More information on Private Edmund Culshaw

[AlanJones]

Hi,

I have a 14/15 trio awarded to Private Edmund Culshaw and would like to find out a bit more about him, can anyone help.  I have the medal index card with the following details:

Name:                     Culshaw, Edmund
Corp:                      Manchester Regiment
Rank:                      Private
Regt No:                  1847
Medals                    Roll              Page
Victory:                   H/1/104B48   9708
British:                     H/1/104B48   9708
15 Star:                   H/1/14B        17   
Silver War badge:      T.H/667
Theatre of war:         2B Balkans (Gallipoli)
Date of entry:           06/05/15
Discharge:                10/04/17

This is everything I know, anyone got any ideas on how I can find out a bit more information?

Thanks Alan

[AlanJones]

I have read on the Manchesters site that the 5th and 6th Battalions landed at Gallipoli on 6th May which ties up with the date on the MIC.  Is it likely that Edmund Culshaw was in either the 5th or 6th Battalions?  Is there anyway to narrow this down?

[mack]

hiya alan.
edmund was in the 1/5th manchesters
wounded in june 1915 at gallipoli.

mack

[themonsstar]

200297 Pte Edmund Culshaw (1847)

5th Bn
SWB No 44095
Enlistment date 9/3/1914
Discharge date 10/4/1917
Cause of discharge wounds

[AlanJones]

Hi, Thanks for all the information, the MIC was a bit light on detail such as the battalion, etc.  I assume that 200297 is the re issued six digit number for Edmund, although I wasn't sure he had been given one as the MIC only has his original 4 digit number as do all three of his medals.  He appears to have been wounded within a month of entering Gallipoli but wasn't discharged for almost two years.  Is this usual?  Is it possible that his wounds were so severe he spent  two years convalescing or is is there a chance that he recovered, re-entered active duty and was later discharged as a result of further wounds? 

[mack]

if his wounds were severe,then they would have been able to assess if he was no longer fit for further service within a few weeks.
its possible that he may have been retained on home service,and his health broke down later on,and he was discharged.
your theory of being wounded again,is a possibility alan.

mack