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    Wives who did not accompany their husband abroad...

    Wives who did not accompany their husband abroad could not remain in barracks and were required to return to their parish.

    "Government not only pays the passage of all soldiers' wives to their...
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    I'm using "in harness" to indicate he was still...

    I'm using "in harness" to indicate he was still in the army.
    Officers qualified for pension if killed in battle (there's an interesting case where a wife argued her husband dying in a duel...
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    The mention of Aberdeen triggered a memory of my...

    The mention of Aberdeen triggered a memory of my next door neighbour, a Leith, Edinburgh man - driving us into a totally deserted car park of a well known local D.I.Y company and exclaiming "Looks...
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    I had checked under Mccannon + variations without...

    I had checked under Mccannon + variations without success. The 46th, after the sighting of George Mccannon on the '51 index, pop up in Preston, Belfast, Dublin and Kilkenny before arriving in the...
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    The London Gazette published lists/names of the...

    The London Gazette published lists/names of the dead, reproduced in newspapers.

    The names of those who died in the hospital at Scutari made the newspapers. I recall an article headed "Martyrs of...
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    You can find a Thomas Ainscough, age 45, at...

    You can find a Thomas Ainscough, age 45, at Ainscough's Lodge on the '41 Census. Fleet Street mentioned on same page and Black Moss Lane on next page of Census.
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    Did you check for "Ainscough's Lodge" in the...

    Did you check for "Ainscough's Lodge" in the Ormskirk Advertiser. A couple of articles about highway repairs eg. -

    1872 "from Ainscough's Lodge to Bescar Chapel"
    1873 "from Ainscough;s Lodge to...
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    Did you check...

    Did you check
    https://maps.nls.uk/view/101102387#zoom=5&lat=5881&lon=4515&layers=BT
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    The Ormskirk Advertiser (1874, 1875 and 1880)...

    The Ormskirk Advertiser (1874, 1875 and 1880) carries adverts where "... Thomas Ainsccough (Robert's) ..." is offering farm produce (grass, hay, clover) for sale/auction. The 1874/5 adverts refer to...
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    Diolch, anwyl Pottoka. I generated the URL on...

    Diolch, anwyl Pottoka.

    I generated the URL on post #2 at 8.42 AM on Brit-gen and I generated the Honeysuckle URL at 9.51 AM on a separate genealogy site. Hence my interest in the time on the...
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    Are you saying that the automatically generated...

    Are you saying that the automatically generated e.mail notifying you of my post #2 carries the URL for Honeysuckle BUT you see the URL for the Clergydatebase when reading post #2?

    Added - if you...
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    Can I clarify " ... in the e.mail I received, it...

    Can I clarify " ... in the e.mail I received, it came up as ..."?
    Are you referring to my post/response at #2 above? I certainly haven't sent an e.mail.

    In post #2 I see the URL for the Clergy...
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    No idea what "sticky" you checked out but if it...

    No idea what "sticky" you checked out but if it was the CCED site
    https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/search/index.jsp
    I apologise for repeating same.
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    Carlisle Journal, 5 Aug 1853 At Long Lodge, near...

    Carlisle Journal, 5 Aug 1853
    At Long Lodge, near High Hesket, on the 22nd ult, Mrs Margaret Bell, widow, age 90.
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    1860 map Old Town...

    1860 map Old Town
    https://maps.nls.uk/view/102340806#zoom=5&lat=9759&lon=8343&layers=BT
  16. Thread: Serg Barrow

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    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30072/su...

    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30072/supplement/4743

    Haig's list continued 22 May 1917

    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30086/supplement/5027
  17. Thread: Serg Barrow

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    London Gazette (page 7199) War Office 17 July...

    London Gazette (page 7199)
    War Office 17 July 1917
    REGULAR FORCES
    The undermentioned cadets to be temp. 2nd Lts. (attd) 27 June 1917

    Page 7201 (top col. 2)...
  18. Thread: Banns

    by helachau
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    I see you got my drift! regards

    I see you got my drift!
    regards
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    "Hardwicke's" 1753 Act - nothing like a drop of...

    "Hardwicke's" 1753 Act - nothing like a drop of legalese on a sleepy Sunday.

    https://statutes.org.uk/site/the-statutes/eighteenth-century/1753-26-geo-2-c-33-prevention-of-clandestine-marriages/
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    You don't have a birth/baptimal record - only...

    You don't have a birth/baptimal record - only family folklore
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    Western Morning News, Tuesday 12 Dec 1876 OUR...

    Western Morning News, Tuesday 12 Dec 1876
    OUR MALTA LETTER - Valetta, 5 Dec.

    "On the afternoon of Saturday, the 2nd, the 74th Highlanders embarked on board the Orontes, which sailed the same...
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    The 74th "quitting Malta January 1877" was a...

    The 74th "quitting Malta January 1877" was a quick check of the newspaper column "Stations of the British Army". However, having been given a specific date (7 Jan) now need to be more specific.
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    Malta BMDs https://en.geneanum.com/malta.html ...

    Malta BMDs
    https://en.geneanum.com/malta.html

    They are "patchy" - eg limited coverage births/baptisms Vittoriosa.

    The 74th quit Malta Jan 1877 for Penang/Singapore, returning to the UK Dec...
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    I can see the 23 Sep 1876 marriage in Malta but...

    I can see the 23 Sep 1876 marriage in Malta but cannot spot a '77 birth/baptism. The 74th left Malta in January 1877. What details do you have for the 1877 Malta birth/baptism?
  25. https://www.british-genealogy.com/forum/threads/97...

    https://www.british-genealogy.com/forum/threads/97062-Benjamin-Hick-Watts-of-Bath-Somerset?highlight=benjamin+hick+watts
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