Looking for further information about my grandfather Harry Boyarsky who joined the 38th Royal Fusiliers in September 2018. Born in Lida nr Grodno he emigrated to Montreal after the war. 
Thanks
Nicholas Boyarsky

Nicholas Boyarsky, are you related to a Rose Boyarsky who married Isaac Solomons (Schloski) in London, England? Isaac Solomons is related to me via. his mother Esther (Berger) Schloski who was one my maternal grandfathers older sisters.

Regards,

Michael Hoffman
Borehamwood,
HERTS, UK

PS. I have some photographs of some of their children.

  

Dear Nicholas,
I've done a good deal of research on the Jewish Legion/Royal Fusiliers.  I found your grandfather's listing in the British medal rolls and am attaching it.  If you'd like more information about the group just let me know. Happy to help.

My best,
Patricia Klindienst
epk13@...

Michael
I'm not sure. I'm at the beginning of the story. We know that Harry was born in Lida (now Belorus) and that he emigrated with his parents Abraham/Avigdor and Frume (Rozenburg) to London as a boy. We have a picture of him aged say 5 at a primary school. After serving in the Jewish Legion he emigrated to Montreal where my father was born. He must have had brothers and sisters that he left behind in London. So it would be interesting to discuss further.

best regards

Nicholas

My father was also in the Jewish Legion, 38th Fusiliers. I was able to get limited information from Avichail on him.  There are three out of print interesting books on the Jewish Legion:
The Story of the Jewish Legion, by Vladimir Jabotinsky
With the Judaens in the Palestine Campaign, by Col. J.H. Patterson
Lone Wolf, by Shmuel Katz, a 2-volume biography of Jabotinsky
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Joyce Field
West Lafayette, INDIANA

Hi Nicholas, 
To search for Births Marriages and Deaths in the UK, first do a search on the following free website www.freebmd.org.uk 

To order certificates you should only use the UK's General Register Office at https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp
Once you have registered you can use the search for Births before 1916 which will indicate the mothers family name before marriage,
this website is the only website that I would recommend that you order certificates from.

You will need to search for Boyarsky in the 1911 Census for England & Wales, be aware that when the Government Official recording the
Census wrote down what he thought he heard the name was, you should also search the similar name of"Boyarsk" note no "Y" on the end.

I would suggest that you join the facebook page for the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain.

If you need any advice in UK research you can put messages on the facebook page of the JGS of Great Britain, or contact me!

Best regards,

Michael Hoffman

  

There is another excellent book on the history of the Jewish Legion.    "The Jewish Legion and the First World War", by Martin Watts.  Publisher - Palgrave (Macmillan) 2004.

I agree that the book by Martin Watts is very good.

My grandfather, Abraham Tattenbaum who was born in Newcastle, joined HM Forces in early 1917.  He was accepted for service in the 15th Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles).  In February 1918, he transferred to the 39th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers.

Emma Tait
London

The website "British Jews in the First World war We were there too" is worth a look https://www.jewsfww.uk/

The Pattinson book is available to view online https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Patterson,%20J.%20H.%20(John%20Henry),%201867-1947

Marsha Rosenberg
London