World War 1 documents query

[Bertieone]

Hope this helps,

Army order 265, 1917, reasons under Para 2,

"2. Under the amended conditions the badge will, subject in every case to the approval of the Army Council, be issued only to the individuals specified below, who have served with the military forces subsequent to the 4th August, 1914:
(a) Those who, having served as officers and being still of military age, have retired, resigned or relinquished their commissions:
(i) After service overseas in the armed Forces of the Crown, on account of disablement or ill-health caused otherwise than by misconduct,
(ii) After service at Home, and have been medically examined and finally discharged from liability to further military service under sub-section (5) of Section 1 of the Military Service (Review of Exception) Act, 1917, as permanently and totally disabled, otherwise than from misconduct.
(b.) Those who, having served as soldiers and being still of military age, have been discharged under the conditions set forth at (i) and (ii) in (a).
(c.) Those who, having served as officers and being now over military age, have retired, resigned or relinquished their commissions.
(d) Those who, have served as soldiers and being now over military age, have been discharged otherwise than for misconduct.
(e) Civilians who have served with the Royal Army Medical Corps under a fixed agreement for a period of service, or who have been employed with the army overseas (provided such employment received official sanction), who have resigned their military employment on account of wounds or sickness, and who, if of military age, have received a final discharge under sub-section (5) of section 1 of the said Act.
(f) Nurses and members of Voluntary Aid Detachments who have been discharged on account of old age, wounds, or sickness, such as would render them permanently unfit for further service."

[Glenys]

Thank you very much, Bertie. That's very kind of you and it must be because of his age, I think.

Thank you

[dickiesam]

Hi Glenys,
Re:

I didn't know how you actually inserted them on to this forum.

For future reference....
Here's how to use Photobucket to put images on this forum...

1) If you are not already a Photobucket member click on http://photobucket.com/ or paste it into your browser and join the site. Photobucket is a free image hosting website.

2) Scan the relevant document in highest resolution you can manage. Make sure it is a reasonable size and is correctly orientated [not sideways or upside down!]. You should crop the image to show only the part that is being queried in the case of a name, date or signature. If you don't have a cropping utility there is one on the Photobucket site.

3) Follow the on-screen instruction to upload your scan image to the site. Save the image to your 'Album'. If you need to work on the image there is a Media Options box on the right of screen. Select the required option and don't forget to click Save when you have finished.

When you run the mouse over your finished image a short drop-down menu, Links to share this photo, will open on the right. Left-click on the Email & IM option in that menu. The URL box will turn yellow, with the word Copied.

4) Now go to the 'Post a reply' box on the forum topic or create a new Topic if necessary. Write your message then page down a line. Place the cursor at the left of the message window, right-click the mouse and select Paste. This will paste the URL you copied from Photobucket into your message. The image will not immediately appear. It comes up when you click Preview before you submit your message or click Submit to post the message.

Photobucket have been fiddling with their site and changed some of the options but I think the above should work. If it doesn't please tell me.

[Bertieone]

This is my great-grandfather and I've only found him when he got married and then upto 1901 census. So there's not much to write about him. I have a postcard that he sent home to his wife and one for his daughter, Sarah (my grandmother) to pass on to her husband who was also away on active service.

Hi Glenys,

Did you come across this on your search,

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss ... &h=4021780

1911 Summary book

Piece 1333, 149 Albion Street, St Helens.

[Glenys]

Wow, thank you again!!

I'd never thought to put Mr. Harrison in a search. I have is wife and son as visitors at my grandparent's house in Pemberton, Wigan and I couldn't understand where William would be. The only Williams I came up with were in Parr and Scunthorpe and didn't match up.

That's another problem solved.

Thank you so very much.

[MaryA]

Good find Bert, pity the original page for 149 Albion Street isn't there - can anybody else come across it?

[Bertieone]

Mary,

the property is recorded as unoccupied, so was William elsewhere or just not enumerated at the property?

[MaryA]

..... I see, I think. There is no index number next to it. I suspect we would only be guessing why then, if he was elsewhere you wouldn't think they would have his name on the Summary Page.

[Bertieone]

Should have said "Uninhabited"

Not found in anyway