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I have bought a WW1 medal at an auction.

Details are A Whitehouse SPR

WR-323787 . RE

All this info is from the edge of the medal.

So if anyone has this chap in their tree send me your address and you can have it.

His name is Archie. This looks like him:-

First name(s) Archie
Last name Whitehouse
Year 1914-20
Service number 4422, 323787
Second service number 323787 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Rank Private,Sapper
Second rank Sapper
Regiment South Staffordshire Regiment, Royal Engineers
Second corps Royal Engineers
Service record Soldier Number: 4422, Rank: Private, Corps: South Staffordshire Regiment
Second service record Soldier Number: 323787, Rank: Sapper, Corps: Royal Engineers
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Country Great Britain
Medal type British Army Medal Index Cards, 1914-1920
Archive reference WO372/21

Kath. x

There are two people with an Archie Whitehouse born 1886/7 in their trees. You could contact them both to see if they have any other information. These birth years would probably fit with him being in the first world war.

Hope you can reunite the medal with his family. I would love to have my grandfather's three medals but unfortunately they are with a cousin in Australia who was named after our grandfather, so I suppose it's only right that he has them, but it doesn't stop me wishing they were here with me.

Kath. x

This looks like the Archie in the two trees on Genes:-

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Knutsford Street, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England

Archie Whitehouse's Household Members
Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place

John Whitehouse Head Married Male 54 1837 Gun Lock Giler Staffordshire, England
Lucy Whitehouse Wife Married Female 48 1843 - Warwickshire, England
George Whitehouse Son - Male 15 1876 Carriage Wheelmaker Middlesex, England
Hilda Whitehouse Daughter - Female 11 1880 Scholar Worcestershire, England
Nelly Whitehouse Daughter - Female 10 1881 Scholar Worcestershire, England
Clare Whitehouse Daughter - Female 8 1883 Scholar Worcestershire, England
Archie Whitehouse Son - Male 4 1887 Scholar Worcestershire, England<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Kath. x

Kathleen Thank you so much for all your help.

Will let you know if they contact me..Sue <3

what a lovely thing to do Sue :-D

You might end up giving it back to the person who put it in the auction in the first place Sue. Actually, that sounds like a good wheeze. Put something with your name on it in an auction, some kind person like yourself buys it, tracks you down and gives it back. Put it in another auction, etc. etc...

Bob the chap came from Worcestershire. bought this medal from top of Lancashire.

Don't think it matters to me who put it in the Auction.

Another thing WHY are you doing your tree or is it just to put people down for a good deed done.

COS I won't put up with shit from people that trys to put me down.

That is very Kind of you Sue
Well done for been so generous :-D :-D <3 :-D :-D

I recently reunited a Dead Mans Penny with the soldiers Grandaughter and it was a great feeling. I hope you manage to reunite the medal and family good luck with it <3

The only reason I do this is because when my father died my bloody mother sold my fathers medals,swords and all his uniform for a fiver.

They had been separated for years and I didn't know even until 4 weeks after he was dead and buried.

She didn't tell me so I couldn't do much about it.but I did search all the pawn shops and medal shops around the city but never got them back.

My Grandad sold his because after he came back from the war he could not get a job so sold them to eat :-(

Sue

The above census showing an Archie Whitehouse as part of the family, there are several Trees online seems to indicate this man married in 1909 and then emigrated to Canada, the following year, may not be the right man.

The thing is, Sue, that the two people with Archie in their trees may not see your post. It would probably be better if you sent a message to them and hope they still have the email address that they registered with Genes.

Kath. x

Kathleen,I have sent a message to each of them and had a reply from one of them.Will see what reply I get from him.