Private George White

Private George White served in the Medical Staff Corps during the Egyptian Campaign. He is entitled to the undated Egypt Medal with the clasp The Nile 1884-85 and the Khedive’s star

Religion: Church of England     Trade: porter         Eyes: Hazel

Hair: light brown          Height:5’10″    Weight: 124 lbs.

He was born in Greenwich, London in November of 1864

He enlisted on January 15th 1884

From January 15th 1884 to November 4th he served at home (United Kingdom)

March 31st: He was appointed 2nd class Orderly

From November 5th 1884 to March 19th, 1887 he served in Egypt

From March 20th 1887 to January 14th 1896 he served at home (United Kingdom)

He was discharged in 1896 completing his 12 years short service period

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Egypt medal clasp The Nile 1884-85 and the Khedive’s Star

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Private White Attestation of Short Service page 1

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Private White Attestation of Short Service page 2

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Major Thomas George Buchanan, M.I.D.

Major Thomas George Buchanan served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War One. He is entitled to the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory medal. He ws Mentionned -in-Despatches and he wore the oakleaf emblem on the ribbon of his Victory Medal.

World War One trio with the Mentionned -in-Despatches oakleaf emblem (click to enlarge)

He was born on the November 20^th 1883 in Knocknarea, Magheragall, County of Antrim, Ireland. His father was Thomas Buchanan and his mother Maria Jane Watson

May 14^th, 1908: He passed Bachelor of Medicine, Surgery & Obstetrics at the Royal University of Ireland.

1911 United Kingdom Census: He is listed as single and a house surgeon at the General Infirmary, Burton on Trent, England

June 17^th, 1913: He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Field Ambulance of the North Midland Mounted Brigade

His address in the Medical Register is 275 Branstone Road, Burton-on-Trent.

Photo of Major Thomas George Buchanan (probably right after enlistment)

September 15, 1915: He Married Evelyn Kathleen Julia Macfaren Myhill at The Church of St Stephen, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

September 24^th: He transferred the Territorial Army to the Royal Army Medical Corps and promoted to the rank of Major.

October: He entered France

He served in the Middle-East and was attached to the Royal Artillery. He was probably transferred in the Middle-East in 1917

At one point he was presumed dead and his wife received a telegram to that effect. Two days later she received another telegram stating that her husband was well and alive. At some point someone told the University of Dublin that Major Buchanan had been killed in action but never got back to them that this was a mistake. The result of that, Thomas George Buchanan is listed as a casualty of war on the Remembrance Plaque in honor of the university’s students who died during WW1. In an account written by his grand-son, later in life, Mr. Buchanan was amused by that historical error.

Photo of the Memorial Plaque at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution

June 20th, 1916: His daughter Suzanne was born

September 25^th: He was Mentioned-in-Despatches for a first time

Early October 1917: The British launched a campaign to seize the Palestinian Territory from the Ottoman Empire that ended in the capture of Gaza (November) and Jerusalem on December 9^th.

June 14^th, 1918: He was Mentioned-in-Despatches for a second time by General Allenby

July 21^st: He was relinquished his temporary rank of Major

August: The British launched one last effort in the Middle-East culminating with the capitulation of the Ottoman Empire on October 30^th.

December 9^th: He relinquished his rank of Major.

September 12^th, 1920: His daughter Ida Buchanan was born on that day

August 31^st, 1922: He applied for his medals

June 1924: He bought his first farm (Banyyards Hall Farm in Bunwell) at auction

July 7^th, 1925: He was appointed Medical Officer to Ministry of Pensions. In 1940 he was the Assistant-Director.

August 1926: He bought his second farm at auction (Freehold Glebe Lands in Bunwell). His brother Henry was his Partner in this farming business.

July 1948: He bought his house Holly Lodge in Norfolk.

September: He sold his Banyards Hall Farm in Bunwell

February 1950: He bought at auction the Blofield House in Blofield

July 1951: He bought at auction his second house, Mametz, in Blofield, Brundall

December 23^rd: His brother Henry died. He probably had to sell his farming business which he co-owned with and manage with Henry.

