Its a thought, but very unlikely. With the newspaper article and the comments from purchasers this is a Brit. There are very few American early enlisters. If he was 'foreign' it would have been...
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31-01-2020 9:37 AM
Thread: Gunner F J Mears
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Its a thought, but very unlikely. With the...
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30-01-2020 11:03 AM
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I have the death certificate for Gunner Mears and...
I have the death certificate for Gunner Mears and the information on the person present at death was an 'art dealer' who I tracked down using the census, so pretty legit info I think. Artists were...
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27-09-2018 6:35 AM
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Finally! if you dig you find! Still no news on...
Finally! if you dig you find! Still no news on birth and earlier life, but I have found his death. Frederick James Mears aged 49 years, confirmed from the certificate as dying at Sydney Road, Ealing....
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16-12-2017 10:10 AM
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What a link! I do hope it is him. Funny to think...
What a link! I do hope it is him. Funny to think of him appearing as a cushion or poster. Adam Asar is represented by Saatchi Art so I have submitted a question on how this image came to be and any...
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15-12-2017 8:45 PM
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No will. I suspect he was not a man of means....
No will. I suspect he was not a man of means. Your Frederick 76494, was a Sergeant. Still digging on census etc to see if it fits. If I can just get an age and a location I could be more certain. If...
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15-12-2017 3:15 PM
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That's the direction I would have come from, but...
That's the direction I would have come from, but not mentioned in the article and before votes for women. Frustrating, but at least we have moved on from my last brick wall.
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15-12-2017 10:42 AM
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Managed to find the Nottingham Journal article....
Managed to find the Nottingham Journal article. Clearly says RGA. Also skilled metal worker pre-war so rules out James. Also James was a widower unlike FJ who's wife was actively encouraging his...
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15-12-2017 9:05 AM
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That's great! a new clue. Klackners were...
That's great! a new clue.
Klackners were publishers and a gallery in London and New York. Electoral registers show a Frederick James Mears at 13 Windmill Street in 1921, 1922 and 1923. So I think... -
14-12-2017 1:18 PM
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Gunner F J Mears
I own a small watercolour by F J Mears. Research shows he has several evocative pictures in IWM etc. But who was he?
All the bits I dig up say he was born in approx 1890. He served in the Royal...
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