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My g grandmother married an Edward Randle Thompson listed as in the army on marriage cert 1917, in 1919 he was drafted to Nova Scotia with his regiment, with his next of kin just listed as wife, any advise on how I go about to see if the move was temporary or not and did she go with him.

Was he in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in WW1?

I applied for OH's grandfather's army records from the Canadian Archives. They charge about 40cents per page but it was well worth it. You would still need to track down his regiment's movements separately but his records might give you some additional info.

Jill

Dont think so, but I will check it out thanks

Angela,
What was his regiment please?

Regards Vera

I can check passenger lists but you don't list her name or when she was born.

I don't see a marriage for an Edward R Thompson in 1917.

Rose

Hi Vera

Sorry for taking so long in getting back to you. on his marriage certificate (poor copy) it looks like his regiment is something like 3rd Riz mechanic rifle, on an entry I found on ancestry for immigration and emigration he was drafted in 1919 with a personal army number of 320994, it might not even be him but cannot find any other trace of a death.

Regards Angela

Hi Rose

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, I have the marriage certificate my g gradmother Elizabeth Jameson (b Middlesbrough) married Edward Randle Thompson (b Middlesbrough on First December 1917. I cannot find a trace of either deaths in the UK so looked on ancestry under immigration and emigration and found an entry for an Edward R Thompson in 1919 going to Nova Scotia, his army number is listed as 320994.

Thank you Angela

Kinmol Park Camp Sailing 3rd May 1919 arrived 9 May 1919 to reside in a place (unable to read but looks like We (then a J or a Y) rest is unreadable. Sailed on the Mauretania. All passengers were army all going to live in different areas.

Gnr 320994 Edward R Thompson, Regt Corps CGA, Unit 7-CSB, original unit CFA, Cat G, A20.

Google Kinmel Park Camp. It seems to be a where they did their training. It also talks about many Canadian soldiers there waiting to be transported back to Canada
. Conditions were terrible and a riot broke out and several soldiers were killed.

There is a photo of the place

I have googled and saw all the trouble that happened there in March 1919, but he was born in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire in 1898 , married my g grandmother in 1917 and then just disappears, he shows up as Edward R Thompson on the passenger ship with all the army information. He is nothing really to do with a direct link to my family tree, my g grandmother Elizabeth Jameson had my grandfather in 1913 when she was a laundry worker (father unknown) then gave him away to a neighbour to bring up. I am trying to trace what happended to her and when I received the marriage certificate and saw that he had put he was a mechanic on it I decided that he would be the easiest was to trace her.

Any advice from anyone would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, will see if I can find anyone.

Thank you.

Sorry Angela. Just realised they only have up to 1911. I thought they were the same as US census

Thanks, just looking at the price for full monthly membership for ancestry and was just deliberating whether or not to join.

Any information is greatly received.

Angela

You could ask Canadian members if they can see their deaths or pensions if they did stay in Canada

Angela - the soldier you have travelling on the Mauretania in 1919 with that number was a member of the Canadian Army - his attestation papers from his enlistment in 1916 that give his personal details can be viewed here

Front of form -http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e.php?image_url=http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc016/632859a.gif&id_nbr=263924

Back of form - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e.php?image_url=http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc016/632859b.gif&id_nbr=263924

He certainly doesn't look to be your man - middle name was Richard born Sittingbourne Kent in 1881 and with his wife in Canada is listed as his next of kin - he was a Gunner with the Artillery

Doesn't help to find yours but probably eliminates this one

Cheers
Sue