Served Guernsey Company of Royal Irish Regt 1915 2bn Stormed and carried the village of Le Pilly 19 Oct were on the following day cut off and surrounded suffering heavy losses.
The 1914-15 Star Medal of the British Empire, for service in WWI. Approved in 1918, for issue to officers and men of British and Imperial forces who served between 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915. transferred to ROYAL IRISH FUSILEERS  7th  Bn  D Company

16 September 1916 his sister Annie Mrs Laurence of Kings Road Vale , wrote to Guernsey Evening Press saying that James her brother had been wounded in the head , this is the third he has sustained also he had been gassed in 1915 he has two other brothers in the Army he was in the Royal Irish Fusiliers Harry the other Whilby in the Dorset Regiment. unbeknown to her
Harry had been killed on the 3rd September KIA Delville Bois, Ginchy, Fr along with cousin Peter de Carteret on the same day by a shell .his death was in the press on the 13 Sept but Harry was posted missing presumed dead .
[N.b.] Hill 60 is near Messines, and 6th RIR fought there in 1917.. Hill 60 i believe, was an enormous spoil heap and not a hill at all.
He remained in France after the Armistice of 11 Nov 1918 serving with the Labour Corps Burying the the dead and those found on the battle field along with much spent munitions. they were payed over and above the normal army rates for this work
did not have a grateful return after such labour , very little is to be found about the Corps . Time to Forget move on what a way to treat the men left to clean up the British Goverment's mess , who gave their lives and limbs mentality , a h

Jim served in first the Royal Guernsey Militia Private 26
Transferred to Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
The regiment was often known by its traditional name of the “Faugh-a-Ballaghs”. Battalions of the Regular Army
1st Battalion August 1914 : at Shorncliffe. Under command of 10th Brigade in 4th Division. Moved to York… His sister had written to the GEP as he had been gassed 1915
Private J A de Carteret 21811 , Wounded 1st Daily List 23 May 1916 Vimy Ridge !
2nd time 5th Oct 1916 wounded in the head ,This man was entitled to wear a "Wound Stripe" as authorised under Army Order 204 of 6th July 1916. 'Strips of gold Russia braid, No.1, two inches in length, sewn perpendicularly on the left sleeve of the jacket to mark each occasion on which wounded....
...Army Order 1., dated 6th March, 1919 The terms of this award being met by their naming in this list. 04/10/1916
Formed at Naas in August 1914 as part of K1 and came under orders of 30th Brigade in 10th (Irish) Division. Record same as 6th Bn except arrived at Marseilles 1 June 1918.
6 June 1918 : reduced to cadre, with troops going to 2nd Bn. Four days later the cadre returned to England this may have been the time he
Volunteered to stay in France after the Armistice with the Labour Corps
Private number 706419

Royal Guernsey Militia Private 26

Pte 8762 Transferred to Royal Irish Reg

Pte 21811 3 Batt Royal Irish Fusiliers Sept 1915

? had been moved to above and went as reinforcement 15
The Second Battle of Ypres. 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Le Transloy.1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Third Battle of the Scarpe.
03,08,1917 Transferred to the 107th Brigade of the 36th Division.
08,02,1918 Transferred to the 108th Brigade of the same Division.1918
3rd draft 5 Sep 1918 arrived at base depot
08 Sept 1918 total of 47 other ranks
The Battle of St Quentin, The Actions at the Somme Crossings,
The Battle of Rosieres, The Battle of Messines,
The Battle of Bailleul,
The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge

British War Medal ditto award to R I F
Awarded the Victory Medal on Roll LC/102(13)or B46.4442 award to. Lab Corps
T.E.d.29 March 1919 Demobilised
Memorial Plaque in Guernsey Sports Club RIF Nov 2021

Birth Register

George
Baudains
Head
Married
Male
26
1875
Confectioners driver
St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Mary A
Baudains
Wife
Married
Female
24
1877
-
St Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Annie Baudains Baptised Doris Mary
Daughter
-
Female
0
1901


Kitchen Maid ,Cook

Became a Member of the Mothers Union,in the Diocese of Winchester 17th March 1925.
At the St Peter Port Branch,By Enrolling Mem .Ada Carey Admitted by Douglas F Carey.
“To uphold the sanctity of Marriage “ till death do us part.
Neighbours 31 jan 1945 - 30 June 45.Bernard Kenyon Electoral register Officer
No 9 Bramston St Brighouse
Barraclough Thomas & Maria & George and
James Nutall
7 Percy Muffitt
11 James Day .Sarah E Hoyle. Muffitt William p & Ellen
13 Rosa Pearce ,Alexander C Troalic &Ethel A.
15.O Neill. Mary & Mary a.
God parents of
114 Sykes Lewis (b) 6 Sep 1903 died 1961 -
1927= Edith M nee Howson(b) 9 /4/1909
Daughter Margery (b) 28 April 1928
Back Firth St Miriam Sykes No 28
at 34 lived Marjorie Barraclough.