January 18^th, 1967: His wife died at Postwick House, Postwick, Norwich, England

1970: He bought the Oak Lodge, at 122 Norwich Road, Wroxham, Norwich

Photo of Thomas George Buchanan

June 17^th, 1976: He died caused by a hemopericardium. He was living at 122 Norwich Road Wroxham, Norwich, Norfolk.

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Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Spring Walker, C.B.E., M.I.D.

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Spring Walker served in the Royal Army Medical Corps
He was a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military). He was also entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with the Orange Free State and Cape Colony clasps, the 1914 Star with clasp, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal .

He was born January 6^th 1876 at Glanbehy, County of Kerry

April 5^th, 1894: He is listed as a Midshipman on the Royal Navel Reserve List

July 29^th, 1898: He received his diploma for Licentiate Midwifing from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. He is listed as living at the Hurricane Lodge, Glenbeigh, and County of Kerry

April 25^th, 1900: He was promoted Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps

June 18^th: He sailed to South Africa (from the London Times) with the 9^th General Hospital

November 14^th: He embarked on the HMS Assaye. He had been invalidated. He arrived in South Hampton, United Kingdom on December 5th (from the London Times)

He served in India from 1902 to 1903

He was promoted Captain in April of 1903

He was sick from February 1904 and was back at his rank on October 19^th, 1904. During that period he was probably sent back to United Kingdom.

He went back to India and served from 1905 to 1908.

March 29^th, 1908: He was promoted Major and was stationed at the Magistrate Department Cantonment in India.

April 25^th, 1912: He was promoted Major

September 13^th, 1914: He disembarked in France with the 26^th Field Ambulance (British Expeditionary Forces)

He was promoted the Assistant-Director of the 6^th Division at some point during the war.

February 17^th, 1915: He was Mentioned-in-Despatches for the first time.

August 3^rd: He arrived on the Island of Malta from England

August 20^th: He embarked on HMHS Valdivia and sailed for Mudros Harbour on the small Greek Island of Lemnos. At the time the Island of Mudros was used a rear medical base for the sick and wounded of the Gallipoli campaign. The number of casualties was so high Eastern Campaign, especially in the Dardanelles, that the British putted a lot of resources to help reduce the pressure on the medical units.

September 19^th: He returned from the Island of Mudros to the Island of Malta.

January 5^th, 1916: He sailed back to England.

December 26^th, 1917: He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel

May 30^th 1919: He was awarded the Order of the British Empire (Commander level) for valuable service in connection with the war (London Gazette June 3^rd)

July 10^th: He was Mentioned-in-Despatches for a second time.

July 29^th: He was Mentioned-in-Despatches for a third time. In a period of 5 months he was decorated three times for his valuable services in connection with the war. It is rare for someone to receive so many official recognitions in such a short period, although 1919 was the period to close the book for WW1 decoration.

September 9^th: He applied for his 1914 Star

May 15^th, 1920: He retired from the Army. He was again taken off strength for medical reasons from May 15^th, 1920 until December 20^th, 1920.

December 20^th, 1922: he was taken off the Officer Reserve List and retired from pay

1927: He is listed as living at Woodquest, Crosshaven, County of Cork in the Medical Register. He lived there until his death in 1941.

June 24th 1941: He died Ripley Lodge Caragh Lake in Kerry County

He had one daughter named Marjorie Rose

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Doctor Helen Hanson

Dr Helen Hanson served with the Auxiliary Hospital Unit in Antwerp during WW1. She is entitled to the 1914 Star with clasp, the British War and Victory Medals, the Order of St. Sava, 2nd type from Serbia, 4th Class breast badge and a Red Cross Decoration.

She was born in 1874.

She graduated M.B. & L.S.A. in 1901 and received her M.D. from the University of London in 1904 having trained at the London School of Medicine for Women (The Royal Free Hospital).

For three years she served as Medical Officer to the Kinnaird Memorial Hospital at Lucknow, India.

In 1911 she was awarded the Diploma in Public Health of Oxford University and was appointed Assistant School Medical Officer to London County Council.

