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| − | Major {{RefLives|https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/320330|Edward Rolleston Palmer|Berryman}} | + | The Imperial War Museum has a large collection of private papers of Major {{RefLives|https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/320330|Edward Rolleston Palmer|Berryman}}. |
| + | * [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030021700 Imperial War Museum Documents.17257]: original documents including personal letters and diaries, photographs and official orders. | ||
*Ted's letters are being blogged on their 100th anniversary at the [http://www.familyletters.co.uk/author/ted/ Family Letters blog]. | *Ted's letters are being blogged on their 100th anniversary at the [http://www.familyletters.co.uk/author/ted/ Family Letters blog]. | ||
*The Berryman family's letters have previously been printed as: Felicite Nesham (ed.), ''Socks, cigarettes and shipwrecks: a family’s war letters 1914-1918'', (Sutton, 1987). | *The Berryman family's letters have previously been printed as: Felicite Nesham (ed.), ''Socks, cigarettes and shipwrecks: a family’s war letters 1914-1918'', (Sutton, 1987). | ||
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| + | Imperial War Museum catalogue shows that Ted served with these units: | ||
| + | * adjutant, second in command and acting commander of [[2nd Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles, Indian]] in India, Mesopotamia and on the Western Front (August 1914 to April 1918) | ||
| + | * [[3/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, UK]] in 1915 | ||
| + | * instructor at an infantry officers’ school near Baghdad (April to August 1918) | ||
| + | * Brigade Major of [[34th Infantry Brigade, UK]] (August 1918 to March 1919) | ||
== Related media == | == Related media == | ||
Revision as of 08:17, 25 May 2015
| 2nd Battalion, 39th Garhwal Rifles, Indian | |
|---|---|
| Years active: | unknown – unknown |
| Country: | India |
| Service: | Indian Army |
| Branch: | unknown |
| Type: | Infantry |
| Specific type: | Infantry battalion |
| Full size: | 1,000 |
| Sources for overview: | |
| Created: | unknown. |
| Sources for created: | |
| Name1: | 2nd Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles |
| Name1 Start: | unknown |
| Name1 End: | unknown |
| Reason for change: | |
| Sources for name1: | |
| Alternate names: | |
| Sources for alternate names: | |
| Disbanded: | unknown. |
| Sources for disbanded: | |
| For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war. | |
| Command structure | |
|---|---|
| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Parent unit: | 20th Indian Infantry Brigade |
| Parent level: | Brigade |
| Start date: | 01/08/1914 |
| End date: | 30/11/1915 |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
|---|---|
| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Parent unit: | 12th Indian Infantry Brigade |
| Parent level: | Brigade |
| Start date: | 01/03/1917 |
| End date: | 30/09/1918 |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
|---|---|
| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Parent unit: | 84th Infantry Brigade, UK |
| Parent level: | Brigade |
| Start date: | 01/10/1918 |
| End date: | 31/03/1919 |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
|---|---|
| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Parent unit: | 85th Infantry Brigade, UK |
| Parent level: | Brigade |
| Start date: | 01/04/1919 |
| End date: | 30/11/1919 |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
|---|---|
| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Parent unit: | 9th Indian Infantry Brigade |
| Parent level: | Brigade |
| Start date: | 01/12/1921 |
| End date: | 31/07/1923 |
| Sources: | |
| Theatre of war | |
|---|---|
| Theatre name: | France, Belgium and Germany |
| Date entered: | 01/08/1914 |
| Date left: | 30/11/1915 |
| Sources: | |
| Theatre of war | |
|---|---|
| Theatre name: | Mesopotamia and North Persia |
| Date entered: | 01/03/1917 |
| Date left: | 30/09/1918 |
| Sources: | |
| Theatre of war | |
|---|---|
| Theatre name: | Salonika, Black Sea and South Russia |
| Date entered: | 01/10/1918 |
| Date left: | 30/11/1919 |
| Sources: | |
| Theatre of war | |
|---|---|
| Theatre name: | India and East Persia |
| Date entered: | 01/12/1921 |
| Date left: | 31/07/1923 |
| Sources: | |
Contents
Personal narratives
Ted Berryman
The Imperial War Museum has a large collection of private papers of Major Template:RefLives.
- Imperial War Museum Documents.17257: original documents including personal letters and diaries, photographs and official orders.
- Ted's letters are being blogged on their 100th anniversary at the Family Letters blog.
- The Berryman family's letters have previously been printed as: Felicite Nesham (ed.), Socks, cigarettes and shipwrecks: a family’s war letters 1914-1918, (Sutton, 1987).
Imperial War Museum catalogue shows that Ted served with these units:
- adjutant, second in command and acting commander of 2nd Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles, Indian in India, Mesopotamia and on the Western Front (August 1914 to April 1918)
- 3/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, UK in 1915
- instructor at an infantry officers’ school near Baghdad (April to August 1918)
- Brigade Major of 34th Infantry Brigade, UK (August 1918 to March 1919)
Related media
Official sources
Unit war diaries
- Template:WarDiaryTNA seems to cover 1st and 2nd battalions.
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Unit histories
Other official documents
Other sources
References
