James Edgar TWOSEAge: 79 years1919–1998
- Name
- James Edgar TWOSE
- Given names
- James Edgar
- Surname
- TWOSE
| Birth | February 8, 1919 37 27 |
| Residence | February 8, 1919 Note: Noted on birth certificate |
| Christening | March 9, 1919 (Age 29 days) |
| Residence | March 9, 1919 (Age 29 days) Note: Noted on Baptism Certificate |
| Portrait | Deal Pier Fancy Dress Carnival 1923 (Age 3 years)Note: Jim and Gladys on a winning streak. |
| Portrait | Pierrot 1924 (Age 4 years)Note: Jim Twose taken in about 1924. Jim Twose 1924 Note: On the reverse this picture has:
Hello Granny and Grandad,
Here I am again.
Sonny Jim |
| Portrait | Jim, Gladys and Harold C1930 1930 (Age 10 years)Note: Bridlington Railway Station. |
| Portrait | St Johns Ambulanceman C.1938 1938 (Age 18 years)Jim Twose (right) Note: St Johns Ambulace Brigade. |
| Military | Called Up For Military Service October 19, 1939 (Age 20 years)Note: Enlisted as a Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Military | 151 CFA, RAMC October 19, 1939 (Age 20 years)Note: Joined 151st Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Reported to Reception Centre, Malton. Conveyed to Newcastle. |
| Military | Army Number 7359635 October 25, 1939 (Age 20 years)Note: Allotted his Army Number. |
| Military | Medical March 26, 1940 (Age 21 years)Note: Assessed as Medically Fit A1. |
| Military | Grading April 4, 1940 (Age 21 years)Note: Graded as Nursing Orderly, Group C, Class 3. |
| Residence | October 10, 1940 (Age 21 years) Note: Address at marriage. |
| Military | Embarkation February 17, 1941 (Age 22 years)Note: Embarked in the UK for travel to Middle East. Arrived in Egypt on 22 Feb 1941. |
| Military | Grading June 28, 1941 (Age 22 years)Note: Advanced to Nursing Orderly, Group C, Class 2. |
| Military | Leave August 5, 1941 (Age 22 years)Note: Granted leave until 9 August 1941. |
| Military | Leave October 30, 1941 (Age 22 years)Note: Granted 5 days leave to 3 November 1941 |
| Military | Wounded November 21, 1941 (Age 22 years)Note: Wounded in action and taken prisoner, probably in Libya by the Italians. |
| Military | Hospitalisation December 1, 1941 (Age 22 years)Note: After his brief spell as a prisoner of war he was released and admitted to hospital. This was probably during a British counter offensive, Operation Compass, against the Italians in Western Egypt and Eastern Libya. |
| Military | Prisoner Of War December 18, 1941 (Age 22 years)Note: A Letter from the RAMC. Jim Twose In The Desert Note: Jim shows off his war wound. Two of these soldiers are Pte. Lambert and Pte. Durham but its' not clear which. |
| Military | Transfer February 24, 1942 (Age 23 years)Note: Transferred to No 2 Convalescence Depot. |
| Military | Hospitalization June 14, 1942 (Age 23 years)Note: Discharged to Base Depot. |
| Military | Transferred June 19, 1942 (Age 23 years)Note: Transferred to 1 Base Transfusion Unit. Army Blood Transfusion Unit Note: The characteristic "Vampire" sign outside an Advanced Blood Bank in the Western Desert. Dressing stations and mobile operating theatres draw blood as required.
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| Military | Transfer August 11, 1942 (Age 23 years)Note: Attached to 1st British General Hospital, Kantara, Egypt. Western Desert Note: Privates Wright, Smith and Short. |
| Military | Transfer August 23, 1942 (Age 23 years)Note: Attached to 2nd British General Hospital at Tahag Camp, Quassassin near Ismalia in Egypt. Western Desert 1943 Note: Jim Twose is top right. The photo is annotated on the rear with the subsequent fate of those pictured (see image of back). |
| Military | Transfer February 15, 1943 (Age 24 years)Note: Attached to No 3 Field Transfusion Unit (FTU), Alexandria.
A F.T.U. was a small unit carrying in general only medical equipment relating to Blood Transfusion and was therefore unable to function except when attached to a larger medical unit. It however possessed its own transport and was able to move quickly from one medical unit to another if required. Usually it worked in close co-operation with a Field Surgical Unit, assisting it in pre-operative treatment and selection of cases. When manned by Army personnel, it consisted of an R.A.MC. officer in command, with a corporal in charge of the transfusion team, and one or two other R.A.M.C. men and a driver for the refrigerator truck. Jim Twose, Cairo 1943 Note: Left to Right: Pte. Edwards, Pte. McEvoy and Pte. Twose |
| Military | Transfer February 16, 1943 (Age 24 years)Note: Moved from Alexandria. Arrived at Tripoli West on 20 February 1943.
