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    Default Looking for WW1 record H O'Brien Leinster Reg

    Hi,
    I am trying to trace my grandfather WW1 records, His name Hubert (Berti) O'Brien born 21/06/1892 (i think) He joined the Leinster Regiment in Crinkle, Birr, Co Offaly, was moved to Cork before being transferred to England, Portsmounth, I think. He returned from the war wounded. I have done a serach and have come up with a H O'Brien service no 606014, but I cant seem to find any additional information, this looks like it could be him, but I'm not sure.

    Our family never spoke about my grandfathers involvement in WW1, his medals were thrown out, it was very much a taboo subject during my youth.

    All help appreciated.

    Regards,
    Brendan O'Brien

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    Hi

    There are two medal card for Hubert O'Brien-
    https://discovery.nationalarchives.go...41&image1.y=15
    Without more information it would not be possible to work out which one is the right one.
    One has a service record on Ancestry-

    Name:
    Hubert O'brien

    Gender:
    Male

    Birth Date:
    abt 1879

    Age at Enlistment:
    36

    Marriage Date:
    9 Aug 1915

    Marriage Place:
    Sacred Heart Ch Accrington

    Residence Place:
    240 St Pauls Road, Preston

    Document Year:
    1915

    Regimental Number:
    25627

    Regiment Name:
    King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

    regards

    Robert

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    Thanks for the reply Simmo1.

    The Service record above is not him, he's to old.

    I think the medical record below could be as his name was Hubert Francis O'Brien, see below.

    How do I progress this?

    Reference: WO 372/15/21699
    Description: Medal card of O'Brien, Hubert F
    Corps Regiment No Rank
    Irish Guards 9827 Private

    Date: 1914-1920
    Held by: The National Archives, Kew
    Legal status: Public Record

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    Hi

    That is just his MEDAL card. You can pay to view it from the link above, or apparently Ancestry have it free and it is in colour.
    That chap did not have any service records (70% were destroyed in WW2) that I could see, but you can have a look.
    As for where to go - read this - https://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/research.html

    regards

    Robert

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    Thanks Robert,

    I purchased the Medal card, it has a reference 1.G/106 B6, any idea what this means.

    I think he had an army pension, would that be of any benefit.
    Also he was wounded and would have spent some time in hospital.

    Any thoughts,

    Regards,
    Brendan

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    Hi Brendan
    The reference is to the actual medal rolls the card are based on, read here - https://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/campaignmedals.html
    Now the rolls are online here - https://www.nmarchive.com/
    The problem is that 70% of the service and pension were destroyed , see here - https://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/soldiersrecord.html
    If wounded, he may be mentioned in a local paper, but again those records would be in his service records and no hospital records were kept.

    regards

    Robert

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