FRED HITCH VC . |
Martin Everett
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Dear Graham,
You need to look up WO116 - the Chelsea Medical Board records. I expect that will fill in some of the gaps and well as other RD defneders who were medically discharged. Yes Hitch did come to Brecon (10 March 1877) 3 days after he enlisted and then was posted to 2nd Battalion in May 1877 who were in Dover at that time. I do not understand your comment about poor record keeping. Also there is no evidence that he committed a crime and was given the option of enlisting in the army rather than taking the punishment. He was enlisted by an army pensioner (not serving soldier) who needed a magistrate (or an officer) to witness the oath at enlistment. |
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_________________ Martin Everett Brecon, Powys |
Sapper Mason
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Dear Martin ,
Thank you for your response , to qualify my comment regarding poor record keeping i say this , it is known that many records and details of a mans career were often mis-quoted or entered incorrectly in some cases , in various papers ect it has been reported that in certain cases the 24th`s records were not I00 % as could be argued in many other regiments . Thank you for confirming FRED HITCH VC did indeed go to Brecon , albeit briefly . The picture of his arm in a sling seems to show a GOOD CONDUCT stripe just below his elbow and not part of the sling or bandage , visits to KEW are a must with so much to do of course , access to WO 116 and WO 117 are a must of course for both medical and service discharge details with the PIN data for pensions as well. Thank you again , Graham . |
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