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royal defence corps
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AnnCardiff | Report | 14 Apr 2013 22:05 |
think I was implying the same as you Kitty :-) |
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PatinCyprus | Report | 14 Apr 2013 22:03 |
These are just my thoughts having read a little about the Royal Defence Corps. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 14 Apr 2013 21:33 |
maybe he was in either the Home Guard or the Volunteer Defence Corps and when the Royal Defence Corps came into being, they put up the names of people who died before their formation if they had not had any prior recognition? |
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KittytheLearnerCook | Report | 14 Apr 2013 21:32 |
Googled to find this "The Royal Defence Corps was formed in August 1917 from the Home Service Garrison Battalions of 18 Regiments. It was made up of old soldiers who were beyond the age set for combatant service, or those who were not fit for duty overseas, sometimes as the result of wounds received on active service. The Corps was similar in some ways to the Home Guard of the Second World War. Its job was to guard railways, tunnels, roads and ports, thus relieving other troops for front line service. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 14 Apr 2013 21:30 |
Hi Dianne - you appear to have hit "submit" twice - can you delete the surplus posting please |
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dianne | Report | 14 Apr 2013 21:23 |
does anyone know why the royal defecnce corps would put up a headstone of an ex soldier who was a miner when he died in january of 1917, when the royal defence corps was not established until august of 1917???? i am baffled and need help,thanks |