Re: Finney brothers in WWI
The 290001-315000 series is for the 7th btn, which landed at Suvla, Gallipoli as part of the 53rd Welsh Division in august 1915. His 3rd number, 4181350 is a post 1920number for the RWF, and apart from the 1914-15trio he was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal in 1924.
The actions of the 14th in august 1918 are well described in "Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, part III" by Dudley Ward,
ATB,
Lars
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Re: Finney brothers in WWI
I had a look for service and/or pension records, but no such luck. The two MICs I attach to this post.
Of Clement (born Forden, Montgomery) all I can say is that he only received the VM and BWM and therefore landed after 31 Dec 1915. My guess would be the last quarter of 1916. He was renumbered after landing. The original number is on the low side, and the 55xxx numbers were generally given to Territorials transferred to the Regular Army. He was therefore originally in the TF, and since he enlisted in Newtown it must have been the 7th Bn.
Wilfred Seymour landed in Gallipoli, having embarked 8 Aug 1915. Considering his later service with 7 RWF I think he was already serving with 7 RWF during the war. It would explain the low number (recruiting for the 7th was slow). He was renumbered with effect from 1 Mar 1918, when all TF men were renumbered in six-digit series. The first three digits, 291, indicate 7th RWF. Post-war he remained in service and in 1920 was renumbered 4181350. He received the 1915 Star, VM and BWM, and in 1924 also the Territorial Efficiency Medal.
For more information on the RWF battalions in the Great War, see the Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, vols III (France) and IV (Balkans, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Italy). They are available from the Regimental Museum (http://www.rwfmuseum.org.uk/). You can also try to get your local library to find you copies, or try Antiqbook (http://www.antiqbook.nl/index.php?l=en&o=) for second hand copies.
Hope this helps.
John
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Re: Finney brothers in WWI
Thanks for the quick and very useful replies. Lots of new info to work with here. Thanks also for the clear Wilfred MIC.
Colin
Re: Finney brothers in WWI
BTW - found the text of Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers online - badly scanned by an OCR and horribly formatted but it will do for now. See http://www.archive.org/stream/regime...4dudl_djvu.txt
Colin
Re: Finney brothers in WWI
There is a download link to a better version somewhere in the threads of this research section, posted by Gwilwil.
Alternatively, on the page you linked to, click [other formats] and then the pdf link that will appear.
Mind you, both your discovery and the download link are Vol IV only.
John
Re: Finney brothers in WWI
Figured it wasn't news but thanks for the pdf hint.
Colin