592 Dvr. Herbert Henry Pell initially served in the 2 Highland Brigade, RFA (TF). Soldiers Died (the book) indicates that he was Killed in Action. 87th Battery, RFA was a Howitzer Battery in the 2nd Brigade, RFA in the 2nd Division. Gunner 1

Many, many thanks for that information.How can i obtain a copy of the book Soldiers Died?

Thanks for the replies guys.

I will get a copy of the medal year book.

Chris,many thanks of you roffer of help.I will get in contact if i need any.Paul,thanks for telling me what is on his MIC.I have plans of researching his history and building up a profile of him.

Here is my first casualty medal to H H Pell of the Royal Artillery.

Here are the details from the CWGC

Name: PELL, HERBERT HENRY

Initials: H H

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Driver

Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery

Unit Text: 87th Bty.

Age: 22

Date of Death: 27/05/1918

Service No: 640592

Additional information: Son of Mary Elizabeth Pell, of 7, Albion Terrace, Boston Rd., Sleaford.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 30.

Cemetery: GWALIA CEMETERY

I have just started to collect British medals and i am very happy with this one.I got it from e bay for the price of £22.

sure looks that way Tony.Here is a translation that someone did for me

"Frankreich 28.8.17

Liebe Schwester,

Anbei eine Photographie zum Andenken an den M. G. Kursus in Rumigny (a French town in the Somme area).

Die herzlichsten Gr??e sendet Dir Dein Bruder Hans.

Auf Wiedersehn."

here are a couple of new things that arrived in the post.

The first one is a Photograph that was removed from a photoalbum of life in a trench

As you can see there looks to be little danger as one of the men is on lip of the trench

And the second one is a postcard of a machine gun troup.I have incresed the size of hte group of men in the middle as one of them seems to have a badge of some description on his sleeve.Could this be a machine gun badge?

Close up

and i have scanned the back of the postcard in a negative way as it makes it easier to read.

Hope you enjoy looking at these

David F

ill check with my brother and i'll get back to you with the answer

Thats all for the moment.

Hopefully some more will arrive in the near future and i will post them up.

Thanks for looking

David F

And now for little and large!!

Here is a close up of his cap.

Now it looks like he has a skull and crossbones cap badge .Anyone shed any light on this??

Now this is an interesting one.

and here is the back which shows what i think are some names of thte people who are in the picture

here is another couple of postcards that arrived this morning.

here is a group picture with 4 EK 1st classes on show.

here is the back of the card.

Not only does it show the photographers details someone has also writen the names of the 3 guys on the front.

i cannot make out the first name but i think that the second guys name is Paul Wegener and the 3rd guys name is August Spenger,but i could be wrong.Any chance of some help??

Many thanks

David F

here is my latest postcard.

It shows 3 men all wearing the same type of tunic.

Now the question is are they mounted men??

Looks like the man on the left is wearing spurs.

and here is the back.

His name is Willi ???

It does say Garde du Corps.I is it true or has someone made a mistake.

Here is the latest postcard to come into my collection

Kev pointed me in the direction of this thread(cheers ) and i thought that you might want to see a picture of one in wear .

This is one of my new postcards

cheers Kev.

I'll go over there for a look.

Many thanks for the help.

David F

well hope you enjoyed looking at these.

I'll update when some more come in.

David F

and finally here he is looking slightly older but with 2 medals now.Any ideas on the medals

looks as though it was taken at the same time but from a different angle

here he is with his first medal