Guest phyllis42 Posted 1 November , 2004 Share Posted 1 November , 2004 My grandfather was in the Cheshire Regiment. Lance Corporal G.B. Robinson No 82584 P.C.2 3 Garrison Battery Cheshire Regiment Retired as a Regimental Quarter-Master Sergeant. How can I find out if he did active service or not? Thanks Shalom Phyllis42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hill 60 Posted 1 November , 2004 Share Posted 1 November , 2004 I'm no expert on this but maybe a good place to start is at the National Archive at Kew. Try looking for the Mdeal Index Card (MIC) for your man, this will tell you if he was entitled to any medals. Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 1 November , 2004 Share Posted 1 November , 2004 Shalom, Phyllis, and welcome. The Garrison Battalions were formed of men not fit for active service, although they may have been fit earlier in the war. I've had a look on the National Archives website for the Medal Index Card and I can't find one. This suggests that your grandfather didnt see overseas service. The Cheshire's 3rd Garrison Battalion was formed in November 1915 and spent the rest of the war in the Isle of Man. So, I would be reasonable confident in thinking that he did not see action - and, unlike many of contempories, had a very lucky break. Be glad. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phyllis42 Posted 1 November , 2004 Share Posted 1 November , 2004 Shalom John, Thanks so much for that information. With one email you have not only answered my query, but told me why my fathers family were in the Isle of Man, and why there are still family settled there. I wondered why Clara was taken out of school, in Stalybridge,Cheshire and went to the IOM. Mystery solved. Yes I am grateful that G.B. did not see active service. What sort of things would he have done then? Was the IOM seen to be 'at risk?' I know from what I have read about others in my mothers family who served in WW1, and how the Great War affected them. Please God we shall never see another was like that, or any, for that matter. Thanks [todah] Shalom Phyllis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phyllis42 Posted 1 November , 2004 Share Posted 1 November , 2004 Thank you Lee, I shall take a peek....though it does sound as though G.B. ROBINSON was not involved in active service. Shalom Phyllis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman Posted 2 November , 2004 Share Posted 2 November , 2004 3rd (Home Service) Garrison Battalion Formed November 1915, remaining in UK throughout the war. Became 11th Bn, the Royal Defence Corps in August 1917. above from the parent site. I would imagine that your relative was involved in guarding the many internees held on the IOM. Perhaps someone with more knowledge of the RDC may be able to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phyllis42 Posted 2 November , 2004 Share Posted 2 November , 2004 Thank you MANXMAN, So I take it from your message that there was a camp for detainees on the IOM. Do you know where it was? Were the detainees political or POWs. Thanks again Shalom phyllis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman Posted 2 November , 2004 Share Posted 2 November , 2004 The main camp in WW1 was on a farm called Knockaloe, in the parish of Patrick near Peel, on the Island's west coast. It held 23,000 at it's peak. They were enemy civilians, mostly German and Austrian, but with some Turks; who'd been resident in the country at the outbreak of war. No POWs. Put "Knockaloe" in search facility for more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phyllis42 Posted 2 November , 2004 Share Posted 2 November , 2004 Thanks MANXMAN, I have cousins in Castletown and Peel. I shall see if they will send me some photos. Shalom Phyllis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman Posted 7 November , 2004 Share Posted 7 November , 2004 Phyllis, get one of your relatives to pick up a copy of "living with the wire" ISBN 0 90 1106 35 6, available from the Manx Museum. It a 70 page sofback book. Loads of pictures of both WW1 and WW2 camps on IOM. from memory it cost about £4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phyllis42 Posted 11 November , 2004 Share Posted 11 November , 2004 Thanx Manxman. I shall see if they can get a copy for me. Shalom Aleichem Phyllis42. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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