looking for grandfather record of wounding WWI

[yanto]

18815 l/cp E,L, Evans south wales borders any ideas thanks george

[margaretmarch]

Have you tried ancestry military records for his service papers?
Margaret

[yanto]

not with ancestry margaret but thanks for the info george

[Oakum Picker]

Only his MRIC is on Ancestry which shows he was in France from 18/5/1915 & was discharged 5/6/1916.

[yanto]

thank you glen know he joined 1914 have his papers and know he was wounded in 1916 but thats all

[Mollymoo]

I've been looking for grt grandad too, for his service record on anncestry, but couldn't find anything. What papers do you have George?

[SueNSW]

If he was wounded badly enough for it to have resulted in being discharged it may have been reported in newspapers local to his area. They are often the best source of this type of information if you don't have pension records from Ancestry

As you know the date of his wounding and his Medal Card records him as 1st Battalion - you could download the battalion War Diary from the NA

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=-2240943&CATLN=7&Highlight=%2CSOUTH%2CWALES%2CBORDERERS&accessmethod=0

Whilst it is highly unlikely he will be mentioned by name you may be able to find out some basic details of what they were engaged in at the time

If you plan a trip to Kew at any time you can inspect the original medal rolls for the Silver War Badge he was granted on discharge - they are not available online - and MAY give you a little more info than you already have - but not guaranteed - so possibly not worth a special journey unless you want to cover all bases

Interesting that Ernest was a Lance Corporal at the time of his entitlement to the 1914-15 Star - but seems to have received the British and Victory Medals as a Private - so this is likely to have been his rank on discharge

Good Luck
Sue

[yanto]

thank you sue for your info george

[yanto]

he did get demoted sue