8linc7ra Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Pte/Cpl T H Brind 4th Lincolns Enlisted 17th November 1912. France 1/3/1915. Wounded May 1915 not seriously. Transferred to Civil Employ 30/8/1915, Rushton and Proctor, Lincoln. Reposted 4th Lincolns 1/11/1916. Discharged 13/2/1919. Reenlisted for 1yr in Territorial in 1920. Are there any other records of men being transfered to civil employ and then back to their original units John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clay Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Interesting. Presumably the scenario was that he'd worked for R&P pre-war, that R&P were engaged on work for the War Office and needed his skills, hence he was, sort of, seconded? Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8linc7ra Posted 23 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2008 R/P were engaged on war work but pte Brind wasnt there before August 1915. He was living in Boston but unsure of his employment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Somewhere I've seen that this sort of need was often dealt with by granting extended leave thus ploughmen were given leave during the ploughing season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8linc7ra Posted 23 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Yes but a leave of 16months from a unit is a bit strange wouldnt you agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Possibly why it wasn't used in this instance. Perhaps R&P had a specific project on which his skills were required. I note that he wasn't discharged but posted. Specialists like DeHaviland were posted to civil employ, they kept their rank and could be reposted back to a unit if necessary. There were certainly a number of men in this position in the aircraft industry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 I have some details somewhere in my little arhcive of a wounded RE man being transferred to the GPO. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8linc7ra Posted 23 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2008 I have some details somewhere in my little arhcive of a wounded RE man being transferred to the GPO. Mick was he reposted back to original unit? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Hi This was common with miners from the Durham coalfield, so many had enlisted that some had to be sent back to keep the pits working, in 1918 many of them were called up again and some were sent back to France. When the threat of the German advance had ceased others were returned to the pits. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 I have an officer who was wounded while serving in the RND at Gallipoli and was then returned to his former employers, Cammell Laird, where he was in charge of ship repairs. He did not return to naval duties. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clay Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Ruston and Proctor certainly were doing a lot of war work! This website http://www.oldengine.org/members/ruston/HistMenu.htm shows on Page 3 that they were heavily involved in aircraft production, producing, among others, more than 1000 Sopwith Camels. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 25 October , 2008 Share Posted 25 October , 2008 was he reposted back to original unit? John No he was discharged in UK, got married and went back to Australia some time after WW1. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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