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Thanks again Christina.
Unfortunately, Rob's not listed in the independent researcher list. I guess I just need to be patient and wait until he becomes contactable via his website or I need to...

Many thanks Christina this is an excellent steer ... just what I needed I think.

I'm just deciding my next steps but gut-feel is to engage Rob to undertake some research for me. Do you know him or...

Hello good folks of the FWR forum ... once again I turn to you for help and guidance.

I recently re-watched Band Of Brothers (HBO boxset)for the first time since my dad passed away ... we watched...

Thanks everyone ... these are good steers and I'll work through the bits I haven't done already.
I appreciate you all for taking some time to get me on the right path.

When I have corroborated...

Hi all,

This is a shout out for help as I've reached a sticking point.

I'm trying to piece together the patchwork of my great uncle's life in Canada. I have a fair bit of intel about William...

OK thanks for clarifying Pam ... will do.

Hi all,

I read this thread with great interest because I was hoping that someone in Canada might be able to help me to fill in some gaps with my great uncle. I have a patchwork of information but...

Hi sunnycrest,

I've just logged in to the forum for the first time in a few years as I have a specific query with which you might be able to help me hugely. If you are no longer helping out with...

Understood!

I need to regroup over the next few days prior to medical review so I'll be quiet for now ... but thanks again Lesley for all of your help, support and encouragement. You have been a...

Much obliged Robert ... I am pleased in a way ... who knows what shenanigans he could have got up to if he'd been posted in another continent! ;-)
Stuart

Janet,
Thank you so so much. Your generosity in helping with this is overwhelming.

For the bits that I did know you have verified (which is reassurance) and for the new stuff around immigration,...

Thanks Simmo ... this is (unfortunately) very revealing about my mischievous papa!

The India reference is in typeface in Part B of the Demob section (page 16 of his war record) in the box titled...

Sorry for confusion Lesley ... and sorry for delay in reply ... last two days I have been struggling with post-operative eye problems.

Thanks for the comment on POW camp (Auty) I haven't seen that...

... oh yes and one more thing ... how can I find where Alexander Boyes was in India? it says so in his WW1 service record (India and RSA) but nobody in my family has ever mentioned this. Is is a...

Great stuff Lesley - thanks again. I have read through the offline copies I have saved and it makes mighty fine reading indeed. Not sure what 'Awarded 14 days F.P. No. I' means though ,,, full pay...

Robert ... thank you. I think you are a mind reader. I was just reading these medal card entries and wondering what those abbreviations mean and as if by magic your explanation appeared.Great. :-)
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Thanks Jan ... yes you are correct. I was caught out before on this (too many Boyes' and a small range of first names in rural communities) and so I had to source my grandfather's certs (DOB...

Lesley ... I am so keen to read the docs/info you cited I have logged on to Ancestry (free trial as paid member) ... but I can only find AB's enlistment record. Where on earth did you find all of the...

Thank you Gortonboy. I have no idea how you found this, I really didn't know that such docs or records are available but it has made me quite tearful ... not an uncommon emotion recently I might add....

Lesley ... this is a fantastic insight ... thank you so much. Until you researched and shared I had no knowledge of his employer in Hull and since I started research in July I had not uncovered the...

Thanks so much for the quick reply Peter ... I'll try and pick up on your lead with this; what you say sounds plausible as my own research to date suggests that there might be some congenital...

I have just had eye surgery and I am struggling to see very well so kindly ask for some help in tracking down what happened to my grandfather Alexander Boyes in the years between 2nd Boer War and...

Have just started to research family history after finding excuses not to do so for many years and I now have the bug!
From the quick look through the forum I think there should be some healthy...