Rob Badrick

HI , I served in Cyprus during the 1950's .I recall a Police Officer known as the Wyatt EARP OF Ayious Ambrosis I dont think that is the correct spelling. From memory I believe this Police Officer came from Bedford. He had the rank of Sergeant and saved me and an RA gunner from an embarrassing situation by providing our water truck with petrol having run out in the kyrenia mountain range. Chhers Rob Badrick

Hi Barney, I am new to this forum . I hope I can help you with your study on the 13th. My Grandfather Charles Badrick served with the the 13th.As a young boy I was always interested as to where he was killed.My father did not know as he was born in November 1916 and his father was killed 28th April 1917. From the limited information that I gathered over the years he was initially in the Northamptons .Ian Hook suggested it may have been the 6th. My grandfather enlisted in 1915 in Tring having moved from London back to his village of Wilstone. From a converstion with my Aunt as a small boy I seem to think he went to France in September 1916.My father's birth certificate gives his regt Number, Company and platoon of the 13 Essex Regiment. Therefore his address in November 1916 was with the 13th. Prior to my father's death I queried again as to where his father was killed .He replied on the Somme I think. Wrong of course it was obviousl to me that even his mother or siblings never knew much about how he met his end. Well he was one of the missing in the battle for Oppy on 28th April 1917. Eight members of the battalion are buried at the Orchard Dump Cemetary all unknown. I have visited the Cemetary and Oppy Village. He was in D company .He was not officially registered dead until 1921.I have the death certificate. I have looked at many web sites for information on any of the men who served with the battalion but all I find is the glorious Canadian Army and the Accrington Pals and Hull Battalions histories. I am told there is no Memorial of the Battalion in West Ham. From Burrows History I believe the 13 th was a fine Battalion but given little credit.Let me know when the book is finished. The funny thing about this story my father was an avid West Ham fan but he did not knopw that his father served in the West Ham battalion. Cheers Rob Badrick