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Found these in the back of the garage and started researching who this person was in my husbands family. Found a war record stating that he was 17 years and 217 days old when he enlisted. Can anyone work out when his birthday was if he enlisted on 9 Sep 1916? Also what are the medals please.
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Originally posted by GrandmaSilver View PostFound these in the back of the garage and started researching who this person was in my husbands family. Found a war record stating that he was 17 years and 217 days old when he enlisted. Can anyone work out when his birthday was if he enlisted on 9 Sep 1916? Also what are the medals please.
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Could be what we now call Land-mines.
The practice was to bury large amounts of explosive. that could be detonated from a single switch.
Look up the battle of Messines Ridge to see the biggest use.
But:
Small bombs thrown by hand are Grenades.
The tank crews even to day talk of a "full bomb load" when they mean shells for the main gun.
Geoff
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Qualified in bombing means being taught all aspects of throwing/safe handling of hand grenades, on the British side refers to Mills bombs. Only a select number of men
per unit were qualified for this activity.Whoever said Seek and Ye shall find was not a genealogist.
David
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What are the names on the medals? The photos are very small. Unlike WW2 medals, which were minted en masse without names, WW1 medals had names and individual serial numbers for the soldiers in question.
I've been trying to find 'death pennies' for a couple of my grandfather's brothers, but sadly to no avail so far.Eighteen -- Hadleigh, Suffolk; Reading, Berkshire
Hendry -- Ballymena, Antrim; Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Wylie -- Ballymena, Antrim; Glasgow, Lanarkshire
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