tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316437260668122878.post5553613916793169655..comments2023-12-18T09:58:17.070+00:00Comments on Thoughts of a Depressive Diplomatist: Back Into the Archive WorldDiplomatisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04154642903216207181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316437260668122878.post-34355334085038675662013-05-27T21:23:16.543+01:002013-05-27T21:23:16.543+01:00You sir are a gent! Consider your blog pimped when...You sir are a gent! Consider your blog pimped when I get some free time.<br />I have discovered that John was with the 2nd Gloucestershires when he died, on 1st September 1918 after being wounded during the attack on the Roche Noir salient in Salonica.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958118384086619111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316437260668122878.post-2735982714336733052013-05-26T22:44:11.905+01:002013-05-26T22:44:11.905+01:00I'll have a look at what I can see - at the ve...I'll have a look at what I can see - at the very least I'll be able to look at the war diary for the 9th Glosters around that date.Diplomatisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04154642903216207181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316437260668122878.post-87221240048771114532013-05-26T21:09:12.240+01:002013-05-26T21:09:12.240+01:00Here we go...
They were both army. My grandad, wh...Here we go...<br /><br />They were both army. My grandad, who survived, was Pte. Walter T Price, Devon Rgt (service no 32789) and Duke of Cornwall LI (32516 or 0) victory medal C/1/101.B.10 page 865<br /><br />His brother, who died in Salonica in 1918 was Pte. John L Price, 9th Gloucestershire Rgt (12934). Victory medal L/101 B22 page 3849. 1915 star L/2B page 513.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958118384086619111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316437260668122878.post-653808432857311252013-05-26T20:54:48.231+01:002013-05-26T20:54:48.231+01:00That's very kind of you sir! I've got thei...That's very kind of you sir! I've got their medal records off ancestry, so will dig them out :)JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958118384086619111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316437260668122878.post-50325334742527758342013-05-16T21:21:27.930+01:002013-05-16T21:21:27.930+01:00Army or Navy? If the latter, you can download the...Army or Navy? If the latter, you can download the service record for £336 from the TNA website. If the latter, you might be able something through ancestry.co.uk.<br /><br />Send the details, and I'll see what I can do.Diplomatisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04154642903216207181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316437260668122878.post-88216235068648975632013-05-16T20:49:34.860+01:002013-05-16T20:49:34.860+01:00I wish Kew wasn't such a long trek from herefo...I wish Kew wasn't such a long trek from hereford, as I'd love to look up my grandad and his brothers WW1 records.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958118384086619111noreply@blogger.com