Hi just wondering if there's anything out there on my grandad and dad who both served.
Grandad was John Walter Walsh from Accrington who was in the Royal Medical Corps in the First World War. I believe he returned to the RMC in the Second World War. Dad was Allan Walsh, born in Maryport, Cumberland, and was in the 7th Hussars in North Africa and was wounded in November 1941 at the Battle of Sidi Rezegh. He was the gunner for the Squadron Leader Ralph Younger. He recuperated from his wounds in Egypt and South Africa before coming home, his war over.
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Fold 3 records for John Walter Walsh
UK, WWI, Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 Full Name: Walsh, John Walter Alias:[Blank] Birth Date: 1893 Discharge Date: 28 Apr 1920 Service Number: 22640 Address-Add: [Blank] Gender:Male Rank: ASgt Regiment: Ramc Service Branch: Military (Army) Household ID: [Blank] Year Range: 1914 - 1926 Reference Number: 133/02MW Document Number: 2/MW/No3810 Archive Location: London, England Archive Name: Western Front Association Conflict Period: World War I
Discharged with DAH 28/04/1920
"Disorderly action of the heart, sometimes called “effort syndrome” or “soldier’s heart”. Often the result of stress or fatigue, it does not imply there was any organic disease." The Long Long Trail
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Walsh, John Walters (22640) World War I UK, WWI, Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923
Address C/O Wharncliffe Ministry of Pensions Hospital, Sheffield
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There is also another address one of the cards which reads
64 ?uryon Street, Maryport, Cumberland
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There doesn't appear to be a Service Record available for John.
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WW2 records have to be applied for.........look at the following
https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-records-of-service
Approx 70% of WW1 records were destroyed as a result of enemy action in WW2
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First name(s) John Walter Institution name Ministry Of Pension Hospital Wharncliffe Last name Walsh Institution description Ministry Of Pension Hospital, Wharncliffe Sex Male Parish Bradfield Birth year 1893 Registration district Wortley Census date 19 June 1921******************************* Registration district number 508B Age in years 28 Sub-district Bradfield Age in months 2 Sub-district number 3 Age as transcribed 28 y 2 m Enumeration district number 8 Relationship to head Officer County Yorkshire (West Riding) Marital status Married Country England Birth place Accrington, Lancashire, England Parliamentary borough or division West Riding of Yorkshire PC, Penistone Div. Birth town Accrington Archive The National Archives Birth county Lancashire Archive series RG 15 Birth country England Piece number 22785 Birth place as transcribed Lancashire, Accrington Schedule number 118 Occupation Asst Quartermaster Page 1 Occupation code 941 District reference RD 508B RS 3 ED 7, 8 Occupation code with suffix 941/7 Schedule type code II Employer Ministry Of Pensions Schedule type Institution, multiple page, 70 entries Employer code 719 Other household member's first name(s) - Place of work Wharncliffe Ministry Of Pensions Hospital, Sheffield Other household member's last name - Number of minor dependants 1 Record set 1921 Census Of England & Wales Language used to complete form English Category Census, land & surveys Person making return Doctor Vincent Subcategory Census Street Wharncliffe Pension Hospital Collections from Great Britain, England Address Wharncliffe Pension Hospital
1921 Census Of England & Wales 64, Curzon Street, Maryport, Netherhall, Cumberland, England Hannah Studholme Head Female 1853 68 Bothel, Cumberland, England None - Jane Penrice Walsh Daughter Female 1885 35 Maryport, Cumberland, England Not Occupied For A Living - John Joseph Studholme Son Male 1894 27 Maryport, Cumberland, England Locomotive Fitter Nth Eastern Rly Co Allan Walsh Nephew Male 1918 2 Maryport, Cumberland, England - -
Births Dec 1918 (>99%) Walsh Allan Studholme Cockermouth 10b 1065
Description of Allan as Nephew is inaccurate...............should be Grandson
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