This name, GADSBY, J.E. is on a WW1 war memorial board for former members of the 5th Cadet Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment, now at Haig House club in Garston and I have found nothing about him on Ancestry, census records etc. I have posted before about this memorial and this name is one of very few I have failed with. All I have found is a card showing that a man of this name (John Edward) was awarded a Silver War Badge, serving in the Royal Defence Corps, but there is nothing I can find to tie the two together. The RDC was a kind of early Home Guard and usually had men who were too old or unfit for full military service.
Any clues or suggestions about possible mis-spellings would be most welcome.
Daggers
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I just don't know if this might be something to do with him, I don't know what the notations mean but perhaps you do.
Wondering if Katie might have him on her list?
I know we have had searches in the past where relatives have submitted a name to a memorial in an area that had no connections to the soldier himself, but the family did, could this be another of those cases?
Wondering if Katie might have him on her list?
I know we have had searches in the past where relatives have submitted a name to a memorial in an area that had no connections to the soldier himself, but the family did, could this be another of those cases?
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Thanks, Mary.
That is the card I mentioned earlier, RDC was the Royal Defence Corps. There is no civilian or army-related death registered in the time frame, and only one local Gadsby of suitable age in the 1911 census.
The average age of those named on the board and traced is about 20. They were mainly in the army, a couple Royal Navy, two Mercantile Marine and two Flying Corps/RAF.
Still searching...
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That is the card I mentioned earlier, RDC was the Royal Defence Corps. There is no civilian or army-related death registered in the time frame, and only one local Gadsby of suitable age in the 1911 census.
The average age of those named on the board and traced is about 20. They were mainly in the army, a couple Royal Navy, two Mercantile Marine and two Flying Corps/RAF.
Still searching...
D
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Likewise, I couldn't find a civilian or military death, other than Joseph Edmund Gadsby, death 1/10/18, aged 20, France, Drake Battalion.
I can't yet find any connection to Liverpool. Clutching at straws, His name appears on the, Boots the chemist retail branches memorial, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, perhaps he found himself working in a Liverpool branch?
Daggers,
The 2 RN lads on the memorial, Battalions?
I can't yet find any connection to Liverpool. Clutching at straws, His name appears on the, Boots the chemist retail branches memorial, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, perhaps he found himself working in a Liverpool branch?
Daggers,
The 2 RN lads on the memorial, Battalions?
Bert
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Bert
That could be a great straw to clutch at. I will have a go at Boots archives dept, if they have one, in case they have more detailed records. As you say, JEG could have been working in for them in Liverpool. How did you track down the Boots link?
The two RN men listed are
Beswick, C.E., Pte, RMLI, 1st RM Battalion, Royal Naval Division and
Treasure, I.N., Midshipman, HMS Tancred, who had the misfortune to drown on the day of the Armistice.
Daggers
That could be a great straw to clutch at. I will have a go at Boots archives dept, if they have one, in case they have more detailed records. As you say, JEG could have been working in for them in Liverpool. How did you track down the Boots link?
The two RN men listed are
Beswick, C.E., Pte, RMLI, 1st RM Battalion, Royal Naval Division and
Treasure, I.N., Midshipman, HMS Tancred, who had the misfortune to drown on the day of the Armistice.
Daggers
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Hello RT
That is most helpful. It spells out almost everything about the naval Gadsby, except where he worked! I have fired off a query to Boots, but feel we may be looking at the wrong man, unless they tell us otherwise.
D
That is most helpful. It spells out almost everything about the naval Gadsby, except where he worked! I have fired off a query to Boots, but feel we may be looking at the wrong man, unless they tell us otherwise.
D
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My thoughts were, he had to be on another memorial somewhere, just a google found him and the link to boots.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27328.
Good luck with Boots.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27328.
Good luck with Boots.
Bert
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Happy New Year, everyone!
Boots have responded with the information we already had, that Joseph Edmund Gadsby was employed in one of their retail branches and is named on their memorial. They have no information about which branch, and no personnel record.
The CWGC data led me to the family in 1911, when they were at Selston, Notts.
I found that Nottinghamshire County Council have a website listing memorials in the county, and JEG is on one at Kingsway, Kirkby in Ashfield. A note adds some details of the family, and that JEG was working as a chemist's assistant for Boots. He joined the Navy (RNVR) in April 1917 and the Royal Naval Division in France in the following November. He was wounded and died the next day, 1 Oct 1918, in a Casualty Clearing Station.
Still no Liverpool link! Now looking for Naval records...
Daggers
Later: Naval records found on FMP, but still no Liverpool link. There is nothing on his record to show where he attested. This is next target...
D
Boots have responded with the information we already had, that Joseph Edmund Gadsby was employed in one of their retail branches and is named on their memorial. They have no information about which branch, and no personnel record.
The CWGC data led me to the family in 1911, when they were at Selston, Notts.
I found that Nottinghamshire County Council have a website listing memorials in the county, and JEG is on one at Kingsway, Kirkby in Ashfield. A note adds some details of the family, and that JEG was working as a chemist's assistant for Boots. He joined the Navy (RNVR) in April 1917 and the Royal Naval Division in France in the following November. He was wounded and died the next day, 1 Oct 1918, in a Casualty Clearing Station.
Still no Liverpool link! Now looking for Naval records...
Daggers
Later: Naval records found on FMP, but still no Liverpool link. There is nothing on his record to show where he attested. This is next target...
D
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