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Hi All.
We now know that Alfred Davies was in China 1900-02, not only due to his marriage cert, but also his China campaign medal has just been sold by a dealer. We think he was in G coy. Are there any records at all, names on photo's ect.
Regards Norman
Well Brenda ...how did you get on ?Quote:
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I guess we will never know ...........Quote:
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I wonder sometimes why does anyone bother..........when additional info could have been added........Beats me ..Quote:
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Disappointing, especially as we alerted the family to the fact that the family jewels were being sold off. Oh well, upwards and onwards.Quote:
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AP1, Blairy
Brenda has been very busy just lately. We, as a family, are very greatful to you for bringing the sale of the medals to our attention. I have managed to purchase 15, my son 3, Brenda got a couple, an Aunt a couple & my sister 1. We lost the lapel badges, 2 gold medals, 1 shooting medal and the China medal. I have a couple of photo's of Alfred with the medals. I will try to upload them later. Once again thankyou.
Norman
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The more awards retreived the better in my view congratulations on what you have saved for the family.
Thank you. dcdl12976
Can anyone identify the tunic worn in the pic' Alfred 1? Attachment 2984
Norman
Not like any thing issued i have ever seen could it be a shooting jacket or even something awarded for shooting (a bit like the yellow jersey in cycling) ?
Dave
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Yes it is for shooting. But we have no imformation on it at all. Is it something conected to the RWF? It has a notice on "Officers match and Marksmans ???????" We are hoping someone may know.
Norman
Hi Norman,Quote:
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The feedback from enquirers is extremely important, the members give up their time and energy to assist, so learning the full end story is crucial, otherwise for them it would be a pointless exercise. Nobody likes reading a book to find the last page is missing. Your thanks and update are appreciated.
Anyway, we as a group are very pleased that at least some of Alfred's property has returned to the safekeeping of your family.
Best
Al
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Hi, my apologies for the late reply!
As Norman said, I've been really busy lately, and because I had overlooked the notification of Norman's comment in May, I did't receive any further notifications, so hadn't realised that there were more comments, sorry.
I can't thank you all enough for alerting us to the fact that the medals had appeared on ebay. I'm delighted that we managed to keep most of them within the family.
The medals that we have date from 1906 to 1916, with the earlier ones showing him as a Sergeant Instructor with the Bengal Nagpur Railway Volunteer Rifles (up to 1910) and on the later ones he is a Sergeant Major with the Assam Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifles.
Many many thanks for all your help and encouragement so far, we'll carry on with our search and see what else crops up.
Regards,
Brenda
Hi, up date on Alfred Davies (Davis) his service number was 15772. I will try to add his enlistment, service record, medal list & discharge papers.
Interesting.
Alfred Davis 15772 was A/WO Class 2 (Company Sgt Major) in 2 Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt). He only received the British War Medal and presumably served in India throughout the Great War. One page of his pension record remains.
John
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Hi John
Thank you. we have other records, but I can't get my pictures to load.
Norman
I have just read this thread for the first time. I was interested by Al’s comment (AP1 on 21/11/11) that it looked as though your great grandfather might have been part of the detachment posted to Delhi during the 1903 Durbar. This detachment was commanded by my grandfather, GFH Dickson, and I think largely, or perhaps entirely, comprised C Company of the 2nd Bn (including Frank Richards, who described these events in OSS).Quote:
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My grandfather’s career in the RWF is documented in scrapbooks in the RWF museum collection, currently in Wrexham at the Museum and Archives. (The thread under “Lt Col GFH Dickson” in WWI on this website traces my discovery of these scrapbooks: Thank You, RWF Forum!).
If he was in C Coy, I think there’s a good chance that there is a photograph of your great grandfather in my grandfather’s scrapbooks. For example, there is a group photograph of C Coy from soon after the 1902/3 Durbar on page 64 of scrapbook 15. I’ll try to add a copy of it here. Even if I can manage that it won’t match the resolution of the original.
Richard
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Hi Richard H
Yes, I have some pictures of Alfred. I will try to attach.
A couple more pictures
I am trying to add pictures. Can you see these?
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From what I can gather Alfred was in G company. Ive tried to load photo's but the files are to large?
would any of Alfreds medals be still available? What happens to the medals that are returned?
MOD, will not replace WW1 medals, however, they will reissue them if you can prove that they were returned for what ever reason. You would need to complete the application form, provide evidence that you are the next of kin, that the medals were returned., the process takes around 6 months.