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    Thanks, I did wonder if he was under South Africa...

    Thanks, I did wonder if he was under South Africa command with the SA but I didn’t know that the RAF pilots flew under them so assumed it meant something else.
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    RAF Pilot South Africa WW2

    I have a RAF record which contains details of a pilot posted to South Africa in 1944 but I am unsure as to where he was precisely. I can't find any information about the units he was with and I...
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    Thank you. He was learning as his rank was...

    Thank you. He was learning as his rank was leading aircraftman and he was 21 years old.
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    Thank you

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    WW2 RAF Unit abbreviation

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    I wonder if anyone could tell me what a Unit abbreviation stands for on a WW2 service record. The record belongs to a man who was a flight mechanic (engines) who moved on the 18 December...
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    No, I haven’t seen that record before but it...

    No, I haven’t seen that record before but it certainly looks like it was Thirza. Thank you so much.
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    Thirza Ann Taylor b.1875

    I am currently researching a lady called Thirza Ann Taylor but would like some help locating her on the 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses.

    Thirza Ann Taylor was born 11 July 1875 Shepperton, Middlesex....
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    Thank you, it sounds very much like encephalitis....

    Thank you, it sounds very much like encephalitis. I found an article which said
    “Encephalitis lethargica is a neurological syndrome that spread across Europe and then the world beginning in the...
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    Influenza toxic cerebral death

    I have a death certificate of a 44-year-old female who died in 1921.

    Cause of death: (1) Influenza (toxic cerebral), (2) Coma 1 day

    Can anyone tell me what influenza toxic cerebral means. I...
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    Thank you so much Jomot1 and grisel. I have...

    Thank you so much Jomot1 and grisel.

    I have found a marriage which took place in Falmouth in 1856 between Jane Perry and William Tosh.

    William Tosh died 18th January 1867 at Beacon Street...
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    That is definitely Ethel in 1911. The surname has...

    That is definitely Ethel in 1911. The surname has been transcribed wrong. I still haven’t found her mother Ethel in any records. I’m beginning to think her mother was one of James and Esther Taylor’s...
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    The Wolverhampton Frank Perry isn’t the correct...

    The Wolverhampton Frank Perry isn’t the correct Frank Perry unfortunately. In 1881 the Frank I’m looking for was an errand boy living in Falmouth with his mother Jane. It is likely that the burial...
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    I was beginning to assume he had died as I can’t...

    I was beginning to assume he had died as I can’t find him on the 1911 census. Unfortunately his job does make it very difficult because, as you point out, he could have died anywhere in the country....
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    I’m so sorry, yes Frank’s birth was registered in...

    I’m so sorry, yes Frank’s birth was registered in 1865. I haven’t got the certificate but am assuming he was named Francis and as he got older was known as Frank. I’ve had another look at the 1881...
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    Frank Perry goes missing after 1901

    Hello

    I'm trying to research the life of Frank Perry but he vanishes from the records after the 1901 census. This is what I have so far:

    1. Frank Perry was born out of wedlock in Falmouth,...
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    Thanks for all the help, particularly the...

    Thanks for all the help, particularly the newspaper adverts which applied to the lace trade. The lady in question’s father was a lace maker and they lived in an area where there were lace making...
  18. Thread: Brass Winder

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    Brass Winder

    I have a marriage certificate where profession of the bride was a "Brass Winder". Could anybody tell me what a brass winder did. The marriage took place in Long Eaton, Derbyshire in 1927.
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    Thank you

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    Thank you

    Thank you very much. This could be the gentleman, particularly as Alice appears to have stayed in Derbyshire for the rest of her life it had to be someone she kne who also lived locally.
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    Thanks, I had found the licence transfer article...

    Thanks, I had found the licence transfer article but had not seen the 29th December one. They were involved in a car crash.
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    Thanks you for all the help. It’s beginning to...

    Thanks you for all the help. It’s beginning to look like Alice divorced then lived with a man named Scally and took his surname to make it appear they were married. There is of course the possibility...
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    I didn’t know this, thank you. If Alice’s...

    I didn’t know this, thank you. If Alice’s children with Mr Scally were registered with her original married name as instead of her maiden name I assume the marriage would have been registered between...
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    Help finding a record of marriage

    Hello, I’m struggling to find a record of a second marriage regarding Alice Norma Whyman (née Newbold) and was hoping somebody might be able to find what I can’t. The following is the information I...
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    I have found the two boys on the 1841 census....

    I have found the two boys on the 1841 census. David Dunn aged 15 living in Kingswinford with the family of John Bay a miner aged 30 and Samuel aged 10 living in Muckleston with the family of John...
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