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    I love this kind of entry! At a similar date in...

    I love this kind of entry!
    At a similar date in a French (small village) parish register the priest had written the equivalent of "three twins born, one survived". I guess triplets were so rare in...
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    Hi there, I also went on Geneanet (I use it a lot...

    Hi there, I also went on Geneanet (I use it a lot for my French half) and there is someone researching your man (P Turner) and has much the same info as you. I posted a question on the forum to ask...
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    Yes, no need to add more info, Lesley has said it...

    Yes, no need to add more info, Lesley has said it all. His high number should have told us he was not among the Birmingham Pals who enlisted early on in the war, perhaps he had a reserved occupation,...
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    Hi Jacky, My dad was also in the 15th RWR and I...

    Hi Jacky,
    My dad was also in the 15th RWR and I have recently been reading Birmingham Pals by Terry Carter - on Kindle, but I would suggest you might find it better in book form (Amazon?). I have...
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    Hi there, it does sound French, doesn't it? It's...

    Hi there, it does sound French, doesn't it? It's not in my French surnames book - I'm half French and have done lots of research there - but I just googled the word and turned up 3 French people with...
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    A very useful site I have discovered is...

    A very useful site I have discovered is "www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/disasters". It is a database of coalmining accidents and deaths in the UK (pre 1950) which you can search by surname and/or colliery,...
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    Thank you for the link, Megan. About time too....

    Thank you for the link, Megan. About time too. Half my research is in France, where mother's name has been included since civil registration began in the 1790s. Makes things easier and it is much...
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    Once again, thank you, Peter. I have had a good...

    Once again, thank you, Peter. I have had a good look at the Wikipedia and findmypast information and now all is much clearer. I am interested in the Napoleonic era, particularly the French POWs, and...
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    Army of Reserve, 1805, John Baker

    John Baker married Elizabeth Petrey in 1800 in Durham. Their third child was baptized in the same church, St Oswald's, in 1805, when John Baker is " a soldier in the Army of Reserve, native of North...
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    senseless

    I feel privileged to read your post. There will be many more such stories, I fear. My father, who joined up at 18 in the Birmingham Pals, would never talk about the real war events and still had...
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    Thanks, Peter. I thought it likely they were two...

    Thanks, Peter. I thought it likely they were two separate men, but I have not got my head round these names of regiments, particularly as you have to take dates into consideration, as they changed so...
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    60th foot and Rifle brigade - the same?

    Henry Mather, born Nottingham 1834, newly enlisted in the British Army, survived the wreck of HM Troopship Birkenhead near Cape Town, on 26th February 1852; he was thought to have perished but he...
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    Hi Jan, I'm afraid the bad news is that there is...

    Hi Jan,
    I'm afraid the bad news is that there is no central database for France, you have to know the town or village where the person was born. I do not have the Novell family in my Calais...
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    Hi Jan, A great many English families worked in...

    Hi Jan,
    A great many English families worked in France from 1818 onwards; from Nottingham and surrounding area there were hundreds of families, involved in the machine lace trade, who worked in...
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    Hi Lesley, Just thinking out loud - my dad ,...

    Hi Lesley,
    Just thinking out loud - my dad , just 18 in 1914, joined up at the outbreak of WW1 - Birmingham sent several "old pals" brigades. He started with the Royal Warwickshires, then the Royal...
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    Hi there, Merranie, I have a particular interest...

    Hi there, Merranie,
    I have a particular interest in the East Midlands folk who went to the Calais area and were involved in the machine lace industry. Some ended up traveling to Australia - look up...
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