Shortly after the outbreak of war Dr Hanson went to Belgium with the St. John Unit forming the Auxiliary Hospital at Antwerp commanded by Mrs St. Clair Stobart. The unit served during the siege of Antwerp and were amongst the last civilians to leave before the city was occupied by the Germans. The unit then operated in a chateau at Cherbourg until April 1915 when it transferred to Serbia.

After serving there for 6 months, she returned to London and early in 1916 addressed the Royal Society of Arts on her experiences in Serbia as a Red Cross worker. During that time she served for 6 weeks at the Scottish Women’s Hospital Unit at Kraguijevatz.

Later Dr Hanson served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Malta and Salonika, holding the honorary rank of Captain. Very few women served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during WW1.

Picture of her medals (sold at Dix noonan Webb in December 2012)

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After the war she served with the Black Sea Expeditionary Force at Constantinople, returning to London in 1920 to work once more for the L.C.C.

On 6 July 1926 she was killed in a motor accident. She was buried at Finchley. A Requiem Service was held for her at St. Martin-in-the-Fields on 20 July 1926.

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Private Jack Sommerton

Private Jack Sommerton served in Royal Army Medical Corps in Palestine before WW2 and in United Kingdom during WW2. He is entitled to the General Service Medal with the clasp Palestine, the 1939-1945 War Medal, the Defence Medal and the Army Good Conduct and Long Service Medal. His enlistment number was 7261759.

June 5th 1912 : He was born in Russel, United Kingdom

1933 : He enlisted in the army

May 29th, 1937 : He arrived in Palestine as part of the 3rd company Royal Army Medical Corps.

April 9th, 1939 : He left Palestine

(July-August-September) : He got married to Beatrice E Allard St Albans and in the county of Hertfordshire

1939-1945 : He served in United Kingdom during WW2

March 2nd 1951: He received his Army Good Conduct and Long Service Medal

(March-April-May) He got married a second time to Muriel Gaunt Wirral in Cheshire.

1956 : His Palestine Medal was issued and according to the medal roll, he was a sergeant by then

December 1987 : He died

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Nursing Sister and Lady Superintendent Rosamond Lucy Nevile

Lady Superintendent Rosamond Lucy Nevile served in the Queen Alexandra’s Military Nursing Service India during World War One. She is entitled to the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class, the 1914 Star, the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the India General Service Medal 1908 clasp Waziristan 1919-21.

Rosamond Lucy Nevile was born on 1 June 1877 in native of Hammersmith, London.

In 1881 she is listed as residing in Salford, Lancashire.

In 1891 she is listed residing in Fairfield, Derbyshire.

In 1901 she is listed as residing in Fisherton Anger, Salisbury, Wiltshire and as being employed at Salisbury Infirmary.

September 2nd 1907: She joined the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service as a Staff Nurse. Prior to joining the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service she had been employed as a Nurse in England.

November 24th, 1911: She had been appointed Nursing Sister with the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service for India (London Gazette)

The Indian Army Lists show that Nursing Sister Rosamond started her service with the Queen Alexandra’s Military Nursing Service India on 29 November 1911.

In 1912 she is listed as residing in Calcutta, India

As a Nursing Sister with the Queen Alexandra’s Military Nursing Service India she entered the France theatre of war on 7 November 1914 (Medal Index Card refers). She was attached to the Rawal Pindi British General Hospital. All 17 Nurses of the Q.A.M.M.S.I. that had served in France were withdrawn had been by latest March 1916.

1916: She was stationed in Poona, India

12 September 1919: She received the Royal Red Cross 2^nd class.

1921: She was stationed in Sialkot, India

1933: She was stationed in Dalhousie, India

She was appointed a Senior Nursing Sister in November 1924 and Lady Superintendent in August 1930.

She continued to serve in India through to at least 1933.

Last quarter of 1972 : She died at Taunton, Somerset, England.

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Her medals were sold at Dix and Noonan in October of 2012

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Lieutenant Julian Garth Harley

Lieutenant Julian Garth Harley served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Borneo and Northen Ireland. He is entitled to the General Service Medal clasps Borneo and Northern Ireland. He is also entitled to the Good Conduct and Long Service Medal EII (Bar Regular Army). His service number was 23948593.

