Genealogy Chat

Thank you Malcolm I'll do that then. Phew, I thought you'd logged off for today LOL. Thanks again for the info and thanks Alice for letting me hijack your thread. Jan

Hi Jan Information on regiments. http://www.regiments.org/ On Homepage - Click on the Regiments Tab. Scroll down page to Europe and click on U.K. alphabetic Scroll down page till you find the regiment you want Information on Regiments in WW1 http://www.1914-1918.net/ On the homepage - Click on Army and then the type of Regiment you want. Malcolm

Nudge Is Malcolm still out there please. Jan

Thank you, I hope Malcolm is still looking in. Malcolm, can you please guide me to where you found that information on where a certain regiment was at any given time. I have 3rd Battn RHA and 8th Battn RA. Thank you Jan

Of course not Jan. The more the merrier! Alice

Alice, do you mind if I ask Malcolm a question on your thread please. Jan

Christine, How exiting! Yes I'm sure he did! My mum said something about the post office! how can I find it ? Alice

Did he go into the Post Office? from London Gazette: THE LONDON GAZETTE, 9 OCTOBER, 1936 p6439 UNDER CLAUSE 3 of THE GENERAL REGULATIONS Post Office: Postman, London, Ernest Edward Allison. *** Christine

Thank you Malcolm. That helps - York and Ceylon are not mentioned at right time. I wonder if I could glean some info from York castle? It is all part of their history too... They may have details of the regiment in residence at the time. By then he was an officer apparently - Dad told me he used to play in the grounds and once nearly pushed a heavy garden roller through the castle wall --little vandal! Alice

Hi This might help you a bit 1881.07.01 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1881 England: Colchester 1882 Egypt 1882 Cyprus 1884 Sudan 1886 Gibraltar 1889 Malta 1892 India: Chakratta 1894 Meerut 1896 Peshawar 1899 Aden 1901 Malta 1902 England: Shorncliffe 1904 Malta 1906 England: Dover 1909 Bordon 1911 Ireland: Dublin 1914.08 France and Flanders 5 Div 1917.11 Italy 1918.04 France and Flanders 1919 India: Calcutta 1919 Afghanistan 1919 India 1920? NW Frontier 1921 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1923 Poona 1927 Madras 1929 Bangalore 1932 Secunderabad 1935 Karachi 1937 England: Aldershot 4 Bde 1938 Shorncliffe 1881.07.01 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1881 South Africa 1882 Ireland: Curragh 1885 England: Chatham 1888 Portland 1892 Ireland: Dublin 1894 Enniskillen 1896 Dublin 1898 Egypt 1900.04 South Africa 1902 Ceylon 1904 China: Hong Kong 1906 Singapore 1908 India: Peshawar 1912 Multan 1915.01.30 at sea (embarked at Bombay) 1915.02.06 Mesopotamia 12 Ind Inf Bde [two coys in 30 Ind Bde] 1916.04.29 B Coy & D Coy (30 Ind Inf Bde) captured by the Turks at Kut al Amara 1916.01 Mesopotamia 34 Bde, 15 Ind Inf Div 1917.08 Mesopotamia 17 Ind Inf Div 1919.03 India 1919 UK 1921.03 Germany: Upper Silesia Army of Occupation 1921.01.01 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1921.04 Ireland: Dublin 1922.01 England: Woking 6 Bde 1927 Guernsey 1930 England: Aldershot 5 Bde 1934 Shorncliffe 1937 Palestine Malcolm

Sammy, I will try that but it sounds as though they may not play ball. However I have to provide proof of death - so I suppose they should not send me wrong record. Tyhey are also insistant on a letter from next of kin. Apparently they are putting all records on a data base to be completed by end of 2005. i wonder if it would be better to wait?? It says at present it can take 3 months to process - so it my be quicker to wait ( if you see what I mean..) Alice

Alice, I wonder if you put a few lines in saying these records are only of interest to you if E E stands for Ernest Edward , that little reference check would only take a moment. It's certainly worth a try, it's not like your asking them to trawl through looking for place of birth or addresses etc... Sam

Hiya Alice Have mailed you. The GENfair one looks quite good. If you scroll down there is one for your grandfathers regiment. only costs a couple of pounds or so. Hope it helps I have found a couple of sites with info about the regiment if its helpful: http://www(.)digiserve(.)com/peter/rwk/hi story(.)htm http://www(.)1914-1918(.)net/rwk(.)htm http://www(.)genfair(.)com/shop/system/index(.)html Remove brackets Vikki xx

It is going to cost £30 to get his records. I know my dad spent some time in Ceylon with the army in his early years. I know where my Dad was born and suspect it was in a house in some way rented from the army. I know my Grandad was posted to York and the family lived in York castle for some time - all this in the late 20's early 30's. My Grandfather's name was Ernest Edward Allison - on the medal card it says E.E. Allison. - Not John Smith but still a few of them about I suspect! The package I have just received says they cannot check any details just send number and they will return records. Ihave to get permission from my aunt as she is his next of kin. Unfortunately as his youngest child she can't remember anything! IF ONLY I'D ASKED MY DAD! Any advice on checking the movements of the regiment so I can be more certain I have the correct card and regiment? Alice

I am trying to get my Grandfather's army records. He lived in Lewisham and I think he was in the West Kent Regiment as I found and downloaded a medal card with his name on. It was for 1914. SEE BELOW