My grandfather'd WW1 uniform mystery

[Cliffhanger]

Hi Leigh, Thanks for the additional info - more good stuff!

I'm a bit confused about the stripes still though. On his right sleeve I can see a vertical stripe running up from the cuff, and a horizontal stripe running around his sleeve a couple of inches up from the cuff. But I can't see anything on his left sleeve - there's only the shoulder visible?

Hope you can shed some more light on these stripes - I also attach a wider view of the seated pic for you.

Many thanks again

Iain Jack

[leigh kitchen]

Those insignia are the same on both sleeves, they are the officers rank insignia mentioned earlier in the thread.
I stand to be corrected but I think that as of 1917 officers were allowed to display rank insignia on the shoulder strap instead of the cuff and that as of 1920 the cuff insignia was abolished.
Someone will know the dates and correct me if need be.
On the left cuff but not in view should be a small vertical stripes about 2" long, signifying that he has been wounded once.

[Cliffhanger]

I see. But where is the wound stripe please?

[leigh kitchen]

Originally Posted by Cliffhanger

I see. But where is the wound stripe please?

Apologies, I edited my last post - it would be worn on the left lower sleeve, not visible in the photo.

An image and more detail here:

https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/sold...-wound-stripe/

[Cliffhanger]

Originally Posted by leigh kitchen

Apologies, I edited my last post - it would be worn on the left lower sleeve, not visible in the photo.

An image and more detail here:

https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/sold...-wound-stripe/

Ah thanks - been scratching my head over that! So we know of his wounding from his service history kindly provided up-thread? Do you have a reference for that info at all?

[leigh kitchen]

War Office Daily List No.5652
Archive Reference:
NLS 1918_WList56
First World War Daily Reports (Missing, Wounded & Prisoner of War)

The details I and others posted earlier aren't from his actual Service Record by the way - that's an avenue that you can explore with the National Archives or if he served after 1922 with the MOD for a £30 or thereabouts fee.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/request-...vice-personnel

[Cliffhanger]

Sorry I meant the whole of your post #6 above?

[leigh kitchen]

The references are amongst the text of the first three seperate entries (the fourth entry being the bit of info. re. 10th R. Warks. Regt.)

[Cliffhanger]

Originally Posted by leigh kitchen

The references are amongst the text of the first three seperate entries (the fourth entry being the bit of info. re. 10th R. Warks. Regt.)

OK - thanks again. I really appreciate all the trouble you've gone to on our behalf. I just need to try and track down details of his injury and where he was at the time and I think that's it!

[leigh kitchen]

I have no books to cover the activities of 10 R Warks Regt at the time of wounding.
Through April 1918 the 19th Division fought at Messines, Bailleul, Kemmel Ridge, May - June at The Battle of The Aisne and were moved back out of the line to rest and reinforce until October when it advanced through battles at the Selle, Sambre River,Grand Honelle, continued on through Malplaquet and in November became Corps Reserve, west of Bavai.

[Cliffhanger]

Originally Posted by leigh kitchen

I have no books to cover the activities of 10 R Warks Regt at the time of wounding.
Through April 1918 the 19th Division fought at Messines, Bailleul, Kemmel Ridge, May - June at The Battle of The Aisne and were moved back out of the line to rest and reinforce until October when it advanced through battles at the Selle, Sambre River,Grand Honelle, continued on through Malplaquet and in November became Corps Reserve, west of Bavai.

Fascinating stuff again Leigh. I'm going to have to read up on these battles - some I've heard of, others are fresh to me. I also need to track down details of our Dad's time on Malta in WW2

[leigh kitchen]

6th (Service) Battalion The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Aug 1914 Formed at Bodmin as part of the First New Army (K1) and then moved to Aldershot to join the 43rd Brigade of the 14th Division and then moved to Witley.
Feb 1915 Moved to Aldershot.
22.05.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
1915
The Action of Hooge, part of the first flamethrower attack by the Germans, The Second Attack on Bellewaarde.
1916
The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette.
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Langemark, The First Battle of Passchendaele, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of the Avre.
20.02.1918 Disbanded in France.


51st (Garrison) Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment

27.10.1917 Formed at Ipswich from the 262nd Graduated Battalion (previously the 93rd Training Reserve Battalion formerly the 15th Gloucester), as part of the 216th Brigade of the 72nd Division.
Jan 1918 Transferred to the 205th Brigade of the 68th Division and moved to Lowestoft.
June 1918 Moved to Henham Park, Southwold.



10th (Service) Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Aug 1914 Formed in Warwick as part of the Second New Army (K2) and then moved to Salisbury Plain and joined the 57th Brigade of the 19th Division.
Mar 1915 Moved to Tidworth.
17.7.1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France and the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1915
The Action of Pietre.
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The attacks on High Wood, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre Heights, The Battle of the Ancre.
During 1917
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle, First Battle of Passchendaele, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Battle of the Aisne, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre and the passage of the Grand Honelle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, west of Bavai.