The Allies had captured Tripoli on 23 January 1943. |
| Military | Promotion March 23, 1943 (Age 24 years)Note: Appointed as Unpaid Lance Corporal. |
| Military | Promotion April 13, 1943 (Age 24 years)Note: Promotion ratified to Paid Lance Corporal. |
| Military | Transfer June 1943 (Age 24 years)Note: An undated entry in his service Record states "SOS MEF on embarking for unknown destination". SOS - Struck Off Strength, MEF - Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
This would have been connected with the invasion of Sicily which started at midnight 9-10 June 1943. The reason for the cryptic entry in his record was that the planned invasion was being kept secret. To distract the Axis, and if possible divert some of their forces to other areas, the Allies had engaged in several deception operations. This was successful and reduced the strength of the German and Italian Forces.
The enemy forces had withdrawn from Sicily by 18 August 1943 but Jim's role with the RAMC would have meant a large clear up job dealing with the wounded. Army Blood Transfusion Unit Note: A Transfusion Orderly administers an emergency plasma transfusion during heavy fighting.
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| Military | Leave March 19, 1944 (Age 25 years)Note: Disembarked in the UK and granted 21 days disembarkation leave. |
| Military | Posted May 9, 1944 (Age 25 years)Note: Posted to Army Blood Supply Depot, Southmead Hospital, Bristol and relinquishes rank of Paid Lance Corporal (ie. now back to Private).
In 1938 the Ministry of Defence had established a committee in London to consider how blood transfusion support would be provided to military hospitals in the event of war. This led to the formation of the Army Blood Transfusion Service and the opening of the Army Blood Supply Depot (ABSD), Bristol in 1939, which was the first military transfusion service in the world.
Such was the demand at the outbreak of war that the ABSD processed more than 33,000 donations in its first year \endash six times more than the busiest civilian service prior to the war. The ABSD went on to produce all dried products, crystalloids and grouping sera, as well as all the equipment for collecting and administering blood. Bristol's Army Blood Transfusion Service, Feb 1944 Note: A Blood Donation Campaign carried out a few weeks before Jim was posted to Bristol.
A busy scene Colston Avenue in Bristol, showing pedestrians and vehicles going about their daily business. The statue of Edmund Burke has been covered in boards publicising the Ministry of Information blood donation campaign. Along with an illustration of a wounded serviceman and the dates of the campaign, the poster includes the words: "Enrol as a blood donor for the Second Front". In the background, the large warehouse buildings of Thos. Reynolds and Sons Ltd, a builders' merchant and iron monger and E Taylor and Sons Ltd, a leather merchant, can be seen. In addition, to the left of the photograph, is the large Bristol and West Building Society. Behind the warehouse buildings, the tower of St Stephen's Church on Corn Street is also clearly visible. Parked beside the statue is a blood transfusion van, which has a map on the rear which illustrates "Where your blood goes".
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| Military | Training July 11, 1944 (Age 25 years)Note: Attended and passed a course of instruction in the duties of a Transfusion Orderly, Group C, Class I. |
| Military | Training July 11, 1944 (Age 25 years)Note: Becomes Advanced Transfusion Orderly, Class I.
Main Laboratory : Army Blood Supply Depot Note: In the foreground a woman in a green uniform stands at a bench covered with empty bell jars. To the left another woman is pouring blood from one jar to another through a funnel. In the background there are racks of jars, some full, some empty next to two women and a soldier standing at a large metallic bowl attached to a machine.
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| Military | Promotion March 12, 1945 (Age 26 years)Note: Promoted to Corporal (Unpaid). Army Blood Supply Depot Note: Corporal Toye, an ATS medical technician, inspects a bottle of plasma before it is placed in store at the Army Blood Supply Depot at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. All plasma is kept for 3 weeks at room temperature then re-examined by a medical officer before being released.
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| Military | Promotion May 15, 1945 (Age 26 years)Note: Promoted to Corporal (Paid). Effective from 12 March 1945. |
| Military | Promotion June 10, 1945 (Age 26 years)Note: Appointed War Substantive (WS) rank of Corporal.
