Hi Gareth
Where did you great grandfather come from? I recognise his name but cant find anyone of that name on my family tree. My grandad came fro Street in Somerset and worked for Clarkes.
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09-04-2021 8:11 AM
Thread: Somerset Light Infantry
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Hi Gareth Where did you great grandfather come...
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03-09-2020 12:55 PM
Thread: St Pancras workhouse
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St Pancras Workhouse
Hi Pauline
I was interested in your post as my great grandmother went into St Pancras workhouse around that time and had a baby there. The baby died after two months. My great grandmother was... -
28-12-2019 2:45 PM
Thread: Sad news about our moderator Ann 'Ladkyis'
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Sorry to hear this news. My thoughts are with...
Sorry to hear this news. My thoughts are with Ladkyis family and friends. We will miss Ann and I am so grateful to have been part of her 'genealogical' family. Rest in Peace.
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28-01-2019 7:22 PM
Thread: Jane Setter
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Jane Setter
My great great grandmother was Jane Setter born c1811 in Ireland, she married John Connell born c1801 also in Ireland. I don't know more than that. The couple got married in London in 1827. No...
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28-01-2019 7:10 PM
Thread: An update to my family tree - I didn't want
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David My love to you and all your family at this...
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My love to you and all your family at this time of great loss. What a sensitive way, Logan's burial was conducted. I hope that gave you all some comfort. Thank you for sharing this, although... -
16-11-2017 3:34 PM
Thread: Albert James Barnes
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Ten years ago I started this thread. I wanted to...
Ten years ago I started this thread. I wanted to know what had happened to my father's brother. I hadn't a clue. My father aged five was in the workhouse and we knew so little about the family. My...
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22-03-2016 8:31 AM
Thread: Somerset Light Infantry
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Thanks Robert. I wonder if employers ever...
Thanks Robert.
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22-03-2016 8:02 AM
Thread: Somerset Light Infantry
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At last I find him. Now I have to work out what...
At last I find him. Now I have to work out what the SLI were doing in these periods exactly 1890-1893 and 1890-1905.I also would like to know what it means to be served notice on his first enlistment...
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22-03-2016 7:40 AM
Thread: Somerset Light Infantry
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Thank you Robert. That has been helpful and going...
Thank you Robert. That has been helpful and going back to look again I can now see some Boer records on FMP. I don't know how they hide sometimes when you put the same criteria in! . The number on ...
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22-03-2016 7:27 AM
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Thank you Peter, the only record I can find on...
Thank you Peter, the only record I can find on FMP is 1890-1893 which is not the Boer War. I will look again.
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21-03-2016 3:28 PM
Thread: Somerset Light Infantry
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Somerset Light Infantry
Can someone point me in the right direction? In 1890 my granddad Walter Benjamin Godfrey joined the Somerset Light Infantry 4th Battalion Nos 2499. He was just 18 years of age. It says he was...
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14-11-2015 8:38 PM
Thread: Prince of Wales Pension
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Thanks Genius That sounds like it might be right....
Thanks Genius That sounds like it might be right. Grandad was very poor. At the time of the 1939 Register he was 67 years but I guess he may having receiving it for a while.
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14-11-2015 8:15 PM
Thread: Prince of Wales Pension
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Thanks but I think in my case I think it applies...
Thanks but I think in my case I think it applies to topping up army pensions in case of hardship. Perhaps it went on to be a nickname for a pension scheme. I think there was a formal Prince of Wales...
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14-11-2015 4:53 PM
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Prince of Wales Pension
Can anyone explain to me about Prince of Wales Pensions or point me in the right direction. My grandfather was recorded in being in receipt of one on the 1939 Register. He served at different points...
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25-11-2014 4:56 PM
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Thanks Pam I have checked my settings and they...
Thanks Pam
I have checked my settings and they are fine. I checked my Spam Box.
I did get your E-Mail notification now.
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25-11-2014 12:23 PM
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Notifications
I am wondering why I am not getting notifications when someone adds to a thread I only picked this up yesterday when I was posting myself. Is it me?
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24-11-2014 1:05 PM
Thread: 8th Division Army Cycling Corps.
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Thank you Christanel. So they were pedal bikes....
Thank you Christanel.
So they were pedal bikes. I had read a bit about the regiment but still could not work it out.
Thank you Peter
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24-11-2014 8:47 AM
Thread: 8th Division Army Cycling Corps.
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8th Division Army Cycling Corps.
We have a relative Arthur Kelly who was originally in the 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment in 1909. Those records are partially burnt and it looks like he may have been in the RN before this. I am...
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22-09-2014 9:09 AM
Thread: Annie Trift
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Hi Ann I am helping a friend with her family...
Hi Ann
I am helping a friend with her family tree. She is a direct descendant of Ann Thrift, that is her granddaughter. We have just stuck to Ann so we can visit the area she came from and look... -
25-08-2014 3:49 PM
Thread: 52nd Foot Soldiers 2nd Battalion
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Thank you Owl and Adrian. Yes this is my William...
Thank you Owl and Adrian. Yes this is my William Coventry on Ancestry and looking through the link owl sent it seems the battalion were not in Canada at that time, as I thought.
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22-08-2014 11:41 AM
Thread: 52nd Foot Soldiers 2nd Battalion
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52nd Foot Soldiers 2nd Battalion
I have just found some records on a well known site that records one of my ancestors in 1811 and 1812. He is William Covenrty born c 1792 in Bucklebury, Berkshire. It states he enlisted in the 52nd...
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19-07-2014 8:23 AM
Thread: WILLIAM JENKINS
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Thanks Peter I had seen that but I was confused...
Thanks Peter
I had seen that but I was confused as on the transcript of 'UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919' it says place of death France, so I wonder how Commonwealth Graves Commission... -
18-07-2014 1:00 PM
Thread: WILLIAM JENKINS
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WILLIAM JENKINS
I am looking for a grave and possible memorial for William Jenkins. I have found his army records. He served in The East Surrey Regiment (13th Service Batt). William died of his wounds 12 Apr 1918 in...
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15-07-2014 3:32 PM
Thread: Maria HATHAWAY (nee Guy)
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I forgot to mention the grandchildren mentioned...
I forgot to mention the grandchildren mentioned in Maria's Hathaway's obituary
Bryce, Merrin, Grace and Ernest Neuman. Where would I start to check these out. I have hesitated as I realise some of... -
15-07-2014 8:09 AM
Thread: Maria HATHAWAY (nee Guy)
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Four Years on. I am still working on my Guy...
Four Years on.
I am still working on my Guy /Hathaway Family.
With help I found Thomas and Maria Hathaway left for Australia in 1908 with their family.
Thomas and Maria had 5 children born in...
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