Transcription: I had received immense help in my endeavor to track down this Unknown Soldier. One source on the 'Great War Forum' website submitted a partial list of personnel that seerved in the 40th battery:       Shoeing Smith George Henry Beardmore 49286       Gunner Harry Bloor 70835       Saddler Staff Sergeant Thomas J Boyton 19980       Sergeant Percy Bramwell 33916 killed in action       Driver William Britain 73069       Lieutenant D J Handford       Driver George Hillyard 73070

Transcription: TAYLOR A 54863 54TH BTY 39TH BDE 26/09/1914 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, Driver who is buried in Vendresse Cemetery. (As is Sergeant Percy Bramwell).42   Seizing this fresh opportunity, I examined the military records of the six Taylor candidates. Not one of them had served in the 43rd Brigade with my grandfather, so I defined this at the time as another disappointingly false lead.   Upon further thought, I speculated that the four chums may have been in different batteries or brigades. This hypothesis would explain why Pudgie's or Bobby's name never appeared withing the timely entries of my grandfather's journal. I returned to grandfather's letter detailing the promise. He noted that Pudgie was killed during the Battle of Ypres. Assuming that it was the First Battle of Ypres, I posted the question, 'How many Taylors were killed during the First Battle of Ypres?' The responder, a member of the Great War Forum group,, 'Old Sweats', stated that, 'There were forty-five Taylors killed during the First Battle of Ypres, an eight were Royal Navy (RN). Of the thirty-seven remaining Taylors, only one man served in the Royal Horse Artillery/Royal Artillery (RHA/RA), and he had served in the Fourteenth Brigade, not the 43rd.'   This knowledge assisted in narrowing down possible contenders. Yet without additional specifics, it became impossible to confirm which Taylor had been a participant in the promise. Too many questions lingered for which I had no means to resolve. Even with the assistance of my most reliable source, 'old Sweats' on the Great War Forum, definitive statstics on Pudgie Taylor continued to elude me.   Although armed at this posint with multitude of research tools, I found thee to be no soldiers withing any of the potential military groupings who were a match to the date and place of Pudgie's or Bobby's demise. In fact, as far as I can determine, there is no listing for a soldier by the name of 'Bobby Glue', perishing in Ypres on any British World War One military records. _____________________________________   42www.1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=165796&hl= July 4, 2011 176

Transcription: questions. This element is of considerable importance because many forum sites contain idle chatter.   Following the standard routine for becoming a member, I was surprised after clicking the submit button to receive a pop-up message stating, 'Your request for membership will be reviewed' you'll be informed via e-mail if you've been accepted.' This type of format seemed unusual. I facetiously wondered if a background check was required for membership.   Once conditions were met, I posted my inquiry, requesting data on both Bobbie and Pudgie. From past experience, it usually takes a while for a reply - if any are forthcoming. To my elated surprise, feedback eventually popped up. Even better, this was no ordinary response; it contained quite a bit of information.   While digesting the content of the first reply, I immediately received two more. The original response listed six soldiers with the last name of Taylor, all serving in the RFA in 1914.     TAYLOR WF 55226 11TH BTY 27/08/1914 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, Driver who is buried at Le Chateau.     TAYLOR WRD 3328 1st HIGHLAND BDE 31/08/1914 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, a Trumpeter from Aberdeen, who did not serve in France and is buried at St Neots.       TAYLOR A 27340 55TH BTY 26/09/1914 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, a Bombardier from Kettering who is buried at Nantes.        TAYLOR YE 51581 31ST BTY 15/09/1914 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY 4 (TOMMY), from Plumstead, London, who is commemorated on the La Ferte sous Jouarre Memorial.     TAYLOR W 82845 58TH BTY 35THH BDE 12/10/1914 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, a veteran of the Boer War who is listed on the Nieuport Memorial. 175

