08-12-2011, 11:42 AM
Interesting Andew, the expeditionary force might be a possiblity, it so happerns that I did some research for one of our own family members, Churchills War tends to go by without much recognition. I was researching my great aunt's lad, I remember my geat aunt.
Her boy Ernie and his cousin Billy (my dads half brother) signed up for the Kings Shilling at the same time, Billy ended up in Mesopotamia and ended up being captured by the Turks near Bhagdad, he died in a Turkish POW camp.
My great aunts boy Ernie ended up in the trenches , amazingly he survived and after armistice he thought he was on his way home but he was put on a ship apptley named "The Czar" and shipped up to Arkangel as part of the relief force for the American "Polar Bears" he found himself on a gun boat going down the Divina River into the interior to fight the Bolshovicks in 1919 he ended up in the interior with a bullet through him, he was only a young lad, such a waste, I managed to find the regimental reports that lead up to that incident a lot of this stuff brings tears to your eyes but that's the way it was.
If some one wanted to do more research on Ralph Judson I would say that there are more records to be found. If I find out any more I will let the forum know.
Lawrence.
Her boy Ernie and his cousin Billy (my dads half brother) signed up for the Kings Shilling at the same time, Billy ended up in Mesopotamia and ended up being captured by the Turks near Bhagdad, he died in a Turkish POW camp.
My great aunts boy Ernie ended up in the trenches , amazingly he survived and after armistice he thought he was on his way home but he was put on a ship apptley named "The Czar" and shipped up to Arkangel as part of the relief force for the American "Polar Bears" he found himself on a gun boat going down the Divina River into the interior to fight the Bolshovicks in 1919 he ended up in the interior with a bullet through him, he was only a young lad, such a waste, I managed to find the regimental reports that lead up to that incident a lot of this stuff brings tears to your eyes but that's the way it was.
If some one wanted to do more research on Ralph Judson I would say that there are more records to be found. If I find out any more I will let the forum know.
Lawrence.