Enlisted early 1960’s

He served in North Borneo, Sarawak or Brunei between 24 December 1962 and 11 August 1966. This conflict claimed the lives of 114 Commonwealth personnel killed, 180 wounded.

He was a drill instructor at R.A.M.C. depot in late 70’s and later became the Chief Drill Instructor there.

He must have served for at least  30 days’ in Northen Ireland after 14 August 1969.

March 6th 1990 : Promoted from Warrant Officer class I to Lieutenant on March 6th, 1990 with the Territorial Army (R.A.M.C.). probably after retiring from the Regular Force

March 6th,1991 : Probation confirmed

May 26th, 1993: To be a Lieutenant with Territorial Army group A

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Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Carr

Lieutenant- Colonel Charles Henry Carr served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War One and in what was then India in 1919. He is entitled to the 1914 Star, the British War medal, The Victory Medal and the India General Service Medal clasp North-West Frontier 1919.

He was born on 20th September 1873 inYoughal, County Cork

March 21^st, 1898: He registered for the first time as a surgeon. He graduated from the University of Dublin

May 30^th, 1900: He was promoted Lieutenant

1901-1902: He served in West Africa

May 30^th 1903: Promoted Captain

1903-1908: He served in India

1911 United Kingdom Census: Married to Edith France Carr and they had no children. He was living in Handover, Hampshire.

May 30^th 1912: Promoted Major and he was stationed at the Commanding Station Hospital in Jullunder, India.

1914: His son, Charles B. Argaville DeVoeux, was born that year. He was married with Edith Frances Carr.

August 17^th 1914: He disembarked in France.

August 9th 1915: He arrived from England.

1916 : At St David’s Military Hospital Malta.

May 2nd 1917 Mobilised St David’s Military Hospital as No 62 General Hospital, and brought its strength to war time establishment.

July 4^th: He embarked for Salonika in command of No 62 General Hospital on the HMTS Ship Abbassieh which sailed out of the Grand Harbour escorted by HMS Aster and HMS Azalea. Both escorts struck mines eleven miles out of Malta, and HMTS Abbassieh returned to Malta and anchored at Marsaxlokk Harbour.

July 6^th: HMT Ship Abbassieh with Nos 61, 62, and 64 General Hospitals sailed out of Marsaxlokk Harbour escorted by two destroyers. The staff was given their first inoculation against cholera.

July 11^th: Appointed Acting Lieutenant-Colonel. HMTS Abbassieh arrived at Suda Bay Crete on 9 July, where all the staff were issued with quinine grs X, as prophylaxis against malaria. They arrived at Salonika Harbour, on 11 July 1917. All the women and doctors were transferred to the hospital ship Llandovery Castle.

January 1918: He was serving as Officer Commanding the 62^nd General Hospital in Italy when he applied for the 1914 Star in January 1918

April 7^th: Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel

January 1920: He was at the Nowshera British Station Hospital in Peshawar, India

September 20^th 1928: He was put on Retired Pay

1943 May 31^st: His son, Charles B. Argaville DeVoeux, was killed in an accident while serving with to the York and Lancaster Regiment but attached to the 6^th Bn The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment

He died 25^th December 1961 in Worthing, Sussex

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Private Gerald W. Brown M.M., M.I.D.

Private Gerald W. Brown served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WW1. He is entitled to the Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the Special Constabulary Long Service Medal. He was also Mentionned in dispatches so he was wearing oak leaves pin on the ribbon of his Victory Medal.

1891 United Kingdom census : He was born on December 26th 1889 and listed as living at 61 South Cottage in Bolney, Sussex, England

Father : William James (30) Mother : Edith M. (29)    

Brother : Arthur P (4)      Sister : Edith (7m.)

1901 United Kingdom census : Listed as living 9 South Cottage in Bolney, Sussex, England

Another brother : Eric (3)

Unfortunatly Private Brown WW1 service is not available, probably destroyed by German bombs during WW2 so I wasn’t able to find much information on him. Private Brown had a most interesting military career with some hardship, showing above and beyond duty bravery on at least two occasions and then was taken as a prisonner of war.

