Sjt. W Cutts 4340 201845 a Mystery man!

[Alan Beardsmore]

It seems the gods are working against me! There are interesting anomalies about this man that seem to defy explanation. This is the fifth attempt to post. If successful, I will 'reply' to myself!

[Alan Beardsmore]

Ahhh!!!!!! It seems forward slashes are to blame!


I will be brief, because I have had lengthy posts lost in cyberspace.

SJT. William Cutts, 4340, 201845.

Enlisted DUDLEY, 23. August, 1915

Discharged: WARWICK, 14. April, 1919. (Surplus to reqt. Para 392 xvia K.R.)

Two blue Chevrons, one wound* stripe. (*Where? How* When? Where was he hospitalised?)

Specialist Qualifications: 'Musketry'

Served overseas* on Active Service. (*Where?)

His Medal Card just lists Victory and British Medal (which we have) and indicates SWB. (LA. 1827) I don't think he 'applied' for this.

Can anyone help? (Donations offered)

Cheers,

Alan.

[Alan Beardsmore]

I seem to have the knack of this.

It appears that a daughter of Bill's, (my deceased aunt) born in 1915, 'visited him in hospital', when she was VERY young. This must have been in 1919 or therabouts. In a copy of another letter from my mother to the 'M.O.D' (?). in 1991, when she originally tried to find details, she mentions 'discharged with 'myalgia'. This, I recently heard, was called 'Trench Fever'.

Could he have been one of the first to have had Spanish Flu?

[tvr3000m]

Dear Alan
I am so glad I am not the only one having trouble posting a message. Thanks to Louis for putting me right.
I saw a programme the other day talking about myalgia, I think it is inflammation of the muscles, they don't work properly, so they had no control to walk properly etc. In another programme they said the flu pandemic was thought to have started in the trenches, but was a strain of bird flu, H1.
regards
Joy.

[Alan Beardsmore]

Joy,

My Gramps, Bill Cutts, was a poultry trader before and after the War. Maybe he had some immunity.

Cheers,
Alan.

[Mike Jones]

Morning Alan,
I too have lots of postings floating out there in cyberspace, bloody annoying. The only way to be sure which Battalion William was in is to consult the Medals Rolls at Kew. However with the number 4340 he was definitely in either 7th or 8th Bn.. I have a list of 8th Bn. men, so by a process of elimination he was 7th Bn..Two Blue Chevrons tell us he was on active service for two years. The Silver War badge is awarded ONLY to men who applied for it. You may be able to find out when he was wounded from his entry in the casualty lists. Allan Parry is currently working his way through these. It is a very long and laborious task. He has been working for more than a year now,
Regards Mike

[Alan Beardsmore]

Yes, he was in the 7th., but I did not include this because the forward slash kept causing a crash.

Cheers!

Alan.

[tvr3000m]

afternoon alan
my grandad was in the 7th Bn. Richard Pearson, if only we knew if they knew each other.
Joy.

[Alan Beardsmore]

Why would SJT W Cutts be discharged from WARWICK when the First 7th. were 'disembodied' at Kidderminster? Was it a hospital? A training camp?

He was discharged by an officer in charge of Infantry with the initials 'SB'

His signature looks like 'S. Buler' or 'S. Bubb.' Can anyone thow any light on this?

Alan.

[Alan Beardsmore]

Had a really reply from Norton. Good information on medals and awards but seems Grandpa is still a mystery man. He was wounded, however, he was later discharged, in 1919, as 'sick'.
I've still no idea why he was discharged from Warwick in 1919, instead of K'Minster.