Michael Johnson

He'd be quite a veteran if they were!

Very nice. I did the old Monogram P-40N (all that was available 35 years ago). If there was a competition as to what plane epitomizes the Second War, the P-40 would definitely make the top 10. Until the Mustang and Thunderbolt came along, the P-40 was it (unless you were Navy or Marines).

If he wants to serve in Iraq, then he better get a stand-in for home and some regiment already there quietly gets a new "Mr. Windsor".

To have the first bayonet to any battalion is something in itself. Here is the link to the Monmouthshire Regiments movements 1914-18 http://www.1914-1918.net/monmouth.htm The 1/3rd were disbanded in 1916 The 2/3rd was disbanded August 1917 The 3/3rd were absorbed into the South Wales Borderers July 1917 Although the last two battalions only served in the U.K. that is not to say that men posted to other units might not have taken their equipment with them and seen service in France. I don't imagine that in 1917 there was much spare equipment, so a bayonet produced in the first months of the year may well have been regimentally-marked by summer.

With British markings, T usually stands for "Territorial". Unfortunately, the closest unit abbreviations are: M.M.P. - Military Mounted Police M.M.G.C. - Motor Machine Gun Corps Neither of these units were Territorials. The Monmouthshire Regiment was Territorial, but the date is problematical, as although the regiment had several battalions, many of them had been disbanded by 1917.

If they had high iqs they would have found work by now.

Collectors still turn up a fair amount, especially now with metal detectors (although much of the area is public parkland, and digging is streng verboten. We're not even allowed to dig firepits when the Scouts are at Fort George. When I bought the musket lock there were several boxes of assorted metal recovered from the Niagara area in earlier years, probably before forts like Fort George and Fort Erie were restored. The latter has cases full of twisted bayonets, as the assaulting party was caught when a magazine blew up.

Here are some War of 1812 artifacts in my possession. At the top are some splinters of wood from H.M.S Nancy, sunk in the Nottawasaga River. I found this at a flea market along with lots of other period items also mounted and labelled on cardboard. The man enlisted in the 119th Algoma Bn. C.E.F. and served in France in the 52nd Bn. He also brought home a piece of aluminum form a German airplane (also in my collection are this peice and his badges - regrettably I have lost the piece of paper with his name on it.). The Nancy's remains were found just prior to 1914, and no attempt was made to protect them for several years. He was in the area, so I accept this at face value. Below are buttons from the 89th and 41st Regiments - both heavily engaged in the war. tHE 89th lacks its shank, so is a lost button. The 41st is complete. Finally a Brown Bess lock, which was alleged to have been recovered from the battlefield at Lundy's Lane 1814. This was one of the larger battles of the war, and as it was summertime, the dead were cremated. Perhaps a broken musket was thrown on the fire as well.

I hope they were dusted for fingerprints.

Brian, perhaps the best place to get the information you need is http://www.1914-1918.net/ Your RE was undoubtedly a Territorial Army enlistment. They were renumbered during the War, hence the two numbers. Soldiers also acquired new numbers if they changed regiments. All of this should appear on the man's Medal Index Card.

Here's the link to his MIC: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...;resultcount=10

Beautiful groups.

Bargain? "Steal" is what comes to mind! When you think what the recipient went through.

Quite right - typing too fast. The last ribbon looks to have some sort of devices on it. I doubt he'd be wearing an Italian decoration just after the war, and it might be too early for the Dutch award, although the ribbon looks close to that .

FreeBMD gives him as Robin Edmund, so unless the Registrar made an error, that should be the correct version. I make the medals to be: DSM, 1914-15 Star, BWM, Victory, 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star??, Defence Medal, War Medal with mid device, 1937 Coronation, then one foreign decoration.

Besides the Reuben James there were also fatalities aboard the U.S.S. Kearney, also on convoy duty.

I dreamed I saw St. Augustine And nearly had a fit But Gus I said You're centuries dead "Non mortuus sum." ait.

No need for all that. These are Belgian Army There are also over 3000 Belgian agents. Here is the search form. Just plug in the name. Downloading the card will cost you 3.50 sterling, but well worth it. If I were you I'd buy the medal in any case for the rarity value.

Here in Canada it's "Well that's the tax return for another year." Now to try to replace the money I had to shell out."

I've always been interested in Greece's part in the Second World War, and the allied support both in 1940 and 1944-45. Lovely badge.

Be prepared for a long vacation. He waited months for them to find those two.

A very nice grouping, especially with the first pattern R.C.E.M.E badges. Good news! The service pin rolls do exist, and a member of the CEF Research Group was able to research two WWII pins as a test Class A The bad news - they're all handwritten entries with no finding guide.

Very interesting. AGGLIA is Greek for ENGLAND PARATHRHTHS means "WATCHER" or I suppose in a military sense "Observer" The owl is the Athenian symbol.

111 Squadron was based in Gibraltar, which should have qualified him for the Africa Star. http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/warrants/h12-reg.html

It's also interesting that the Greek War Medal is the later version with the king's head replaced by the Victory of Samothrace.