Chris Boonzaier Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I was pretty happy to get this the other day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 He was in the The Royal Marines Cyclist Company at Gallipoli (see here... http://www.jackclegg.com/) Survived the Somme and was wounded in Flanders on the 26th of September 1917... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Liontas Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 WOW!! Talk about a guy who was there! 'Grats Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I'll check to see if his service record or pension is online later after I've eaten (just bought a bbq chicken, yum yum). Do you have his MIC and what does the -S- after his number mean? The link doesn't work and there was I looking forward to a good read. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rundberg Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 (edited) Name Stark, John Register Number: 349 S Division: Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division-Short Service Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 12 November 1914 Born 31 January 1895Catalogue reference http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8192110&queryType=1&resultcount=12 Nice Trio, congratulations! Chris Edited January 29, 2010 by Rundberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 Hi, I managed to pull his record sheet at the national archive, for some reason i could not find his MIC anywhere. try here.. http://www.jackclegg.com/ With the cyclist page in the left side bar. Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Name Stark, John Register Number: 349 S Division: Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division-Short Service Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 12 November 1914 Born 31 January 1895Catalogue reference http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8192110&queryType=1&resultcount=12 Nice Trio, congratulations! Chris Well Done on finding that, I was looking for ages. First of all I tried John Stark, then J Stark and then just Stark. On the last search it said no results so perhaps the internet was playing up. I can't find it on ancestry even though it obviously exists at the NA. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Congratulations on a very nice addition to your collection. Regards Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 The RM MICs aren't online. But from his service record you can work out his entitlement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 The RM MICs aren't online. But from his service record you can work out his entitlement. Ahhhhhhh, I didn't know that. Thanks Michael. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Howard Williamson's Collectors & Researchers Guide to The Great War lists the "S" suffix as being seen on the followng medals to RM: 7-S Driver Royal Marine Brigade 1914 Star short service 750-S Driver Royal Marine Artillery short service 771-S RMA short service 798-S RMA short service gunner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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