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Thank you - I have written to Certificate Services

I could find no phone number/address - could you send me the link to the page?
Many thanks

No - I was not aware that o’seas certificates could be obtained. I started the process but a requirement is date of birth or age which I could not give. There is no provision for + or - for a given...

Helachau - this is interesting. Unless I am able to arrange a search of the registers at the British Cemetery identification seems unlikely. Could find no evidence that a vessel Corfu existed...

to Wimsey
I should of course have written Grenadier Company and not guardsman

Thanks wimsey for your interest.
I had already looked at the two names with deaths in 1855 - FMP gives no details of deaths for either.
I assume that ‘guardsman’ is a branch of the Wilts Militia...

Thanks Keith - I looked through over 1200 Maslen names on FMP (military) but had no luck. Just found out that there are Wilts Militia papers at Wiltshire Archives, Chippenham for that period.

The Royal Wilts Militia were on Corfu in 1855 when one of their men by the name of Maslen was stabbed on 3rd September and died on the 5th. There are a couple of press reports of the incident but...

You mention about what is available on Ancestry regarding JT - I searched the public member tree section and found nothing. Is this what you are referring to?
I will need your email address to send...

Hello - the letter was sent to his brother in law, not named. I have written and submitted an article for the Frome Soc for Local Study annual publication, it includes the letter and a biographical...

Thank you Keith - you have nailed it. The colour or the medal as described by JT matches images of the NGC&LS medal online.

I should be grateful if anyone could clarify a few points concerning a letter sent from Crimea in 1855 and published in a local paper. The letter dated 2 July 1855 was from Corporal John Taylor at...