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In case of any lingering doubt, you simply must obtain the certificate. The certificate contains essential information which is not reflected in the index.

As I understand it, the General List is for officers who are specialists in some field and who are not currently assigned to a regiment. The Special List is for officers currently serving in foreign...

Incidentally, does anyone know for sure whether it is correct to describe oneself as John Smith OBE MBE.

Obviously someone could be awarded both an MBE and an OBE. But wouldn't the OBE supersede...

I can see his MBE. 1919 Birthday Honours - "For valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in the Balkans"

If you want help you'll have to tell us his name and how you found out about the OBE and the MiD.

My previous message is a muddled way of saying that HEAFORD and GIFFORD could look the same when transliterated into Cyrillic.

There is no equivalent to the letter H in the Russian alphabet. An H in an English name is commonly transliterated into Cyrillic as the letter which is equivalent to the hard G in English (as in...

I'm unclear whether this is a German born in Hamburg or a British Subject born in Hamburg.

If the latter, British sources are likely to be more use and are certainly more easily accessible.
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Not necessarily, I think.

If you search for and find the marriage on Ancestry, you can click through to Essex Archives and get a copy of the registration for £2.99.

However, if Anthony is...

You haven't provided his name and number.

Your first step is to read the National Archives research guide -...

It appears that HMS Odyssey was the Collingwood Hotel, Ilfracombe. That seems to have been an accounting base (not where he was stationed). They specialized in Naval Parties (NP) (ad hoc groupings...

I'm afraid I'm stumped!

Perhaps you would provide identity details - name, regimental number, home location etc.

Perhaps you were entering too much information. Searching on simply "Vyvian Alfred TYLOR" (with quotation marks) finds him immediately.

Don't forget this is OCR not a transcription.

That seems to a number allocated to the Royal Fusiliers. He may have transferred to the RA. As Megan has explained, you need to apply to the MoD.

Have you had a look at the "Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942" on Findmypast?

I would guess so. A bank (say) in England would need probate sealed by an English court.



The wording is "Effects £68 15s in England" That surely means what it says - £68 15s in England and the...

I think you probably need to read the service record that you've obtained in conjunction with operational records available at the National Archives.

This research guide should help for a start......

Susan

You say you have his death certificate. I take it it doesn't mention soldier as his occupation. If you know his date of death and if there's nobody of that name listed on the CWGC site nor...

Gypsy is an ethnicity, surely. A marine store dealer bought and sold naval surplus stuff and by extension general junk.

Have you looked at the database "Soldiers Died in the Great War" available on Ancestry and elsewhere? Is your man there? There are two men named William Coxon who died in 1916.

The only one who...

In my experience I think it's best first to identify the person and then find out what medals he got from the relevant documents.

Others may have a different view.

Nurse child = foster child.

Could well be fostered out by Macclesfield Union. Check what records from Macclesfield Union have survived - particularly registers of children boarded out.

If Hilda's date of birth from the 1938 register was 19 Jan 1917, there is a death listed for a Hilda Cronshaw with that birthdate in 1970.

I would get that death certificate and see what it says...

To the best of my knowledge it was only necessary to use the words "I baptize thee in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen"