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Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 18-08-14, 06:33 PM

Replies: 32 Private Matt Daly, boy soldier of the First World War Views: 5,093 Posted By grumpy Good. I think we have reached a mutually... Good. I think we have reached a mutually satisfactory position, thank you.

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 18-08-14, 01:48 PM

Replies: 32 Private Matt Daly, boy soldier of the First World War Views: 5,093 Posted By grumpy I think we are into semantics ....... please note... I think we are into semantics ....... please note that I do not for a moment state that they became Prisoners of War. If you read carefully I avoided the term. The fact is that some were indeed...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 16-08-14, 01:00 PM

Replies: 32 Private Matt Daly, boy soldier of the First World War Views: 5,093 Posted By grumpy By all means take issue but I note that your... By all means take issue but I note that your references are modern. I was relying on The [British] Manual of Military Law 1914, paragraphs 184. et. seq. These make it clear that medical...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 15-08-14, 08:47 PM

Replies: 32 Private Matt Daly, boy soldier of the First World War Views: 5,093 Posted By grumpy I fear not. Waging war includes taking all... I fear not. Waging war includes taking all legitimate means of degrading the enemy's ability to fight. This includes putting medical staff in the bag. Not to mention the many brave and selfless men...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 14-08-14, 02:15 PM

Replies: 32 Private Matt Daly, boy soldier of the First World War Views: 5,093 Posted By grumpy no! The stretcher bearer was primarily an... no! The stretcher bearer was primarily an infantry appointment, and was signified by scarlet S B lettering on white armband. The task was initially for bandsmen but later was undertaken by...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 14-08-14, 10:11 AM

Replies: 32 Private Matt Daly, boy soldier of the First World War Views: 5,093 Posted By grumpy please where did the 543 figure come from, and is... please where did the 543 figure come from, and is "overseas" including active service or exclusively India etc with no [or very little] action?

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 12-08-14, 08:52 PM

Replies: 32 Private Matt Daly, boy soldier of the First World War Views: 5,093 Posted By grumpy Interesting. The CWGC records 111 Army or RAF... Interesting. The CWGC records 111 Army or RAF Boys recorded as such dying during the Great War. My source is the very reputable Geoff's Search Engine, looking for Boy, United Kingdom, 04 08 1914-31...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 12-08-14, 04:19 PM

Replies: 32 Private Matt Daly, boy soldier of the First World War Views: 5,093 Posted By grumpy JJ You must, of course, believe what you... JJ You must, of course, believe what you wish, but the examples quoted demonstrate that KRs were not always followed, and one can see why. For convenience sake boys needed to be distinguished...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 12-08-14, 01:55 PM

Replies: 32 Private Matt Daly, boy soldier of the First World War Views: 5,093 Posted By grumpy if indeed the lad in ill-fitting RAMC uniform was... if indeed the lad in ill-fitting RAMC uniform was the boy in question, a few facts from Recruiting Regs 1912. 148. Boys may be enlisted for training as bandsmen, trumpeters, drummers, buglers,...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 12-08-14, 08:54 AM

Replies: 32 Private Matt Daly, boy soldier of the First World War Views: 5,093 Posted By grumpy Without wishing to be pedantic, BOY was not... Without wishing to be pedantic, BOY was not a RANK in the British Army of 1914-1918. King's Regs 1912 amended to 1 August 1914. para. 282 sets out in columnar form all Other Ranks and their...

Forum: Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 11-08-14, 04:15 PM

Replies: 32 Private Matt Daly, boy soldier of the First World War Views: 5,093 Posted By grumpy QUOTE from History Learning: Recruitment rules... QUOTE from History Learning: Recruitment rules were simple. To enlist and fight abroad, you had to be nineteen or over. If you were eighteen, you could enlist but you had to remain in the UK until...

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