May 30th, 1915 : Proceeded to France. He was with the 36 th Field Ambulance – 12 th Division

October 13th : He was Mentioned in dispatches (most probably at the Battle of Loos)

Private Brown Mentioned in Dispatches certificate

November 30th : Announced in the London Gazette

From the war diary of the 36th British Field Ambulance

April 3th 1917 : Acting-Corporal Brown with 11 men were sent to Ink Street – Italy street dugout on under the command of Captain Davie (6 days before the attack began). This is the only reference that could link some of his actions that would have given him his Military Medals.

April 9th : First day of the battle of Arras (Vimy)

April 15th : Recommended for the Military Medal in the war diary (London Gazette June 18th)

Promoted Acting-Corporal

He was taken prisoner between April 1917 and November 1918. Most probably this happenned during the spring offensive of 1918 when German launched massive attacks against the Allied lines and many soldiers were taken prisonner.

November 1st, 1918 : Arrived in Boston, United Kingdom on Hospital train. He was part of convoy of prisoner of war convoy. He was presented with a Welcome card. There are two possible reasons why he was released and sent back to England, medical personnel could not be held prisonner according to the Geneva Convention or Germany though the end was near and they could not win the war and prefered sending their prisonner home

Private Gerald Brown Prisonner of War return home letter from the King

June 10th, 1919 : He probably officially received his Military Medal on that date. His address was South Cottage, Wykehurst Bolney, Haywards Heath

May 1926 : Served as a Special Constable in the General strike probably with County of Sussex Special Constabulary. The address on his certificate was in Sussex County.

1937 : Was part of an ex-Servicemen gathering for the Coronation

1972 : Died in the last semester of the year

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Brigade-Surgeon Alfred Henry Anthonisz

Brigade-Surgeon Alfred Henry Anthonisz served in Egypt in 1882 and 1885, he also served during the Boers’ War. He is entitled to the Egypt medal clasp Suakin 1885, the Queen’s South Africa Medal clasp Cape Colony and the Khedive’s Star.

December 22nd, 1844: Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was educated at Colombo Academy and Queen’s College. His parents were Gerard Henricius  Anthonisz and Abigail Elizabeth Wright.

1862: He went to the Calcutta to do his medical studies. After completing his schooling he entered the Ceylon Medical Service Department where he served for two years.

1867: Graduated M.B. and C.M. from the University of Aberdeen

November 11^th, 1870: His name appears for the first time in the Medical Register

Between February 20^th and 27^th 1871: He passed his examination for admission in the Medical Service of the Royal Navy and then entered the army as Staff-Assistant-Surgeon. On April 1^st he was sent to Bombay to be stationed there.

September 12^th: Married to Cristian Joanna Sim.

September 19^th: Appointed Staff-Assistant –Surgeon.

1873: Promoted Surgeon and posted to the 108^th Foot Regiment. His first son Alfred George Henry was born that year and would later become a civil surgeon. He died when struck by lightning in South Africa in 1901.

1874: Birth of his daughter Eshel Maud

1876: Birth of his second daughter, Winnifred Maud

1878: Stationed in Bombay

July 19^th, 1879: He was elected as a member of the Asiatic Society of Bombay

1880: Birth of his second son, Edward Guy also became a surgeon and served in WW1 with the British Forces

Egypt Campaign

September 1882: Served during the Egypt Campaign in the Tel-El-Kebir Campaign at the Fork Medical Depot. He was back in United Kingdom in December.

April 1^st, 1883: Promoted Surgeon Major and stationed in Barbados

June 1885: He was attached to General Graham Force in Suakin in March. He came to United Kingdom in July arriving at Portsmouth on the Troopship Jumna. He was then posted to Devonport.

1888: He was stationed in Barbados

April 1890: Transferred from Bengal to Aldershot, United Kingdom. He took charge of the Third Station Hospital in Aldershot in June.

