This is a great idea.
BUT Given my own issue at the moment. What did they fight and struggle FOR?
Their fight goes on, does it not?
This might just be the very thing to get folk out voting again.
So long as we do not forget that war is Hell and that it is better to be courageous while alive and not to 'earn' such an accolade by dying first.
Are all our Victories behind us?
Stan Boardman the comic was evacuated to Wrexham during WW2, when the family returned to Liverpool a bombing campaign began. during a raid the shelter they where in suffered a hit. Stans's older brother Tommy aged 6 was injured, sadly he died from his injuries.
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_...sualty=3117641
Anyone know Stan? would like to ask him if he would consider submitting his story. I never knew this story before, makes you think about his using the " GERRRRMANS BOMBED OUR CHIPPY " in his act.
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great idea Spike & Ged,
my great granddad died in 1917 but I'm not sure how as I can't find his death anywhere except the CWGC site........he also seemed too old to be going to war,he was about 49 when he died
he was born & lived in Liverpool so I'm not sure why his name is on a memorial in Carlilse
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_...sualty=2748546
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The Fusehill War Hospital was in Carlisle. It is now a campus, but the original building is still there. The hospital was a General hospital and taken over for wounded and sick servicemen during both world wars.
So your Great Grandad would have been moved here probably from action abroad, and sadly his injuries or illness would lead to his death. So he is not on a memorial in Carlise he is buried in the cemetery there. He will have a CWGC headstone.
The cemetery is corporation run and includes sections for both world wars.
a photo here http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_...2078115&mode=1
Have just looked on SDGW disc and your Great Grandad is listed as
John Thompson Reay, Royal Defence Corps
Formerly 23711, Liverpool regiment ( Kings )
Born, enlisted and resided in Liverpool.
Will see if I can find anything on him, no promising though.
You can still add him if this is all you know
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There is no Medal card for John Thompson Raey.
Royal Defence Corps units only ever served in the UK, and his King's service may have also been UK only. So there would be no medal card as you recieved war medals for service abroad. So its safe to say he served here. Probably he signed up with the KIngs and due to his age they deemed he would be better serving at home, so he is transfered to the Royal defence corps. I dont know much about them but will have a look.
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Hey mandy just found your family tree, great work
The Royal Defence Corps was formed from the Home Service Garrison Battalions of 18 Regiments. It was made up of old soldiers who were beyond the age set for combatant service, or those who were not fit for duty overseas, sometimes as the result of wounds received on active service. The Corps was similar in some ways to the Home Guard of the Second World War. Its job was to guard railways, tunnels, roads and ports, thus relieving other troops for front line service.
The main difference is that the RDC was whole time service in wartime and the volunteers were part time. The RDC grew out of the National Reserve which formed supernumerary companies to Territorial units.
The Home Guard was therefore the volunteers successors, the RDC returned to the Regiments in WW2 and formed the 30th Bn of most line Regiments. In the inter war period they were renamed the National Defence Companies
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Mandy there is a photo of his headstone here
http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=1014429
You can but it for ?3 email, or ?5 photo by mail.
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WOW!!! thanks Tony
thats more than I found out after months of researching him
any ideas why he isn't listed on BMD ???
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Tony is the font of all genealogy knowledge, just brilliant. Sorry if you become inundated mate
thanks again Tony
I did mean his death wasn't on the BMD..... but neither is his birth & from census (whats the plural of census?) he was born Liverpool about 1868 or Birkenhead 1865
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