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What a great thread.
Thanks.
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07-12-2017 12:05 PM
# ADS
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My wife's Grandfather served in WWI with the Irish Guards as was part of the original British Epeditionary Force that went over in 1914.
He was wounded at Ypres in early November 1914 (Shot through the upper right arm). He was released from the Army in April 1915 as unfit for service due to being unable to shoulder a rifle.
So he joined the Merchant Navy and spent the rest of the war sailing across the Atlantic.
He never spoke of the war; and my wife's Father wanted to find out his wartime experience. I wrote to the Irish Guards with the details and his number. They supplied photo copies of his records for a small fee.
The file is very interesting! We never knew he that he was in the reserves prior to joining full time in 2012. Details of the where and when he was wounded and hospitals etc up until his demob proved very interesting.
The family had believed he had a shrapnel wound; but army records state that it was a bullet wound.
We took my wife's Father to Ypres to visit the area and museums etc in 2007. It was quite an emotional experience for him (even though his Father had got out before the slaughter of the later years).
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