War Substantive (WS) rank means that the holder may revert at the end of war to the previous rank held. |
| Occupation | Corporal RAMC October 3, 1945 (Age 26 years)Note: Noted on Christine's birth certificate |
| Occupation | Motor Mechanic October 3, 1945 (Age 26 years)Note: Noted on Christine's birth certificate |
| Residence | October 3, 1945 (Age 26 years) Note: Noted on Christine's birth certificate |
| Military | Promotion November 26, 1945 (Age 26 years)Note: Promoted to Acting Paid Sergeant after holding the rank unpaid for 21 days. |
| Military | Posted January 1, 1946 (Age 26 years)Note: Posted to Army Transfusion Store Depot, West House, Chilton Polden, Somerset. Relinquishes Acting Sergeant rank and reverts to War Substantive Corporal. |
| Military | Promotion January 15, 1946 (Age 26 years)Note: Promoted again to Acting Paid Sergeant |
| Residence | February 20, 1946 (Age 27 years) Note: Address at Release Medical. |
| Military | Medical February 20, 1946 (Age 27 years)Note: Medically examined for the purpose of release. Medical Category B2. |
| Military | Release February 28, 1946 (Age 27 years)Note: Struck Off Strength on proceeding for release. |
| Military | Released From Service March 1, 1946 (Age 27 years)Note: Transferred to Reserve List. |
| Military | Award of WW2 Medals 1946 (Age 26 years)Note: Details of Jim Twose's medals. |
| Military | Record of Service in RAMC 1946 (Age 26 years) |
| Portrait | Joan Audrey, Annie, Christine and Jim C1947 1947 (Age 27 years)Note: Bridlington Beach |
| Occupation | Newsagent (Retired) July 1, 1998 (on the date of death)Note: Occupation on death certificate. |
| Residence | July 1, 1998 (on the date of death) Note: Address at death. |
| Death | July 1, 1998 (Age 79 years) |
| Unique identifier | 16391479197043C5AFA3E392065CCA5FBFB3 yes |
| Last change | December 21, 2016 – 09:36 |
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Birth: September 15, 1881 26 24 — Gas Street Death: December 19, 1960 — 84 Windsor Crescent |
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Marriage: July 26, 1915 — Leeds Register Office, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
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20 months elder sister |
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23 months himself |
Birth: February 8, 1919 37 27 — Bower's Row Death: July 1, 1998 — 19 Fosseway Gardens |
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3 years younger brother |
Birth: July 26, 1921 39 30 — Coastguard Station Death: December 25, 2001 — Bridlington & District Hospital |
| Family with Annie Maria DANIELS |
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Birth: February 8, 1919 37 27 — Bower's Row Death: July 1, 1998 — 19 Fosseway Gardens |
| wife |
Birth: November 4, 1918 26 25 — Bridlington Death: March 11, 2002 — Bloomfield Care Home |
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Private |
| Residence | Noted on birth certificate |
| Residence | Noted on Baptism Certificate |
| Portrait | Jim and Gladys on a winning streak. |
| Portrait | Jim Twose taken in about 1924. |
| Portrait | Bridlington Railway Station. |
| Military | Enlisted as a Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Military | Joined 151st Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Reported to Reception Centre, Malton. Conveyed to Newcastle. |
| Military | Allotted his Army Number. |
| Military | Assessed as Medically Fit A1. |
| Military | Graded as Nursing Orderly, Group C, Class 3. |
| Residence | Address at marriage. |
| Military | Embarked in the UK for travel to Middle East. Arrived in Egypt on 22 Feb 1941. |
| Military | Advanced to Nursing Orderly, Group C, Class 2. |
| Military | Granted leave until 9 August 1941. |
| Military | Granted 5 days leave to 3 November 1941 |
| Military | Wounded in action and taken prisoner, probably in Libya by the Italians. |
| Military | After his brief spell as a prisoner of war he was released and admitted to hospital. This was probably during a British counter offensive, Operation Compass, against the Italians in Western Egypt and Eastern Libya. |
| Military | A Letter from the RAMC. |
| Military | Transferred to No 2 Convalescence Depot. |
| Military | Discharged to Base Depot. |
| Military | Transferred to 1 Base Transfusion Unit. |
| Military | Attached to 1st British General Hospital, Kantara, Egypt. |
| Military | Attached to 2nd British General Hospital at Tahag Camp, Quassassin near Ismalia in Egypt. |
| Military | Attached to No 3 Field Transfusion Unit (FTU), Alexandria.
A F.T.U. was a small unit carrying in general only medical equipment relating to Blood Transfusion and was therefore unable to function except when attached to a larger medical unit. It however possessed its own transport and was able to move quickly from one medical unit to another if required. Usually it worked in close co-operation with a Field Surgical Unit, assisting it in pre-operative treatment and selection of cases. When manned by Army personnel, it consisted of an R.A.MC. officer in command, with a corporal in charge of the transfusion team, and one or two other R.A.M.C. men and a driver for the refrigerator truck. |
| Military | Moved from Alexandria. Arrived at Tripoli West on 20 February 1943.
