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Cover addressed to the 17th Stationary Hospital, Bombay, India sent from P. Robertson, Civil Detenus, Conception, Valparaiso, Chile. Chile interned a few German sailors, but Robertson doesn't sound very German. Any references to British or American internment of civilians in neutral Chile would be appreciated.
I have the original document awarding the rank of Flight Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Air Service, to a Joseph Francis Thomas Fenn, dated 1st May 1918, backdated to 30 January 1918. 'Signed' by George V.
I can find no reference to him on the internet. Can anyone help?
Cheers
Tony
Ancestry have him as being in the RAF from 1st April 1918 and on the Unemployed list from the 15th September 1919. A later record shows him as a motor engineer and sales manager. He died in January 1992, aged 94
The cover shown has APO 723 address so presumably the recipient is going to Greece where at some point he has become a PoW as per cachets.
Can any one tell me what the "G.M." mark is an abbreviation for and also the G.H.Q. 0.2.E. M.E.F. No 4 in the boxed cachet means. I can work out the GHQ and MEF bits, but not the 02E and No 4.
Hi Jim,
Would G.M. not be the initials of the person at O.2.E that checked their records and then applied the redirected and Reported POW cachets.
Peter
Help please. A scruffy cover from Kenya dated 18 November 1942. Where is APO 4330?
Michael
Thank you! I think I have "civil detenus" on my mind and should have been more observant.