Finding my Past
Charles Farrelly is looking for help in identifying people in the following photographs. His father Charles Martin Patrick Farrelly served in Italy with the Northamptonshire Regiment as a Private. Any help that you can give would be a great help to Charles who knows very little about his fathers time in Italy.
Many thanks for any help or information you may be able to give. Charles Farrelly Jnr.
If you can help please leave a comment and I will forward the details to Charles.
Robin Hollamby ISA website editor.
Robin.
Do put him in touch with me. We could start with getting the a Service Record from Glasgow which will identify whether he was serving with 2 NORTHANTS in 5 Infantry Division or 5 NORTHANTS in 78 Infantry Division.
Regards
Frank
Frank
I know its been a while, but it has taken me a year to get Dads service record from Glasgow. Unfortunately due to a mixture of poor handwriting and military gargon, I am not much better informed.
The plan was to get to know which army unit he was with and when. I could then chase up the units war diary and hopefully learn what Dad experienced to some degree.
I have 16 documents altogether including two on “postings” and three titled “record of all casualties, promotions, transfers and postings”, which I assume are the most informative.
I wondered if I could take you up on your kind offer to take a look and translate for me? I have scanned all docs so can send you whatever you think suitable. My best Regards Charles
Charles.
No problem. Get me through enquiries@cassinobattlefields.co.uk and I will happily have a look and see how much I can decypher.
Send whatever you have.
Regards
Frank
Thank you Frank
I applied and paid for Dads military record last October and am still waiting. I have phoned a couple of times, the staff are pleasant enough but “no show”. I am hoping that when I find out which devision/regiment/company he was in( I am not versed in military group terminology), I will be able to find out where he went during the campaign and ideally where and with whom he was billetted.
Thanks again for your helpful response
Charles.
Once you have established whether he was in 2 or 5 NORTHANTS, the rest is relatively easy. You can source the War Diaries from the National Archives and the Regimental History from specialist book sellers.
Regards
Frank
Many thanks Frank. I will take your advice as soon as I can. I will get onto Glasgow re Dads records on Monday, see if I can gee them up. Reassuring to know that in the fulness of time, I will be much more informed than I am now. So thanks to All for getting me started
regards Charles
Charles.
Get me through enquiries@cassinobattlefields.co.uk when you have his Service Record.
Regards
Frank
Thanks will do
Charles