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Hello all
i am currently researching my GG grandfather Arthur Robert Dick, from Lambeth in London.
I think he served in WWI but I do not know how to go about researching his military records?
Am I able to see his medal card for example?
Any advice would be much appreciated
Debra

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British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

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First name(s) Arthur Robert
Last name Dick
Age 26
Birth year 1888
Service number 2980
Regiment London Regiment
Unit / Battalion 3rd, 2nd Battalion
Year 1914
Series WO 363
Series description WO 363 - First World War service records 'burnt documents'
Archive The National Archives
Record set British Army Service Records
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from Great Britain

He got the British and Victory along with the 1914/15 Star in.1921.
He signed in 1914 as a TA.
Went to France ,was wounded in 1916,and hospitalised at Manchester and had various addresses in London.

The scant records are avaliable.

Did you by any chance mean below?...

Birth
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DICK, ARTHUR HENRY BUNCH
GRO Reference: 1886 D Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 466

Chris :)

(you had a previous 'Thread' below, with below names)

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1114395


Marriages Sep 1865 (>99%)
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Dick Robert Thingoe 4a 721
Parish Phoebe Thingoe 4a 721


Birth
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DICK, ARTHUR ROBERT PARISH
GRO Reference: 1866 S Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 314

Hello
Thank you kind souls for helping me x
Yes this is him, his parents were Phoebe Parish and Robert Dick.
His wife was indeed Henrietta Bunch.

KAY - you say he got the British, Victory and Star
Is anyone able to illuminate what these sort of medals are awarded for?
Thanks again everyone you are amazing xx

The British and Victory was awadred to everyone and the 1914-1915 Star was because he saw action on Foreign soil.

He was in the Expeditonary Force.

23/12/14-to 26/8/15 Malta.

27/8/15 to 23/4/15 in the Med.

24/4/16 to 1/8/16 France.

He suffered a GSW,(gun shot wounds) 21/7/16.

left arm and right hand.

But which one are you looking for Debra?, Arthur Henry was born 1886...

(your Arthur Robert was born 1866)

Chris :)

Edits

National School Admission Registers & Log-books 1870-1914 Transcription (Find My Past)

First name(s) Arthur Henry
Last name Dick
Birth year 1886
Birth date 24 Aug 1886
Event year 1890
School name St John the Divine School, Warham Street, Camberwell (Infants)
Town Camberwell
County Surrey
Parent name(s) Arthur
(Residence, 135, Vassall Road)

Same address as 1891 posted on other 'Thread'.


(and 1901 copied over below)

MargaretM Report 2 Jan 2009 14:29

Is this them?
1901 census
149 Lambeth Rd., Lambeth
Arthur R. Dick, head, 34, boot manufacturer
Henrietta, wife, 36
Arthur H., son, 14, clerk in newspaper office
Maud H., dau, 12
Florence K., dau, 11
Robert, father, widower, 65, bootmaker
All norn London, Lambeth.

Hi Chris
Actually both !
Arthur robert Dick was born in 1867 and his son - my great grandfather was ARTHUR HENRY b1888 so this is all fantastic information thank you all xx

The record details are for a

Arthur Robert Dick,,,,,,,,apparent age in 1914 was

**26yrs--10 months!!**

height --5ft 9"

He cant be yours as that one would have been abt 48 in 1914.!!

What else do you know of him?, or Arthur Robert after 1901, I take it this is his Mother below...

Chris :)

Deaths Mar 1905 (>99%)
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Dicks Henrietta 42 Lambeth 1d 209


Marriages Jun 1885 (>99%)
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BUNCH Henrietta St.Saviour 1d 92a
DICKS Arthur Robert St Saviour 1d 92a


London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 (Ancestry)

Henrietta Dicks
Buried 30 Jan 1905. Norwood Cemetery, Norwood Road, Lambeth
(Abode, 149, South Lambeth Road. Age 42)


(below came up)

http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/323018/

Lance Corporal ARTHUR HENRY DICKS
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died on 14 September 1914 Age 28
VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY Aisne France
Son of Arthur Robert and Kate Beatrice Dicks, of 20, Frampton Rd., Hythe, Kent.
Service No. 4415


UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (Ancestry)

(above image has Wid. Kate B.)


Marriages Sep 1913 (>99%)
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Dicks Arthur H Hilton Farnham 2a 325
Hilton Kate B Dicks Farnham 2a 325


Births Mar 1914 (>99%)
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DICKS Florence M Hilton Farnham 2a 238

(above child on Service Record, but then has Father as Arthur Henry, 149. South Lambeth Rd, London. Wife Mrs Dicks, 17, St. Leonards Road, Hythe)


http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-medal-index-cards-1914-1920/

(see above for details/info of Medals issued)

Hi all
Ok here is what I know...
ROBERT DICK b 22nd may in 1836 in Lambeth, Surrey.
He married PHOEBE PARISH 29th August 1865.

They had a son called ARTHUR ROBERT DICK b1866 or 1867 ?

Arthur married HENRIETTA BUNCH in 1885 in Newington, Surrey.
They had three children -
ARTHUR HENRY DICK b1886
Florence Catherine Dick b 1889
Maud H Dick b 1889

Thanks again for your help
Debra

So above posted info. looks to be him then...

Chris :)

Hi Chris
I don't think so, as his wife wasn't called Kate Beatrice?
Thanks even so
Debra

However yes the previous links do connect x

oh, that's odd then, address looks to be the same...

Chris :)

MargaretM Report 2 Jan 2009 14:29

Is this them?
1901 census
149 Lambeth Rd., Lambeth
Arthur R. Dick, head, 34, boot manufacturer
Henrietta, wife, 36
Arthur H., son, 14, clerk in newspaper office
Maud H., dau, 12
Florence K., dau, 11
Robert, father, widower, 65, bootmaker
All norn London, Lambeth.


Marriages Jun 1923 (>99%)
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Dicks Kate B Lewis Elham 2a 2490
Lewis Percy J Dicks Elham 2a 2490

(above possible for Kate)


Birth
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DICK, FLORENCE CATHERINE BUNCH
GRO Reference: 1889 D Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 471


Birth
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DICK, MAUD HENRIETTA BUNCH
GRO Reference: 1888 J Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 484

Sorry Chris! You are right I was looking at the wrong generation! Yes this is him - he was the elder brother of my great grandmother Florence Catherine Dicks!
I don't know anything about his war efforts so this is a new line for me to investigate THANK YOU X