A VM as a brooch

[Tony]

Here's a VM I bought a few weeks back. It's been brooched and although a lot of collectors don't like this sort of thing, I do. I only wish I knew who did it and why? It may have been for his wife, daughter or pawned and done by the new owner.

Anyway, this brass moulder from Birkenhead obviously preferred life away from the army as his conduct sheets explain, I wonder why he joined the TA after being demobbed unless he was someone who enjoyed army life but not on a regular basis.

12.6.15

Absent without leave from Tattoo on the 12th returned 9.50pm on the 15th. 2 days 23 hours 50 minutes.

Confined to barracks for 7 days, forfeit 3 days pay.

Musham 23.7.15

Absent without leave from Tattoo 23.7.15 until 9.30pm 26.7.15.

Confined to barracks for 7 days, forfeit 5 days pay.

Musham 30.7.15

Breaking out of barracks whilst a defaulter, returned 6.30pm 6.8.15. 6 days 18 hours 30 minutes.

Confined to barracks for 7 days, forfeit 8 days pay.

Musham 15.8.15

Absent without leave from 10pm 15.8.15 returned 9.45pm on 19.8.15. 3 days 23 hours 45 minutes.

Confined to barracks for 7 days, forfeit 4 days pay.

Chisledon, 7.9.15

Absent off all parades 7 & 8 Sept.

Field punishment No. 2 14 days

Chisledon 2.11.15

Overstayed pass from 10pm on Nov. 2nd 15 until apprenhended by the military police in Swindon at 12.15am on 7th Nov. drunk. 4 days 2 hours 15 minutes.

Field punishment No. 2 14 days and forfeits 5 days pay.

Tidworth 28.11.15

Absent from church parade 28th Nov.15

Confined to barracks for 7 days

Tidworth 30.11.15

I Drunk

II Creating a disturbance in the company barrack room about 9.50pm 30.11.15.

III Using threatening language to an NCO.

21 days field punishment No. 2, fined 1/6d and forfeits 21 days pay.

In the field 26.8.16

1 creating a disturbance

2 not complying with an order

Forfeit 5 days pay.

In the field 6.7.17

Absent from roll call 8.45pm to 10.30pm same date.

3 days CC

Does anyone know what CC could be? Confined to camp maybe?

Victoria Station 9.9.17

Overstaying leave from 6.30am 9.9.17 until 6.30am 10.9.17 (24 hours)

Forfeits 1 day pay.

In the field 3,2,18

When on active service absent from his unit from 12.05pm until apprenhended by M.F. Police at Nesir Abautry ????????????? 3.2.18.

14 days field punishment No. 2, forfeits 4 days pay.

Victoria Station 6.11.18

While on active service overstaying leave to UK from 6.30am 6.11.18 to 6.30pm ?????????????

Forfeits 7 days pay.

No date given

When on active service absent from billets from 8.30 pm ?????? to 10pm absent 1 hr 30 mins.

????????? 3 days pay.

Date of award 9.12.18

The Cheshire Regt. finally got rid of Pte.Towers when he was transferred to 110 Labour Coy. in March 1919, he joined the territorial army in July 1921 where stayed till the end of the year serving a whole 162 days.

It's great when some or all of the service record survived the fire.

Tony

Edited June 27, 2010 by Tony

[Mervyn Mitton]

Hi - Tony. Makes a very interesting record of service - but, you have to wonder why he bothered. A man with mixed loyalties - perhaps he had a lot of girl-friends.....

[Tony]

Hi - Tony. Makes a very interesting record of service - but, you have to wonder why he bothered. A man with mixed loyalties - perhaps he had a lot of girl-friends.....

That's also what I thought Mervyn.

He is noted as being single when he volunteered in Nov. 14 but married to Mary Jones when he joined the TA. His declared age in 1914 was 30, his declared age when joining the TA in 1921 is 31 years old, but his 'apparent' age according to Army Medical Services is noted as 35 years old.

If he was indeed 31 in 1914 he must have been a bit older than 35 seven years later. Perhaps the war and field punishment No. 2 didn't age him at all.

Tony