April 1^st, 1891: Promoted Staff Lieutenant-Colonel

May 15^th, 1895: Promoted Brigade-Surgeon (Lieutenant-Colonel)

August 21^st, 1896: Appointed to officiate the Administrative Medical Staff of the Bengal Army with the temporary rank of Surgeon-Colonel. He was officially appointed in October. In November he is appointed to officiate as Principal Medical Officer in the Oude and Rohilkind District.

April 1897: Transferred from Bengal to Gosport

Boers’ War

October 6^th: Arrived in Durban, South Africa onboard the transport ship Breamer Castle with the 1^st General Hospital (From the London Times of October 5^th). The hospital was later sent to Cape Town South, Africa where they arrived on October 27^th. (From the official history book of the Royal Army Medical Corps). He was in charge of the medical function of the hospital that was then moved in Wynberg, South Africa and then opened on October 30^th.

December 1899: Promoted to the rank of Colonel.

While in South Africa in the hospital was inspected by Mrs. Richard Chamberlain and he was accused of mismanagement of the hospital. This did create a commotion and it was found that Mrs. Chamberlain had no experience in hospital management so Colonel Anthonisz was later cleared of any wrong-doing

December 24^th, 1900: He left South Africa for England onboard the Wakool. He is listed as invalids. (From the London Times of December 24^th).

January 1901: He was sent back to Bombay. In June, he then served in India in the Bombay Command and was appointed Principal Medical Officer Secunderabad and Belgaum Districts. In September he was transferred from Bombay to Madras.

December 22^nd, 1904: Placed on the Retired Pay

February 17^th, 1905: He retired

December 6^th, 1907: Departed from London, United Kingdom and sailed to Calcutta, India on board Jelunga with his wife.

October 27^th, 1919: Died at Coonoor, Nilgiri Hills, South India.

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Picture of Brigade-Surgeon Alfred Henry Anthonisz  taken before his departure for South Africa.

 

Private Harold George Fricker

Private Harold George Fricker served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War One and in the military campaign of Iraq and North-West Persia following WW1. He is entitled to the British War Medal, Victory Medal, the General Service Medal clasps North-West Persia and Irak and the Imperial Service Medal.

1901 census : Listed as living in Porstmouth

1911: United Kingdom census  Born in 1898, Hants Porstmouth, South Hampton, UK

Father: George James born in 1857              Mother Lilian Alice born in 1870

Sister: Linda May born in 1893                    Sister : Edna Lilian born in 1904

He served in WW1 in the Royal Army Medical Corps. His WW1 service file has been destroyed during the Blitz by the German’s bombs in WW2.

Private Harold George Fricker WW1 Medals Index Card 

He served in Iraq, the qualifying date for the clasp is from December 10th 1919 to November 17th 1920

He served in North-West Persia : qualifying date for the clasp is from August 10th and December 31st 1920.

Numbers of early General Service Medals clasps issued to Royal Army Medical Corps personnel dor th four campaigns that followed WW1. 811 RAMC members received the GSM 1918 with those early campaign clasps

clasp Iraq :   612                             clasp Kurdistan : 119

clasp North West Persia : 81        clasp South Persia : 14

-        592 of those individuals had some WW1 service, 526 were with the RAMC and 66 were with other units during WW1

-        Only 17 RAMC personnel qualified for two clasps of those ; 7 received the Iraq – North-West Persia combination (Fricker), 9 received the Iraq – Kurdistan combination, 1 deserted and never received the medal

-        There are no RAMC personel who received a three clasps General Service Medal 1918 for those early campaigns.
November 30th 1962: His Imperial Service Medal was published in the London Gazette and shown as a Skilled Labourer, Portsmouth (most certainly for his work at the Royal Navy Dockyards)

He had 3 service numbers 459519, 200149 and 7250551

His medals were sold at Dix Noonan in March 2007 as part of the collection of Colonel David Riddick Collection of Royal Army medical Corps.

1968: Died in Porstmouth last semester of the year

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His medals were sold at Dix Noonan in March 2007 as part of the collection of Colonel David Riddick Collection of Royal Army Medical Corps.

