6290784 Pte Edward DIXON, 1 Buffs - Help Interpret Service Records

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  1. dryan67

    dryan67 Senior Member

    In order to help a fellow forum member, I have attached the service records for Pte. Edward (Ted) Dixon (#6290784). He served from 1940 to 1946 with the 1st Battalion, The Buffs. I have cleaned up the record sheets to make them easier to read and have started a summary for the war years. Each of these is attached. Any help would be appreciated in the interpretation.
     

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  2. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    I think your YTC is actually ITC - Infantry Training Company

    WPP perhaps - not sure but ? Pay & Provisions (or similar) increasd by 6d per day (6d is now equivalent to 5 pence today)

    Lunch beckons

    TD
     
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  3. timuk

    timuk Well-Known Member

    If no one else comes up with the answer I'll check later but I think:
    WPP is an incremental pay increase due to time in - in this case one year's service.
    SPP is Specialist Pay.

    Tim
     
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  4. scar54

    scar54 Member

    Thanks guys If anyone can decipher the second file I'd be very grateful.
    Sue
     
  5. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    What specifically do you need to know


    It looks as though he was admitted to 137 Field Ambulance who took him to 13 VDTT and next day he was released back to unit

    06 Dec 1945 he was reclassified - to be honest dont understand the details
    31 Dec 1945 sent back to UK via Python (as system for soldiers overseas for long periods that was used to see who got shipped home first)
    02 Jan 1946 arrives back in UK and goes into a holding battalion to undergo checks etc before finally being released
    30 Mar 1946 posted to 99 Polish Repatriation Camp (that might be an area for further research)
    06 Jun 1946 released from army

    Look as though he spent a little while in early 1946 at what appears to be SE Command Weapons Training School, perhaps as an instructor of some sort

    TD
     
  6. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    I see he was awarded the Africa Star with 8th Army clasp
    Africa Star - Wikipedia
    The 8th Army Clasp was awarded for service with the Eighth Army between 23 October 1942 and 12 May 1943 inclusive. An Arabic numeral "8" is worn on the ribbon bar in undress to denote the award of this clasp

    but his records dont seem to show him transferring over to Italy as there doesnt appear to an award for the Italy Star - is there more to his service records or have you posted all you have? I am wondering where he was, what he was doing in North Africa between Aug 1943 and Jun 1945??

    TD
     
  7. minden1759

    minden1759 Senior Member

    1 Buffs were part of 18 Lorried Inf Bde during their time in Italy and were pushed around as a bit of a 'rent a mob'. 18 Lorried Inf Bde were moved to Anzio in Mar 44 as part of 1 BR Inf Div when the exhausted 24 Gds Bde were withdrawn.

    Here they stayed until Aug 44 when they were switched to 1 BR Armd Div for Op OLIVE - the assault on the Gothic Line at Rimini. In Jan 45, 18 Lorried Inf Bde was broken up and 1 Buffs were sent to 24 Gds Bde in 56 BR Inf Div for the rest of the war .

    Regards

    Frank
     
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  8. scar54

    scar54 Member

    Hiya TD Yes he has was in Italy and has the star, it's this campaign I'd like to find more info on ie battles and areas he was in..
    Like most, he didn't talk of his time in the war. I have a poem about the desert rats in his hand writing from then, so I'm pretty sure he was along side them.
     
  9. scar54

    scar54 Member

    Thanks Frank. Yep, sure Anzio was mentioned. Where were 24 Gds Bde for the rest of the war please.. Sorry for all the questions guys.
     
  10. dryan67

    dryan67 Senior Member

    Scar54 has add these additional documents for Edward Dixon.
     

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  11. scar54

    scar54 Member

    Thank you
    He did have a circular scar on his leg that he said was shrapnel, hence the need for the field ambulance posibly. Would you happen to know what 13VTDD stands for.

    I know he waw up in Scotland at the Polish repatriation camp, a I have letters my mother wrote to him. Not sure what doing tho!
     
  12. scar54

    scar54 Member

    I asked if David would add these for me to show he recieved the Italy star but that there is nothing down for 44/45 in this document :banghead:
     
  13. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    I have to be delicate here - the trip to 13 VDTT was only for a day so I dont suspect it was for a shrapnel wound. It was also in Sep 1945, hostilities ended in May 1945

    I cant see where he was in hospital for any period of time that would show a major injury requiring hospitalisation for say 2 months or so to recover from a shrapnel wound

    TD
     
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  14. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    Hi,

    The abbreviation on his B103 is actually 13 VDTT and given it is on the same day as he went into a Field Ambulance then the medical usage of VD may apply.

    Possibly VD Test & Treatment?

    Having had sight of numerous Canadian & Australian service files I’d hazard a guess that the “test” was negative as he would not have been discharged (no pun) the following day if it had been positive as he would’ve remained for treatment.

    Steve
     
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  15. scar54

    scar54 Member

    Ok.. I'm getting your drift guys.Single guy. He wasn't bad looking . **** happens :)
     
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  16. scar54

    scar54 Member

    Never crossed my mind but hey. Hardly suprising under the circumstances. Cheers Steve
     
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    scar54 Member

     
  18. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    Hi,

    It should go without saying that medical science wasn’t as advanced then as now. I’ve seen files where the “illness” identified at the unit sick parade was quickly discovered to be not “sexually transmitted” after just a cursory examination at a specialist facility.

    Steve
     
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  19. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    There are only a very few people who examine my specialist facility :blush::whistle:

    TD
     
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  20. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    Sounds like you are channelling Frankie Howard or Kenneth Williams there Richard ... ooo err misses....or....stop messing about:rolleyes:
     
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