A place for PoW database amendments and additions

[mack]

hiya Charlie
dan smith,i,me pretty certain hes pte 8861 Frederick,daniel smith,LNL,the man listed with him,albert sefton who is listed as a Manchester,was also in LNL,the germans are getting Lancashire mixed up with Manchester again

mack

[charlie]

Ok, thanks Mack.

[charlie]

Hello Mack,
Have you any idea which James Smith this is please.

http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/600775/3/2/

Charlie

[mack]

Hello Mack,
Have you any idea which James Smith this is please.

http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/600775/3/2/

Charlie

hiya Charlie
ime pretty sure hes Middlesex regt,there are other men listed with the same regt details,and they are all Londoners,i don't think any of the Manchester batts were in the area that these men were taken

mack.
smiley added

[charlie]

Thanks Mack, he was the only only J Smith I couldn't sort out. The rest are a bit of a mess - too many  without numbers but other details tied them up.

Glad I got a  this time 

Charlie

[charlie]

Mack
This is the last of the Smiths - thankfully.

A Bn please for 12566 Thomas Smith.

Which Tommy Smith is this please http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/4186154/3/2/

A Bn please for 39756 William Smith

Charlie

[mack]

hiya Charlie

sgt 12566 Thomas smith.17th batt
pte 39756 William smith.2/6th batt

tommy smith,there were two Thomas smiths in 1st battalion,2130 t.smith was discharged in 1915,the other was 604 Thomas smith,his entry in the medal roll only says classZ army res 10-4-19

mack

[charlie]

Thanks Mack,
Typical! Is there a SWB entry for 2130? That might clear it up, he was wounded in the chest and side.

Charlie

[mack]

hiya Charlie
2130 Thomas smith has no SWB entry,he was discharged on 7th august 1915,he later joined the KORL as 51803 t.smith

mack

[charlie]

Hello Mack,
Thanks for that. Only an (hopefully) educated guess, I think 2130 was probably time expired in 1915. It would be pushing it a bit I think if he was wounded in May and repatriated by August 1915. He was only starting down the casevac chain in May, he hadn't even left Belgium.
The conditions for repat were probably at their most stringent at that time and if he was fit enough to rejoin in the KORL and also later to transfer again to the RE I don't think he would have fullfilled the criteria for repat. If he was that badly injured that he did qualify for repat and had to be discharged it just seems improbable that he was fit enough to rejoin a year or two later.

If I am correct that leaves just 604 as the most probable. What do you think?

Charlie

[charlie]

Mack
Have you anything on a Norman Ridley Stephenson 16th Bn? He does not show up in the MiCs with any Regiment neither does a NR Stevenson.

http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/1091175/3/2/

Charlie

[charlie]

Mack,
Have you any idea who this may be? http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/722844/3/2/

Did you manage to have a look for NR Stephenson?

Thanks
Charlie

[mack]

Mack
Have you anything on a Norman Ridley Stephenson 16th Bn? He does not show up in the MiCs with any Regiment neither does a NR Stevenson.

http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/1091175/3/2/

Charlie

hiya Charlie
norman was in the 16th Cheshire regt

mack[smiley]

[mack]

Mack,
Have you any idea who this may be? http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/722844/3/2/

Did you manage to have a look for NR Stephenson?

Thanks
Charlie

hiya Charlie.
I checked the absent voters register for the address this soldier gave,9 union st,ardwick,theres no reference,he doesn't show up anywhere,but there was a William,casper sanderson living at 13 union st,he was a ships carpenter,could sanderson be his correct name,theres no Robert sanderson listed with the manchesters

mack[smiley]

[mack]

Mack,
Have you any idea who this may be? http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/722844/3/2/

Did you manage to have a look for NR Stephenson?

Thanks
Charlie

hiya Charlie.
I checked the absent voters register for the address this soldier gave,9 union st,ardwick,theres no reference,he doesn't show up anywhere,but there was a William,casper sanderson living at 13 union st,he was a ships carpenter,could sanderson be his correct name,theres no Robert sanderson listed with the manchesters

mack[smiley]

forget that Charlie,here he is

pte 45046 Robert,william struttman
9 union st,higher ardwick
self employed furrier
captured wancourt 23rd april 1917 sent to dulmen from lille 4-8-17
repat ripon 7-12-18