Nursing Sister Amy Madeline Alice Turner

Nursing Sister Amy Madeline Alice Turner served in the Army Nursing Service Reserve with the British Army during the Boers’ war. She is entitled to the Queen South Africa Medal (no clasp). It is very difficult to have information on her military service because Nursing Sister were not considered military personnel but rather civilian, so they had no service file.

She was born in Bham, Warwickshire, England on November 2^nd 1872

1881 United Kingdom census taken in Westfield Bellevue Road, Harborne, Staffordshire, England

Her father was a coal merchant and they had one servant Elizabeth Greaves

1891 census taken in Ombersley Worcestershire

Father: George Thomas Turner (born 1848)             Mother: Emma (born 1849)

Sister: Elsie Emma A (born 1872)                             Sister: Mignon A (born 1882)

She completed her nursing education at the South Staffordshire Hospital in Wolverhampton.

June 1900: She joined the Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve 41 as # 600 to serve in the Boer’s War.

She sailed from England on June 27^th, 1901 on the Assaye. They left Southampton in the afternoon with 34 nurses (from London Times)

August 8^th: Reported at the 3^rd General Hospital in Kroonstad, South Africa

May 1^st, 1902: The Simla left South Africa for England Apr. 27, with the following invalids … Nursing Sister A.M.A. Turner (from the London Times)

May 22^nd: The Simla arrived at Plymouth yesterday and then sailed for Southampton. The following were listed Nursing Sister A.E. Turner (from the London Times)

1910: She married John Hearn

1974: She died at the Brookfield Hall Nursing Home in Broadclist, Devon at the venerable age of 102 in the second semester (April-May-June) of the year.

In an entry of the London Gazette of July 29 th 1974, the post-nominal M.B.E. appears after her name, so I guess she received the award at some point in her life but I cannot find a trace of that award.

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Queen’s South Africa Medal with no clasp

Captain Claude Hollingworth Philips

Captain Claude Hollingworth Philips served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WW1 and after WW1 in Afghanistan. He also served with South African Medical Corps during WW2. He is entitled to the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal, the Victory Medal, the India General Service Medal 1908-35 clasp Afghanistan North West Fronter 1919, the WW2 War Medal (South Africa) and the Africa Service Medal.

July 26th , 1889: He was born in Lucerne, Switzerland. His father was Colonel James Philips of the Indian Staff Corps

1901 UK census : Listed as a school boarder in Bexhill, Sussex, England

1914 : Qualified as Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the Society of Apothecaries (London Hospital)

Captain Philips WW1 Medal Index Card

March 18th 1915 : Married to Dorothy Suthers at St-James Church in Middlesex. He was a lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps and his father was a retired Colonel. Listed as living at Milton house, Clarence street, Brighton. He still had the same address in the 1919 medical Register.

Claude H Philips wedding

June 15th : Transferred to France with the rank of Lieutenant.

February 15th 1917: Relinquished his rank of Captain

November 27th: He was promoted to temporary Captain (London Gazette)

November 1919: Promoted to the rank of Captain (full)

Served in the Afghanistan Campaign with an Indian Field Ambulance

1920 : Practised medicine in Tanzania, Africa.

October 1st, 1923 : He applied for the medals. His addresses were given as Lincoln Hall Hotel, Upper Bedford Place, London W.C., and ‘Melrose’, College Hill, Steyning, Sussex.

In the Medical Register of that year his address is in Tanganyika (Tanzania) Territory Medical Service was stationed at Zanzibar for 16 years.

1927-1955 : His address is now East Africa Medical Service

March 1941 : Moved to Durban South Africa (302 Montpelier road) and register as a doctor.

During WW2 : Served with the South Africa Medical Corps.

1946 : Moved back from South Africa to United Kingdom. His address in South Africa was 302 Montpelier road, Durban

July 31st, 1948 : Arrived from in South Hampton, U.K. on the Durban Castle from Port Elizabeth, South Africa

March 14th, 1958 : Arrived in UK on the Warwick Castle from Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He intended to stay 11 months in United Kingdom.

