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I have just picked up a Great War soldier’s diary for 3 Euros at a market here in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1lace>Germany</st1lace></st1:country-region>. The diary belonged to Pte. Sidney Dore and is filled out in English until <st1:date Month="7" Day="1" Year="1916">July 1<SUP>st</SUP> 1916</st1:date>, after that there are a few entries in German but nothing of interest.
According to the CWGC site, Sidney Dore of the 1/7 Sherwood Foresters was killed on the first day of the Somme but the Regimental numbers in the diary and on the site are different. The diary has 3895 Pte. Dore and the CWGC has 266255. See below
Name: DORE, <st1:City><st1lace>SIDNEY</st1lace></st1:City>
Initials: S
Nationality: <st1:country-region><st1lace>United Kingdom</st1lace></st1:country-region>
Rank: Private
Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and <st1:City><st1lace>Derby</st1lace></st1:City> Regt.)
Unit Text: 1st/7th Bn.
Date of Death: <st1:date Month="7" Day="1" Year="1916">01/07/1916</st1:date>
Service No: 266255
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A
Is it just a big coincidence that 2 Sidney Dore’s were in the same unit and the entries in the diary stop on <st1:date Month="7" Day="1" Year="1916">July 1<SUP>st</SUP> 1916</st1:date>?
Any help or suggestions are much appreciated.
By the way, I’ve bought “The Researcher’s Guide to the Great War” but had it delivered to my mum’s and I won’t be back home for a couple of weeks.
Tony<o></o>
I have just picked up a Great War soldier’s diary for 3 Euros at a market here in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1lace>Germany</st1lace></st1:country-region>. The diary belonged to Pte. Sidney Dore and is filled out in English until <st1:date Month="7" Day="1" Year="1916">July 1<SUP>st</SUP> 1916</st1:date>, after that there are a few entries in German but nothing of interest.
According to the CWGC site, Sidney Dore of the 1/7 Sherwood Foresters was killed on the first day of the Somme but the Regimental numbers in the diary and on the site are different. The diary has 3895 Pte. Dore and the CWGC has 266255. See below
Name: DORE, <st1:City><st1lace>SIDNEY</st1lace></st1:City>
Initials: S
Nationality: <st1:country-region><st1lace>United Kingdom</st1lace></st1:country-region>
Rank: Private
Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and <st1:City><st1lace>Derby</st1lace></st1:City> Regt.)
Unit Text: 1st/7th Bn.
Date of Death: <st1:date Month="7" Day="1" Year="1916">01/07/1916</st1:date>
Service No: 266255
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A
Is it just a big coincidence that 2 Sidney Dore’s were in the same unit and the entries in the diary stop on <st1:date Month="7" Day="1" Year="1916">July 1<SUP>st</SUP> 1916</st1:date>?
Any help or suggestions are much appreciated.
By the way, I’ve bought “The Researcher’s Guide to the Great War” but had it delivered to my mum’s and I won’t be back home for a couple of weeks.
Tony<o></o>
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