Catalogue description IVORY John Arthur Lieut

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Title: IVORY John Arthur Lieut
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Surname: IVORY;

Forename(s): John Arthur;

Initials: JA;

Rank: Lieut;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 63 Bn;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 142 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 269 Coy;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 27-Sep-1918;

Other Data: ? See "Machine Gunner" (Crutchley)p 60 - 142 Coyborn 28/7/1895. Educ Whitgift Sch - in OTC 1912-1914.NOK father- AJ Ivory, claremont, Fairdene Rd, Coulsdon, Surrey.Casualty Form: 8/4/1916 to Riding Sch KE Horse. 18/4/1916 Rejoined Coy in Field23/9/1916 to Hospital - sick. 24/9/1916 - admitted, debility 29/9/1916 rejoined29/9/1916 to Camiers - MG course28/10/1916 leave to UK 6/11/1916 rejoined23/11/1916 LG: to be T/Lt142 Coy - photograph grp of officers May 1917 - OCA archives11/5/1917 wounded in action - 4 London FA - gsw left arm/chest - severe 13/5/1917 2/Can CCS - to UK on HS "Peter der Conick"Medical Board 6/6/1917 - gsw chest and arm. At Ypres on 9/5/1917 - superficial. Small flesh wound lower arm. X-Ray shows small fragment in arm, none in chest. Operation to remove unsuccessful. Letter War Office to mother - to inform her tha her son admitted 7 Stat Hosp Boulogne with sever gsw left arm and chest. Information already conveyed to Lt Ivory's father at Coulsdon.16/2/1918 to course of instruction in Field - 269 MG Coy15/2/1918 177 Bde RFA attend for instruction26/3/1918 rejoined 269 Coy30/3/1918 to Hosp - Urethritis - to 51 Gen Hosp Etaples4/7/1918 to Duty27/7/1918 to join 63 Bn1/8/1918 joined in field17/8/1918 to FA - injured - wound to foot - whilst bathing cut foot on barbed wire "C" Coy 63(RN) Bn4/9/1918 to duty 63 Bn28/9/1918 KIA - buried 30/9/1918 - death reported in war diaryLetter of Admin - Arthur James Ivory (father) Value £285/14/11dPHOTO: GS Archives;

Other Notes: IVORY, Lieutenant, J A, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 27th September 1918. I. B. 27. Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension - Nord, France.;

Related National Archives files: WO339/36666;

END OF RECORD.
Date: 2000-2023
Held by: Vickers MG Collection & Research Association, not available at The National Archives
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