The Allies had captured Tripoli on 23 January 1943. |
| Military | Appointed as Unpaid Lance Corporal. |
| Military | Promotion ratified to Paid Lance Corporal. |
| Military | An undated entry in his service Record states "SOS MEF on embarking for unknown destination". SOS - Struck Off Strength, MEF - Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
This would have been connected with the invasion of Sicily which started at midnight 9-10 June 1943. The reason for the cryptic entry in his record was that the planned invasion was being kept secret. To distract the Axis, and if possible divert some of their forces to other areas, the Allies had engaged in several deception operations. This was successful and reduced the strength of the German and Italian Forces.
The enemy forces had withdrawn from Sicily by 18 August 1943 but Jim's role with the RAMC would have meant a large clear up job dealing with the wounded. |
| Military | Disembarked in the UK and granted 21 days disembarkation leave. |
| Military | Posted to Army Blood Supply Depot, Southmead Hospital, Bristol and relinquishes rank of Paid Lance Corporal (ie. now back to Private).
In 1938 the Ministry of Defence had established a committee in London to consider how blood transfusion support would be provided to military hospitals in the event of war. This led to the formation of the Army Blood Transfusion Service and the opening of the Army Blood Supply Depot (ABSD), Bristol in 1939, which was the first military transfusion service in the world.
Such was the demand at the outbreak of war that the ABSD processed more than 33,000 donations in its first year \endash six times more than the busiest civilian service prior to the war. The ABSD went on to produce all dried products, crystalloids and grouping sera, as well as all the equipment for collecting and administering blood. |
| Military | Attended and passed a course of instruction in the duties of a Transfusion Orderly, Group C, Class I. |
| Military | Becomes Advanced Transfusion Orderly, Class I.
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| Military | Promoted to Corporal (Unpaid). |
| Military | Promoted to Corporal (Paid). Effective from 12 March 1945. |
| Military | Appointed War Substantive (WS) rank of Corporal.
War Substantive (WS) rank means that the holder may revert at the end of war to the previous rank held. |
| Occupation | Noted on Christine's birth certificate |
| Occupation | Noted on Christine's birth certificate |
| Residence | Noted on Christine's birth certificate |
| Military | Promoted to Acting Paid Sergeant after holding the rank unpaid for 21 days. |
| Military | Posted to Army Transfusion Store Depot, West House, Chilton Polden, Somerset. Relinquishes Acting Sergeant rank and reverts to War Substantive Corporal. |
| Military | Promoted again to Acting Paid Sergeant |
| Residence | Address at Release Medical. |
| Military | Medically examined for the purpose of release. Medical Category B2. |
| Military | Struck Off Strength on proceeding for release. |
| Military | Transferred to Reserve List. |
| Military | Details of Jim Twose's medals. |
| Portrait | Bridlington Beach |
| Occupation | Occupation on death certificate. |
| Residence | Address at death. |
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| Portrait | Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 554 × 946 pixels File size: 85 KB Highlighted image: no Note: On the reverse this picture has:
Hello Granny and Grandad,
Here I am again.
Sonny Jim |
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| Military | Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 1,000 × 721 pixels File size: 146 KB Note: Jim shows off his war wound. Two of these soldiers are Pte. Lambert and Pte. Durham but its' not clear which. |
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| Military | Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 795 × 800 pixels File size: 77 KB Highlighted image: no Note: A Blood Donation Campaign carried out a few weeks before Jim was posted to Bristol.
A busy scene Colston Avenue in Bristol, showing pedestrians and vehicles going about their daily business. The statue of Edmund Burke has been covered in boards publicising the Ministry of Information blood donation campaign. Along with an illustration of a wounded serviceman and the dates of the campaign, the poster includes the words: "Enrol as a blood donor for the Second Front". In the background, the large warehouse buildings of Thos. Reynolds and Sons Ltd, a builders' merchant and iron monger and E Taylor and Sons Ltd, a leather merchant, can be seen. In addition, to the left of the photograph, is the large Bristol and West Building Society. Behind the warehouse buildings, the tower of St Stephen's Church on Corn Street is also clearly visible. Parked beside the statue is a blood transfusion van, which has a map on the rear which illustrates "Where your blood goes".
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| Military | Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 800 × 493 pixels File size: 81 KB Highlighted image: no Note: In the foreground a woman in a green uniform stands at a bench covered with empty bell jars. To the left another woman is pouring blood from one jar to another through a funnel. In the background there are racks of jars, some full, some empty next to two women and a soldier standing at a large metallic bowl attached to a machine.
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| Military | Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 761 × 800 pixels File size: 96 KB Highlighted image: no Note: Corporal Toye, an ATS medical technician, inspects a bottle of plasma before it is placed in store at the Army Blood Supply Depot at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. All plasma is kept for 3 weeks at room temperature then re-examined by a medical officer before being released.
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