Greetings . I am researching George A Triggs dob 8/9/1918 , He appears on the 1939 Register , under the occupation column it states ARMY T/10270926 remainder illegible ,There is also an entry for a George Triggs on a list of 1940 Royal Artillery Attestations . Could anyone suggest whether the number T/10270926... Is in fact an Army service number and whether the initial T indicates a particular branch or unit ? Thanks Clive Farmer
Hi Clive I could be wrong here (others will correct) which has been known before but I believe the 'T' in front of a service number refers to his trade as a Driver (so probably in the RASC) TD
The last column in the 1939 Register has ???y Unit R.A. I would suggest Royal Artillery. If his number was 1027092 it would fall within The Royal Artillery (Field, Coastal & Anti Aircraft) which is between 721001 and 1842000. The George Triggs attestation 1701110 also falls in this range, looks like 85th Light Anti aircraft Regt, the date might suggest from 20.10.41 and a possible discharge 11.11.42 KR’s Para (XVIIIa). More info on numbers here: Block numbers The number 10270921 suggests Militia ? Note the line above in the 1939 Register, I would guess also a Triggs, ? Royal Navy Seaman Torpedo – did George have a brother? I would suggest contacting FMP for a better image.
If this is your man (from a family tree) then: George Alexander Triggs 1918–2000 BIRTH 6 SEP 1918 • West Derby, Lancashire, England DEATH MAY 2000 • Chester and Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England Slight difference in the date of birth Death cert details: Name George Alexander Triggs Birth Date 6 Sep 1918 Date of Registration May 2000 Age at Death 81 Registration district Chester and ellesmere Port Inferred County Cheshire Register Number A45 District and Subdistrict 3401A Entry Number 256 Apply for his service records - TD
Looking at the death register was his name George Alexander Triggs? If this is the case search the newspapers on FMP Cheshire Observer 4 December 1943 Posthumous BEM Award Mrs Harriet Jones of 2 Beechwood Road has received at Buckingham Palace, the British Empire Medal awarded to her eldest son, the late Chief Petty Officer William Joseph Triggs, for meritorious services during the occupation of North Africa. Mrs Jones has another son George Alexander Triggs who is serving with the REME abroad. In the 1939 Register George is living with a Harriet Jones. QED?
Thanks for all the replies , much of which is new information . My main interest is in George Triggs' brother William Joseph Triggs . He served on HMS Hecla , a destroyer depot ship which hit a mine off west Africa in May 1942 .There was extensive damage , considerable loss of life and great danger because the ship was carrying ammunition and torpedoes . Triggs was awarded the BEM (London Gazette 35859 8th January 1943 ) for his work in helping to save the ship. Hecla was repaired , sailed north as part of the naval element of Operation Torch , spotted by U-515 and hit by five torpedoes . Triggs lost his life along with 300 of his shipmates , I have Triggs BEM and his campaign medals and have arranged to donate them to the RN Museum Portsmouth . The Museum has very limited research resources so would only accept the medals if the came with background information , hence my research .For anyone interested try Googling , Hecla , Venomous , U-515 , or Kapitan Henke and there is much information . Re George Triggs I guess the only way to resolve his unit is to get his service record , because it could be RA , RASC or if the Cheshire Observer is to be believed REME .The Cheshire OBserver journalist says Triggs got his award for the occupation of North Africa which is plain wrong so I doubt the journalist had the time or ability to do much research , so maybe REME is a red herring . Re 1939 Register , it is clear that in the case of Triggs and maybe more generally the register was updated well after 1939 because the note on William Triggs refers to the torpedo incident which took place in 1942 . Both Triggs brothers had a difficult time as children , their father Reginald Triggs died in 1918 when William was 2 and George a few months old . The death seems not to be war related and I can find no trace of any war service for Reginald Triggs . Mrs Triggs remarried in 1933 hence the name Jones . Finally the reference to George , Kings Regulations XVIIIa I cant find what this is - maybe invalided out because of wounds or sickness ? thanks for all the info so far Clive
The Type IXC boat U-515 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net HMS Hecla (F 20) (British Destroyer tender) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net HMS Hecla (i) (F 20) of the Royal Navy - British Destroyer Depot Ship of the Hecla class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net List of casualties: Crewlist from HMS Hecla (F 20) (British destroyer tender) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net TD
Reginald Triggs - his death cert would tell you what he died of: Reginald R A Triggs in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Reginald R A Triggs Birth Date: abt 1894 Date of Registration: Dec 1918 Age at Death: 24 Registration district: West Derby Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 8b Page: 916 There are a few family trees on Ancestry that hold his details Reginald Herbert Alexander TRIGGS 1892–1918 BIRTH 02 JUN 1892 • Liverpool ,LANCASHIRE DEATH DEC 1918 • West Derby, LANCASHIRE TD
I have been recording the lives of the men who were aboard HMS HECLA on the 11 - 12 November when she was torpedoed for many years and link to them from my website about HMS VENOMOUS and HECLA: Home Page for HMS Hecla, the destroyer depot ship torpedoed off north Africa, Armistice Day 1942 And from their names on the crew list here: HMS_HECLA-Crew List Can you provide an entry for William Joseph Triggs? Please contact me via the site or this Forum. Bill Forster
Hi Clive, re your first post.My father was a driver throughout ww2 with the RASC and his number was T/251275. T= Transport. I was watching a book review about the RASC on yutube the other night, (run away someone's coming).He said the RASC was the biggest unit in the british army,with around 300,000 personnel,and the MOD had to employ extra contractor's to make the 20 odd variations of cap badges.(iv'e seen 3 different variations) best.....Graham.
Dear Clive, Apologies but I have only just stumbled across this post, purely by chance. I am George Triggs' grandson. I have his war medals and also a photograph of his late brother William. I'd love to speak to you. If you can reply to this post, then maybe we could exchange email addresses? Regards, David