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I often wondered what was the draft about and who it was intended. Nowadays I just delete without opening it to save the embarrassment of wondering why Joe Bloggs hadn't replied to it 😀
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19-02-2024 2:15 PM
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Pam I often wondered what was the draft about...
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23-12-2023 7:51 PM
Thread: It’s that time again!
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Hope everyone enjoy the festive break. Merry...
Hope everyone enjoy the festive break.
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04-12-2023 8:49 PM
Thread: Stripper
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Nottingham was the home for a tobacco warehouse...
Nottingham was the home for a tobacco warehouse for Players cigarettes.
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13-11-2023 5:43 AM
Thread: RAF Pilot South Africa WW2
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Hello From Wikipedia, It appears that SA...
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12-11-2023 1:33 PM
Thread: Remembrance Sunday 2023
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Served at Cranwell, saw more of it than most...
Served at Cranwell, saw more of it than most folks there but that was a few years ago
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08-11-2023 11:29 AM
Thread: WW2 RAF Unit abbreviation
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Hello Guessing here, but it might be No1 School...
Hello
Guessing here, but it might be No1 School of Technical Training
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24-05-2023 7:04 PM
Thread: Determining Companies in a Regiment
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Would it be the 'ship's captain' and not the...
Would it be the 'ship's captain' and not the regiment's captain who was named??
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18-05-2023 6:24 PM
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Hello and welcome to BritGen For Army records...
Hello and welcome to BritGen
For Army records please see this post
Regarding the RAF query, he might have enlisted into the RAF then transferred to the Tank Corp.
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18-03-2023 8:03 PM
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Hi Richard Looks like a blazer badge to me.
Hi Richard
Looks like a blazer badge to me. -
17-03-2023 10:19 PM
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Hello Richard The badge does sound like a...
Hello Richard
The badge does sound like a blazer one, they used to be sown with gold wire. The crown would be the Kings one.
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01-01-2023 1:45 PM
Thread: Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year everyone, let start demolishing...
Happy New Year everyone, let start demolishing some brick walls
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25-11-2022 7:56 PM
Thread: No - not that sort!
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My brain thought fairground, then what type of...
My brain thought fairground, then what type of roundabout, 1921 it would have been steam driven, so lots of colour and smells
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19-11-2022 2:44 PM
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Hello Jim MU stood for Maintenance Unit...
Hello Jim
MU stood for Maintenance Unit recently, although this won't apply to someone listening to radio transmissions, but might help making it a Wireless Unit, whether that was a wartime unit I... -
17-11-2022 7:46 PM
Thread: Army Enquiry Records
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Have you tried the 1921 census records? With his...
Have you tried the 1921 census records?
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16-10-2022 9:09 PM
Thread: Guy Etchells
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Sorry to hear about Guy, he was very...
Sorry to hear about Guy, he was very knowledgeable and helpful.
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30-09-2022 8:44 PM
Thread: Where is this...
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Woodhouse near Hucknall
Woodhouse near Hucknall
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25-09-2022 6:46 PM
Thread: could a women make up a name
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Possibly she could have done, but have you...
Possibly she could have done, but have you thought about the spelling of the name? In the 1700s, my family appeared with two L then back to one.
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04-09-2022 7:18 PM
Thread: Cpl Ken Evans Royal Corps of Signals
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Hello Adycart Please see this link for the...
Hello Adycart
Please see this link for the description of the medals
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/medals
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30-07-2022 4:08 PM
Thread: PDF pages
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Hi Mitch I use chrome but have pdf default set...
Hi Mitch
I use chrome but have pdf default set to open in Edge (Microsoft Web browser) s that gives more controls than Adobe reader -
10-02-2022 9:53 PM
Thread: identifying medals from old photos
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My old man had a war time photo which showed a...
My old man had a war time photo which showed a medal ribbon. He said it was actually put on by the photographer because he didn't have any due to not being overseas.
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29-01-2022 6:16 PM
Thread: RAF and Royal Navy records
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Sticky: Might order my records and my late father's
Might order my records and my late father's
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25-12-2021 4:28 PM
Thread: Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas Lesley and everyone else Stay...
Merry Christmas Lesley and everyone else
Stay Safe and happy researching -
13-12-2021 8:13 PM
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Hi Richard I'm not sure on RAF records of that...
Hi Richard
I'm not sure on RAF records of that period. Currently, medical records have to be requested separately, although records from that period might not have survived due to their destruction... -
18-09-2021 8:57 PM
Thread: Hello
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Welcome to the British Genealogy Forum, Wayne....
Welcome to the British Genealogy Forum, Wayne. Have a wander round, see what is where and choose a suitable forum to tell us a bit about your current research. Since you say that you're new to online...
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06-08-2021 10:06 PM
Thread: Congratulations Christanel
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Well done Chris Way in front of me, although I...
Well done Chris
Way in front of me, although I had a break due to family reasons and lost my way :)
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