13th Manchester - Thomas Johnston

[JC]

My gr-grandfather Thomas Johnston was in this regiment, he was in the battle of Salonika, I've been struggling to read some of his army papers, particulary the one I've posted, can anyone help?

Jane

[harribobs]

hi jane

and welcome to the group

they aren't easy to read that's for sure, but we will have a go

this seems to be his medical history
chris

[JC]

Thank you Mack

I could post the rest of his records on here, but there is 20 pages, plus 5 pages from his pension records, would that be too much to post?

Jane

[mack]

hiya jane
its a bad record,some of it is unreadable
best i can do
pte 5971 thomas johnston
enlisted 16-4-14
aged 32yrs 10mths
13th manchesters
C.company
occupation,iron fitter
religion CofE
14 myrtle st,longsight
married miss mary,ellen hargreaves at st.francis church,chorlton
children
nellie 28-9-07
henriette 19-12-08
louis 18-4-12
catherine 7-3-15
appointed paid lance corporal 12-11-14
landed in france 7-9-15
promoted acting corporal 9-7-15
landed at salonika 28-10-15
appointed acting lance sgt 14-6-16
appointed acting sgt 9-10-16 in A.company in place of sgt stallard
13-12-16 in convalescent depot[sick]
13-4-17 admitted to 31st casualty clearing station[sick]and 3 days later sent to 5th canadian hospital
5-9-17 admitted to 4th convalescent depot[sick]
10-9-17 posted to 2nd base supply depot
20-11-17 admitted to 25th casualty clearing station with neuresthenia
1-1-18 transferred to the labour corps
31-5-18 on the lines of communication at immingham,lincolnshire and worked in the national shipyards
discharged from the army on 17-2-19

mack

[JC]

Oh thats brilliant Mack, you did much better than me!   

According to his pension records, he stayed under the army doctors til 1923/24, it can't have been all bad though, he lived to a ripe old age of 91!

[mack]

hiya jane
i cant find a pension record for him

mack

[JC]

It is there, search on his number, 485891, they've listed him as Johnson

[mack]

hiya jane
i also found him in the absent voters register[1918],he listed himself as 485896 thomas johnston,army service corps,14 myrtle st,longsight.

mack

[JC]

Thanks Mack

According to his records he was at 11 Myrtle St!

Would there happen to be a Frank Layfield on that list? he was born 1888 and would've been living in Openshaw.

Jane

[mack]

Thanks Mack

According to his records he was at 11 Myrtle St!

Would there happen to be a Frank Layfield on that list? he was born 1888 and would've been living in Openshaw.

Jane

on his service record,he crossed out 11 myrtle st and changed it to 14 myrtle st

mack

[JC]

you're absolutely right, thanks Mack, I didn't spot it! on other pages of his record it's wrote as 14.

[mack]

Thanks Mack

According to his records he was at 11 Myrtle St!

Would there happen to be a Frank Layfield on that list? he was born 1888 and would've been living in Openshaw.

Jane

the registers are quite big,some have nearly 9000 names in them and take to long to search through,if you have a street/road i will have a look.
are these your layfields+rimmer family
all buried in southern cemetery in grave Z.CE.1021
james,henry layfield buried 5-2-36
peter+frank buried 9-8-47[think they were twin sons of frances and frank]
william,herbert layfield buried 28-5-60
frank layfield 29-8-60
henry,herbert rimmer buried 2-5-52

mack

[JC]

Hi Mack

I wrote something about Henry Herbert Rimmer here http://themanchesters.org/forum/index.php?topic=3067.0
This is my Nana's uncle, but I don't think he was in the Manchesters.

Yes they are all my family, James Henry Layfield is my Nana's brother, he died at the age of 22, Peter and Frank were twins belonging to my Nana's brother Frank, William Herbert and Frank Layfield both died of heart attacks within months of each other, Frank died on a train just as it was pulling in to didsbury station.

I spoke to my Nana again last night, she said her father Frank wasn't in the war, he was helping to build boats, so that just leaves Henry Herbert Rimmer.

[JC]

Hi Everyone

Can anyone tell me what the writing is in the bottom right corner, I can make out the word 'amended' but not the rest.

Jane

[mack]

they gave his rank as act/cpl when he was in the manchesters,it was wrong,and they amended it to serjeant

mack