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    as whimsy says the great war forum is a pretty...

    as whimsy says the great war forum is a pretty definitive source for information from WWI for all regiments. If they don't know the answer then no one will. Indian Soldiers are notoriously difficult...
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    Sticky: If they haven't been digitised then yes, it's...

    If they haven't been digitised then yes, it's either paying them or paying another researcher to do mass digitising for you. Neither are cheap unfortunately.

    There's an interesting index here,...
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    Sticky: That's useful Christanel, thank you. Re: ports...

    That's useful Christanel, thank you.

    Re: ports of call Naval vessels -nothing online as far as I am aware I'm afraid.
    I think the issue is similar to that of showing army movements -the only...
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    ORBS are interesting but we could never argue...

    ORBS are interesting but we could never argue their viability due to the fact (clearly) a unit only contains X amount of people and then mentioned their names several times throughout generally with...
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    I've never seen any names of the doctors etc ...

    I've never seen any names of the doctors etc mentioned at all in MH106.

    The news they lasted until 1975 is new to me since I was told they were put up the chimney at Battersea in the mid 1920s!
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    Waynes keep is where the war cemetery is now...

    Waynes keep is where the war cemetery is now -within the UN border zone.
    https://cyprusscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/History-of-Waynes-Keep.pdf
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    I was only thinking 'Canadian' the other day,...

    I was only thinking 'Canadian' the other day, good spot Keith.
    After looking at the photo again it certainly appears to be 2nd division as you've said.
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    I've never seen anything other than the standard...

    I've never seen anything other than the standard ASC collar badges on both sides, so this may just be something personal for the photo.
    I'd want to see a better scan of the cap badge though just to...
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    That collar badge looks very odd. The Cap badge...

    That collar badge looks very odd. The Cap badge probably ASC (No R until 27-11-18), Lieutenant standard tunic 1902-20.
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    Simple answer: The MOD won't supply a record...

    Simple answer: The MOD won't supply a record without having proof positive the person is dead.

    This is their policy but also a standard archival process to avoid breaching the various privacy...
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    The reason why some of these WWII records aren't...

    The reason why some of these WWII records aren't digitised is probably that the NA don't typically like allowing digitisation of anything where data subjects may be under 100 years old at the current...
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    Unfortunately, nothing is recorded on any admin...

    Unfortunately, nothing is recorded on any admin system for bounced emails.
    I suspect when the email system was set up a rationale was decided upon by the forums then-owner (and re-evaluated when we...
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    Sorry but admin can't see if it's been delivered...

    Sorry but admin can't see if it's been delivered either.
    In theory, all messages will have been 'delivered' to the recipients mailbox on the site and they'd have had an automated email forwarded to...
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    An absolute STAR of the BG forums.

    An absolute STAR of the BG forums.
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    https://www.british-genealogy.com/forum/threads/95...

    https://www.british-genealogy.com/forum/threads/95558-Important-and-exciting-news-for-BG!

    Hopefully this will reassure, my apologies it was later than I had planned.
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    Important and exciting news for BG!

    We are pleased to announce that as of 21st May 2021 the new owners of Clever Digit Media Ltd are Ancestry.com UK Limited. Clever Digit Media operate both www.british-genealogy.co.uk and...
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    It could be a 'transfer to depot' note but such...

    It could be a 'transfer to depot' note but such rolls are notorious for having abbreviations or notes only the clerk knew the meaning of.

    I hope someone else can assist as I'm afraid I don't know...
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    Could you let us know which source you're...

    Could you let us know which source you're referring to?
    i.e the website and if possible a record reference?
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    351827 from FWR is accurate to a medal index card...

    351827 from FWR is accurate to a medal index card for a man of the name James Comiskey ASC.
    You can see the original card on ancestry (etc) and FWRs index is entirely accurate.
    Whether this was a...
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    Although it is of course possible that he served...

    Although it is of course possible that he served within a local regiment, don't take it as a guarantee.
    Since early 1914 (and right up to the present day) men & women were placed where needed, not...
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    Hi, you are unlikely to find post 1922 (including...

    Hi, you are unlikely to find post 1922 (including all WWII service) anywhere openly unless your person has public records such as:

    Prisoner of war
    Casualty (wounded, missing, dead)
    Gallantry...
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    I agree -very blurred but I'd bet on RA. That...

    I agree -very blurred but I'd bet on RA.

    That makes it damn near impossible, since the RA and derivatives were in every field, every theatre and attached to every front line unit of the entire...
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    In my experience (quite a lot), the vast majority...

    In my experience (quite a lot), the vast majority of post-1922 research will require the service records BEFORE asking a professional researcher to dig deeper for specific data within archival files...
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    He could well have served in WWI but not go out...

    He could well have served in WWI but not go out of training in the UK in time to see active service abroad, if so and if his were amongst the 70% of service records lost then he'll have no record at...
  25. Thread: WW1 joining up

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    49823 is a long, long way into the numbers for...

    49823 is a long, long way into the numbers for the Lincolnshire regiment as far as I can tell.
    Certainly, the numbers were issued sequentially up until the start of the war with around 9800 being...
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