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    Hi More research today. I counted and listed...

    Hi

    More research today. I counted and listed the voters with PE manuscript amendments, there were actually 39 in a register of just over 13k. They were in some cases couples (with the wife...
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    The three Squires bothers came from Hale Street,...

    The three Squires bothers came from Hale Street, Landport, Portsmouth, not very far from the area on which our research is focussed. They are all listed in "The National Roll of the Great War" ...
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    Yes, that particular extract is from Ernest Road....

    Yes, that particular extract is from Ernest Road. I can't think that there was anything in the 1918 Act about the age of voters other than the qualifying options, 19, 21 and 30 so why would staff...
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    Thanks Leslie All the pitfalls that you...

    Thanks Leslie

    All the pitfalls that you mention are sadly well known to me. The other significant problem is that this memorial, unlike others I ahve worked on, was quite late, being compiled in...
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    Proxy Elector sounds a possibility - I will have...

    Proxy Elector sounds a possibility - I will have to look at the legislation to see whether that was possible in 1918, but the term does not appear in the printed list of abbreviations, but I suppose...
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    Sorry - the printed definitions at the front...

    Sorry - the printed definitions at the front include a code that appears for persons NOT entitled to vote at that address for Borough or District Councillors and in the case of a parish at elections...
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    Thanks for the reply, but I can't think it is...

    Thanks for the reply, but I can't think it is right. All the voters in Divisions I and II were parliamentary electors. The register is printed in sections, with Divisions I, II, and III following...
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    Greetings from Pompey

    Hi, I'm a sort of interloper, with a particular interest in the Great War.

    I have researched many service personnel from a village that is now part of my home town Bradford, and am currently...
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    1918 register manuscript annotations PE

    I am organising transcription of the 1918 register for the Buckland Ward of Portsmouth. A large number of entries, at least 300 possibly double that or more, have the manuscript annotation PE to the...
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