James Lindsey
James Lindsey, son of Postmaster E. A. Lindsey of Boyce, "received a war medal for valor at the front in France," the Clarke Courier reported in April 1923. The paper noted that the Virginia War History did not give his name in its list of Clarke men decorated in the World War, and that he had objected to the Courier's publishing the award at the time.
World War I as the cited records state it
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IDENTITY Confirmed The page rests on one Courier item that names him; he is not linked to any other Lindsey here.
Clarke connection: Residence in a list note: the Courier of April 26, 1923, in a list of Clarke soldiers awarded medals, names him as the son of Postmaster E. A. Lindsey of Boyce (C554).
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| War | World War I | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923 The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
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| Date not established | The Clarke Courier of April 26, 1923, printing a list of Clarke soldiers awarded medals in the World War from the first volume of the Virginia War History, notes that the volume does not give the name of James Lindsey, son of Postmaster E. A. Lindsey of Boyce, who received a war medal for valor at the front in France, and that he had objected to the Courier's publishing the award at the time. | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY ConfirmedThis is the item the entity was created from. | See the source and its limits✓ LikelyAn account exists
The Clarke Courier of April 26, 1923, printing a list of Clarke soldiers awarded medals in the World War from the first volume of the Virginia War History, notes that the volume does not give the name of James Lindsey, son of Postmaster E. A. Lindsey of Boyce, who received a war medal for valor at the front in France, and that he had objected to the Courier's publishing the award at the time. What the source supportsThat James Lindsey of Boyce received a war medal for valor at the front in France, as the Clarke Courier reported in 1923. UncertaintyRead from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item does not name the medal, and the Virginia War History volume it describes leaves him out. His father, E. A. Lindsey, is not recorded here, and he is not linked to any other Lindsey. SourceEvidence role: supports. The April 26, 1923 note on the Virginia War History. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923Clarke Courier · 1923-04-26 (publication) Locator: Page 1, list of war honors awarded Clarke soldiers, from the Virginia War History Relevant passageFrom the first volume of the Virginia War History, Col. Alfred B. Williams. Editor of The Leesburg Miror [Mirror], has complied the list of soldiers from Clarke and adjoining counties who were awarded medals for valor and meritorious duty during the World War. ... This volume does not give the name of James Lindsey, son of Postmaster E. A. Lindsey of Boyce, who received a war medal for valor at the front in France. This may be “Jim's’’ fault, as he is a modest young man and strenuously objected to Courier's publication of the award to him at the time it was made. Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected. Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Evidence role: supports. The same passage, read from the page image and shown in the clipping above. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923Clarke Courier · 1923-04-26 (publication) Locator: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, page 1, report "Ten War Honors For Clarke County", opening, the passage beginning "From the first volume of the..." Relevant passageFrom the first volume of the Virginia War History, Col. Alfred B. Williams, Editor of The Leesburg Miror [sic], has complied [sic] the list of soldiers from Clarke and adjoining counties who were awarded medals for valor and meritorious duty during the World War. Ten honors were awarded the County of Clarke and of its sons received war medals, according to the complication [sic] in the first volume. This volume does not give the name of James Lindsey, son of Postmaster E. A. Lindsey, of Boyce, who received a war medal for valor at the front in France. Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. |
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The opening paragraphs of the report Ten War Honors For Clarke County in the Clarke Courier of April 26, 1923: the list of medals compiled from the first volume of the Virginia War History, a note that it omits the war medal of James Lindsey, of Boyce, and the start of the citation for John R. Castleman, Jr.
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Clarke Courier (Berryville, Va.), April 26, 1923, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Rights Changes: Cut from the Library of Congress page image at full resolution (the region lies at box 1484,1802 335x979 pixels of the saved half-size copy of the page) and shown at its own 670 by 1958 pixels; not scaled, retouched, enhanced, highlighted or re-encoded.
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Passage it reproduces: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, page 1, report "Ten War Honors For Clarke County", opening, the passage beginning "From the first volume of the..."
Statements on this site that rest on it:
- The Clarke Courier of April 26, 1923, printing a list of Clarke soldiers awarded medals in the World War from the first volume of the Virginia War History, notes that the volume does not give the name of James Lindsey, son of Postmaster E. A. Lindsey of Boyce, who received a war medal for valor at the front in France, and that he had objected to the Courier's publishing the award at the time.
People namedJames Lindsey, John R. Castleman, Jr.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, page 1.
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From the first volume of the Virginia War History, Col. Alfred B. Williams, Editor of The Leesburg Miror [sic], has complied [sic] the list of soldiers from Clarke and adjoining counties who were awarded medals for valor and meritorious duty during the World War. Ten honors were awarded the County of Clarke and of its sons received war medals, according to the complication [sic] in the first volume. This volume does not give the name of James Lindsey, son of Postmaster E. A. Lindsey, of Boyce, who received a war medal for valor at the front in France. This may be "Jim's" fault, as he is a modest young man and strenuously objected to the Courier's publication of the award to him at the time it was made. The following are the critations [sic] and other honors awarded Clarke soldiers: J. G. B. Campbell, commandant sanitary service, unit 623, cited by Marshal Petain, of the French army, "By an example of his valor, courage and coolness he obtained from his unit the maximum support during the offensive of May, 1918, when he executed a perilous mission and exposed himself in order to accomplish it, and succeeded, in the midst of violent bombardments, in rescue the wounded." John R. Castleman, Berryville, first lieut. air service pilot, distinguished service cross, Romagne, France, Oct. 5, 1918, "for extraordinary heroism in action. In spite of being attacked by seven enemy planes (type Fokker) and later by 5 (type Pfalz) Lieut. Castleman successfully accomplished a photographic mission six kilometers behind the German lines, without pro-
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- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, Clarke Courier
- Date as printed
- 1923-04-26 (published)
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- 1 as printed
- Passage
- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, page 1, report "Ten War Honors For Clarke County", opening, the passage beginning "From the first volume of the..."
- What it supports
- The Clarke Courier of April 26, 1923, printing a list of Clarke soldiers awarded medals in the World War from the first volume of the Virginia War History, notes that the volume does not give the name of James Lindsey, son of Postmaster E. A. Lindsey of Boyce, who received a war medal for valor at the front in France, and that he had objected to the Courier's publishing the award at the time.
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- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, Page 1, list of war honors awarded Clarke soldiers, from the Virginia War History. The text was read from a transcription or machine reading, not from a saved page image.
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