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Cynthia In answer to your faint entry queries

  • marie.eklidvirginmedia.com by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

    Cynthia- regarding your queries on the faint entries for the 48 Infantry Brigade, 1 Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers
    Relieved by: Maybe by ... a 45th North Stafford Garrison Battalion and the name looks ... like 2/Lt. W G King. Link: https://talk.operationwardiary.org/#/subjects/AWD0003e0h

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  • cyngast by cyngast moderator

    Thanks, Marie! I think you're right about the unit name although I still can't read the number. The author makes just a tiny mark for the "th" with numbers, so I do think it is definitely a two-digit number.

    I also think you're right about the W. G., and the surname could be King. I had thought it might be Ray, but I just now compared the first letter with the uppercase R in Audruicq above it, and I don't think Ray is correct. I tried to Google 2nd Lt. W. G. King with the battalion name and Google seems to think I really want 2nd Lt. W. J. King instead. Although what turned up under either name was no help at all!

    I went to the page to add your thoughts as comments, since I have already marked that page as finished, but I see that you have already done so. Thank you.

    Cynthia

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  • ral104 by ral104 moderator, scientist

    Possibly this man: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/2256567

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  • cyngast by cyngast moderator

    I don't know, Rob. When I googled your man by his full name I found he was a lawyer and his surname seems to be Cooper-King, although Lives of the First World War doesn't show it hyphenated. I've found him in the Gazette from 27 July 1915 mentioned as becoming a temporary second lieutenant with the 11th Battalion North Staffordshires.

    Also found this Record of Service of Solicitors http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Record_of_Service_of_Solicitors_and_Articled_Clerks_With_His_Majestys_1000827795/123 that shows his war record as only with the North Staffordshires.

    I don't recall seeing the name in question in the diary prior to this instance, so I don't know when he joined the regiment. Of course, that doesn't mean it's not in the diary, just that I don't remember seeing it.

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  • cyngast by cyngast moderator

    I've come across him again and I think it is King. The handwriting is clearer.

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  • ral104 by ral104 moderator, scientist

    Looks like I wasn't concentrating very well last night! This is the second post where I've got completely confused and said the wrong thing. 😄

    I wonder whether he was attached to the RMF - the only WG King who looks like a likely candidate I can find is linked to the Rifle Brigade.

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  • cyngast by cyngast moderator

    It is definitely King. He was listed on a typed casualty return for the month of July 1916 as killed in action.

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  • cyngast by cyngast moderator

    Does Lives of the First World War include Irish regiments? Just wondering.

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  • ral104 by ral104 moderator, scientist

    Yes, all British and Commonwealth forces are included, and of course all the Irish regiments were British at that time.

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