Transcription: employ all the previously mentioned research strategies to uncover facts regarding Bobbie's war years.   Using the DVD of British war casualties, I performed a search for 'Bobby Glue' that produced zero results. Then I experienced an epiphany - Bo bby is a nickname for Robert. Yet repeating the query using 'Robert Glue' gave me the same results. in hopes of obtaining the same positive outcome achieved when using the last name 'Bramwell', I keyed in 'Glue', the query was still unproductive.   At this point I decided to return to World War One websites having faith that someone in cyberspace would contribute to my mission. This too proved to be ineffective. Coming up empty-handed on Bobby, I returned to the same websites looking for pudgie Taylor.   First on the agenda was the British site, RootsChat. The site allows members to post and respond to questions about World War One. I posted a request for help finding Pudgie.   A day or two passed before I received a couple of replies. One knowledgeable respondent posted a list of Taylors who died in World War One. he also suggested I visit an informative website, Great War Forum. i perused his list of Taylors for any tidb it of information providing a link back to Pudgie. Frustrated with the lack of progress, I decided to momentarily retire from the project.   A few days later I was reviewing my extensive list of World War One websites. I questioned the wisdom of expanding this collection by one more. There is a fine line between wisdom and stupidity. Dwelling on the complexity of bridging the philiosophical differences, caused me to lean more towards the wisdom of adding the site. This decision was soon validated. In assessing my existing websites as limbs yieding little fruit;, why not branch out in a new direction?   Performing a search for the Great war Forum placed me at the site's main page; it appeared to be well laid-out. To evaluate the quality of the site, I reviewed a few pages, paying close attention to the detail of the responses to posted 174

Description: Ratne bojne dopisnice (Feldpost) bile su najfunkcionalnije sredstvo komuniciranja vojnika sa porodicom tokom Prvog svjetskog rata. Većinom su bile cenzurisane i na njima se nalazio pečat vojne cenzure, regimentalni pečat i pečat vojne pošte. Na velikom broju dopisnica nalazila su se sva tri pečata, međutim, nerijetko se nalazio samo jedan ili dva. Poznato je da su vojnici bili strogo kažnjavani ukoliko su svjesno pisali bilo šta što otkriva vojne tajne. Pisati su mogli samo vojnici. Sve što bi napisali davalo bi se vojnom cenzoru da to pregleda i tek kad on odobri moglo se poslati porodici. Čitajući pisma, može se uvidjeti da su ona poprilično štura, te da su dobro pazili o svemu šta je napisano, upravo iz razloga da bi izbjegli probleme sa nadređenim. Feldpost sistem Austro-ugarske Monarhije, omogućavao je vojnicima da komuniciraju sa svojim najbližima. Sačuvane razglednice i pisma pružaju lični pogled na to kako su pojedini vojnici doživljavali sukobe. || Devet bojnih dopisnica (Feldpost)

Description: Este un volum de jurnal din cele trei deţinute de Biblioteca Judeţeană Octavian Goga Cluj. || Dumitru Nistor, ţăran din satul Năsăud s-a născut în 1893. Visând din copilărie să călătorească şi să vadă ţări străine, în 1912, când vine vremea “număraşului” (recrutării) el cere să fie primit nu în miliţia ardeleană, unde erau recrutaţi de obicei românii, ci în marina austro-ungară. Terminând şcoala de marină, după o călătorie la Viena, este îmbarcat ca Geschützvormeister (“primul îndreptător de tun”) pe vasul SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth, cu destinaţia Asia. Prins de război în Marea Chinei, crucişătorul Kaiserin Elisabeth participă la câteva bătălii navale, pentru ca în 2 noiembrie 1914 să se hotărască scufundarea lui. Echipajul pierde şi lupta terestră, este luat prizonier de japonezi şi transportat în arhipelagul nipon. Timp de zece luni, ţăranul-marinar din Năsăud va fi prizonier într-o mănăstirea buddhistă din Himeji, iar apoi mutat într-un lagăr, construit special pentru prizonierii germani şi austrieci, la Aonogahara, nu departe de Kobe, unde va rămâne până la sfârşitul anului 1919.

Description: Potrošačka kartica sadrži podatke o osobama koje su se prijavljivale radi raspodjele živežnih namirnica u Zagrebu tijekom Drugog svjetskog rata. Sadrži podatke o podnosiocu prijave (ime i prezime, adresa) te osobama koje se nalaze u kućanstvu, njihova imena, godine rođenja, odnos prema podnosiocu prijave, zanimanje i mjesto rada.

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