December 4^th: Sailed from South Hampton, United Kingdom on the Winchester castle to Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

1959 : From the Medical Register, listed as living Port Elizabeth, South Africa

December 30th, 1960 : Sailed on the Athlone Castle from Durban, South Africa and arrived in South Hampton United Kingdom on that day. He intended to stay 12 months in United Kingdom.

1964 : From the Medical Register, listed as living on 5 New Road, Steyning, Sussex.

1968 : Not listed in the Medical Register.

1973 : Died in Sussex (in the fourth quarter)

This gentleman had a most interesting military and medicine career serving in three military campaigns (WW1, Afghanistan and WW2) with two countries. He also practiced medicine in four countries and two continents. One of a few men who probably seeked adventure before money.

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Warrant Officer Frederick Owen Birtles

Warrant Officer Frederick Owen Birtles served with Royal Army Medical Corps in India in 1930-31 and during WW2. He is entitled to the India General Service (clasp North West Frontier 1930-31), 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Defence Medal and the Army Good Conduct and Long Service Medal. His enlistment number was 7258544.

1908 (July-August-Sept) : Born in  in Lancashire, United Kingdom

1911 : Listed as living in Barrow in Furness, Lancashire in the UK Census with his mother Annie Lizzie Birtles and his sister Eleanor Birtles. No father in the census document

1911 census

1929 : Enlisted in the army

1930 : Got married to Daisy Louisa Musgrove (July-August-September)

1931 : Sent in Peshawar with the 2nd Sanitary section, R.A.M.C.. He was a Private

1938-39 : Listed as living in the married quarters of the RAMC Barrack, St-John Ward, City of Wetsminster

1941 : Promoted Warrant Officer class I on September 28th

July 31 st, 1947 : Received his Long Service medal is with gratuity, by then he had been promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer

1950-60 : Listed as living in Wandsworth, Clapham, Clapham ward, Poynders garden with his wife

1968 2nd semester: His wife died

1971 (September-November-December) : Got married to Alice M Timbrell in St George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex

1972 : Died (April -May-June)

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Private Charles Fleet

Private Charles Fleet served in the Army Hospital Corps during the Victorian era and in the 1885 Egypt Campaign. He is entitled to the Egypt 1882 Medal with the Nile 1884-85 clasp, the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and the Khedive’s Star. His enlistment number is 2133.

he was born in Bishop Waltham, Hants, United Kingdom on April 1845

He enlisted  for 12 years in the Royal Artillery at Portsmouth, England on December 6th, 1864 at 1:50 pm. (yes the exact time at which he enlisted is written on the form)

Trade : baker     Hair : brown    Single

1861 : United Kingdom census taken at 3 Down Cottage, Meon Stoke Hampshire

According to the census he was born in 1846

Father : William (labourer) born in 1786    Mother : Susan born in 1806        Brother : Henry born in 1836

January 1 1869 : Transferred to the 21st Brigade Artillery

August 9th : Married Charlotte Lanodys

1871 United Kingdom census taken at The Herbert Hospital Kidbrooke London . Listed as a servant but probably more an orderly since it was a military hospital

July 2nd 1873 : Promoted acting Corporal

August 1st : Transferred to the Army Hospital Corps

September 22nd, 1875 : Promoted 2nd  Corporal

I was unable to find trace of him and his family in the 1881 census

July 1st, 1883 : Awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

August 1st, 1884 : Promoted Corporal

January 7th, 1885 : Began his service in Egypt.

January 4th 1886 : Back to England

February 2nd : Retired only one month after his return

1891 : United Kingdom census taken at 11th Kenne street, St Giles, Reading, Berkshire

According to the census he was born in 1845 and listed as prison warden

Wife : Charlotte born 1847      Daughter :  Emily (general servant) born 1878

Son : William jr (errand boy) born 1877 Daughter : Florence L. born 1887

March 1st, 1901 (census) : He is a prison warden in St Giles. Living at 3 Boult street in Reading, England with his wife Charlotte Fleet and his 14 years old daughter Florence L. Fleet

1920 : Died in Oxford (July- August- September)

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