Hello all,
I am in possession of a piece of equipment from a solider who was in the
Royal Army Medical Corps in WW 1
I want to return this item to the descendants of this gent, and just get this item home where it belongs.
I don't want any notoriety, or money.
Now that you know my intentions, my fear is sending this item to the wrong person and having them sell or profit off of it. Cause that sh!t ain't right for this old vet.
The goal is to I.D. this guy, and then locate his next of kin, I'm assuming in the U.K, and if not, then donating it to a proper museum in or around his hometown.
I have spent a number of hours, along with my dad, searching the interweb.
I have been hit with info overload, and refuse to pay for ancestry.com types.
This gents name is L.E. Evans
Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), his service number is 69583
He had an address, I'm presuming was his personal, in the item
75 S.W. N. Lancaster U.K. ---- Then the word "Bolton" appears, I don't know if it is a street or a section of the town of Lancaster.
Underneath all of the address is, "Royal Regt." --- Which I found stands for the "Kings Own Royal Regiment"
My Pop explained to me that a lot of houses are passed down to family members in the UK.
But he mentioned that the area/village/town of Lancaster went through some changes or re-districting.
Additional markings on the item.
There is an old paper sticker that is white with a big blue X across it that says,
1st class luggage room and (over 16 years)
Also the remains if (I think) painted square with a large S in the middle of it and 3 letters at the bottom
(C-G-O) I can't decipher the first letter, then followed by Y, and what looks like a W
And lastly a stencil on top that reads QQ 1005
Well there you have it, my mystery
I have searched local libraries, the W.O. (War Office in the U.K.) and papers there known as WO 363 and 364, but the copies were old and the print was little.
My research skills are limited, as well as my patients for technology.
I also figure you vets would know much more of the terminology.
Thanks, Jim
I am in possession of a piece of equipment from a solider who was in the
Royal Army Medical Corps in WW 1
I want to return this item to the descendants of this gent, and just get this item home where it belongs.
I don't want any notoriety, or money.
Now that you know my intentions, my fear is sending this item to the wrong person and having them sell or profit off of it. Cause that sh!t ain't right for this old vet.
The goal is to I.D. this guy, and then locate his next of kin, I'm assuming in the U.K, and if not, then donating it to a proper museum in or around his hometown.
I have spent a number of hours, along with my dad, searching the interweb.
I have been hit with info overload, and refuse to pay for ancestry.com types.
This gents name is L.E. Evans
Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), his service number is 69583
He had an address, I'm presuming was his personal, in the item
75 S.W. N. Lancaster U.K. ---- Then the word "Bolton" appears, I don't know if it is a street or a section of the town of Lancaster.
Underneath all of the address is, "Royal Regt." --- Which I found stands for the "Kings Own Royal Regiment"
My Pop explained to me that a lot of houses are passed down to family members in the UK.
But he mentioned that the area/village/town of Lancaster went through some changes or re-districting.
Additional markings on the item.
There is an old paper sticker that is white with a big blue X across it that says,
1st class luggage room and (over 16 years)
Also the remains if (I think) painted square with a large S in the middle of it and 3 letters at the bottom
(C-G-O) I can't decipher the first letter, then followed by Y, and what looks like a W
And lastly a stencil on top that reads QQ 1005
Well there you have it, my mystery
I have searched local libraries, the W.O. (War Office in the U.K.) and papers there known as WO 363 and 364, but the copies were old and the print was little.
My research skills are limited, as well as my patients for technology.
I also figure you vets would know much more of the terminology.
Thanks, Jim