Rick W

Yes Tony, I think Neuve Chapelle it to the North. David i think you may have a point there, have we got the date wrong on this N.O.S. ? A couple of pics to be going on with from the town of Richebourg from the time. Richebourg Church http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/rik242_2006/eglise.jpg[/img] Trench, a very wet one, Richebourg area http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/rik242_2006/wet_trench.jpg[/img] The wonders of www!

Ive got to see if I can find the website again! Richebourg is a place you can see on google maps Richebourg Pas de Calais Nord.

I'll second that for sure. A board where you can follow peoples stories as they try and trace people, where other members can help with useful links etc.

Thanks, will look at them tomorrow.Ive half a mind to email C4's Time team. I have tentative links with them, unless anyone has any objections? It would be right up their street! ;-)

Thats the medal card, not medical card! ;-) Every soldier in WW1 had these, they can be quite revealing. If only I knew what the scribbles were? All available through the National Archive.

I made half plans to go! By all accounts its a good do, lots of people selling of surplus parts, I think WOA2 went and had a stall.

N.O.S. I can only download a bit of that diary, any chance of emailing the attachment to me, or posting it in full? We may be able to locate more or less where he fell, and if we're lucky, have some photos of the area. There is a website which provides a cd of trech maps but that costs shillings! Im sure Britain at War magazine would love this bit of detective work. Do you want to swing the gears into motion Jack or shall I? ;-)

Thats a great result! I cant wait to read those diaries! There is a Jackson family still living just outside New Buckenham, in Old Buckenham, I wonder if they are related? Good work! :-D

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Military map showing the battle area for the battles of Amiens, Bapaume and Scarpe. British positions as of August the 8th, and final place on September the 8th. http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/rik242_2006/allied18i.jpg[/img]

Welcome aboard. Nice looking forum-nice logo(!), what s it aimed at? Whats the interest in Arneh? Any family links?

Aha, just what Ive been checking, seeing what records are online for the parish. http://www.genealogy.doun.org/transcriptions/surnames.php Its fairly heavy stuff, but do a search for the Jackson name. The Jackson family seem to have a fairly large prescence in the parish up to the end of what I can see in about 1901. There are 3 other Jacksons on a war memorial,I assume must be in the village. Edward Jackson, Arthur Jackson, and R.C.Jackson killed in WW1. More than likely related to our man, if not his brothers even. There is a GH Jackson on the same memorial KIA in WW2. Was this the last of the line?

Will do Joris. Further to this, have just been looking on a military geneaology website. His middle name isnt Ivor, it is Ivo. He enlisted in Thetford but was born in New Buckenham which I assume was close by. Confirmation that he was 1st Battalion.

The joy of getting a new vehicle! I need to experience that again.... 8-)

Ive emailed asking for more details/photos. Seems like an average price for one in reasonable driving condition.

Right, I have got a copy of his medal card from the National Archive. Anyone can access these, for our man I typed in his regimental number 29535 and found his card. They charge a one off fee of £3.50 for letting you have a PDF copy. Ive been trying to work out for the past hour how to upload a copy of it onto here for all to see, but cant suss it out, if anyone can help on that score let me know! The initials of his name are for Bernard Ivor Jackson and he received the standard 2 war medals which were issued after the war. There is some scrawly writing on the right hand side of the card which i have been trying to decipher. See below for rough translation! BWWM pets for adt CRV 11 51/8.u.12.21 Co and iv605/0 11/2/22 6013/adt E/647378/3 6013/adt

Any more pics of that meet?

Where did you get the info that he was in the 15th Brigade David? Can you post a link.Cheers.

I was about to ask you where the stone came from. No, your're not web illiterate, just a question of knowing where to look! Ive traced a relative from his sign up point, to his embarkation point at Southampton, to waiting in Egypt before going to gallipoli, where his war grave is. Even down to the name of the ship. And yes tony, you are right, but for some reason Ive found it easier to trace WW1 relatives more than my grandfather in WW2.

Good work! ;-) His Roll of Honour entry should narrow down his unit.

Another link. http://www.rnrm.org.uk/history/history_08.html And a must see link for anyone delving in this subject. It is a online library of all casualties who fell. It lists the names of people on war memorials all over the country. Have had a quick look at Norfolk, but could find no matches, but it does come up with a whole list of Jacksons. Read at your leisure. It also gives details of what you might find at the library. ;-) http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/

Its Jacks retirement fund! Before he gets a transfer to MVT! :whistle:

N.O.S. the link http://www.our-families.info/famtree/individual.php?pid=I12418&ged=Osborne.ged Its a long shot but the birth date of his father would fit nicely. Another note when dealing with units or regiments from WW1, because of the high rate of attrition, many units ceased to exist and people were amalgamated into other regiments/units. One person could have served with, for example, OxonBucks Light Infantry, Somerset Yeomanry etc,etc. So he may not have started his army life in the Norfolks. Usually a web search , starting with the Norfolks will tell you what you need to know. A Roll of Honour for that particular county's regiment gives a lot more info, nost libraries are accomodating if you ring them up, they will have a look for you.

Yes, a lot of these graves, indeed the cemetary was created by aid stations. The crucial point here is that he must have dies while the BEF were counterattacking the German positions, in one of the last acts of the war. The Cemetary lies directly in the path he would have been fighting over. A call for a new board to be set up maybe Jack? On researching the people as well? Restorations of persons?

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