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Topic: Good News and Bad News (Read 625 times)
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Lyndon
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Posts: 137
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When I was young, I was told that my uncle had been shot down over France during the war, and that was all I knew about him. So I've done a fair bit of research, to fill in the gaps. I was recently researching other members of the aircrew that were killed in the same incident.
Bad News: I came across the medals of of one of them, being auctioned. I thought that was very sad. 'We will remember them; until we need the money'. No, I know that's not fair, but that was how it felt at the time.
Good News: Then I came across a book. The mother of one of the other crew members had kept all his letters, the telegrams, and other official communications. When the mother died, another son published all the documents in a book, a copy of which I now have.
Lots of ups and downs in this hobby aren't there?
Lyndon
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Watkins - Swansea. Thomas - Carmarthenshire. Stock - Rowberrow. Jarman - Montgomeryshire. Duck - Calne. Watts - Frome.
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MarieC
RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 3300
In Queensland, Oz
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Yes indeed, Lyndon!!
I can't understand how families can auction the war memorabilia of their ancestors. I certainly would never do that!
But I'm delighted for you that you now have a copy of that book.
MarieC
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Martins in London and Wales, Lockwoods in Yorkshire, Hartleys in London, Lichfield and Brighton, Hubands and Smiths in Ireland, Bentleys in London and Yorkshire, Denhams in Somerset, Scoles in London, Meyers in London, Cooks in Northumberland
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LizzieW
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Posts: 3278
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Rather than trying to sell my father's medals, my sons have been fighting over who should have them and they are just the ones given out for being in WWII, in Burma etc. so not even rare. At the moment they are in USA with my eldest son as my mother gave them to him. One of our other sons who lived with his grandparents for a year whilst doing his 'O' levels (we'd had to move due to my OH's work) feels he's entitled to them as he was closer to his grandad than the others.
Lizzie
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BENSON- Dalton in Furness (Ulverston) and Hull
BETTISON - Derbys
BOULTON - Dalton-in-Furness and surrounding areas
BRAND - Lincs
COCKETT - Lincs, Yorks, Lancs
DA COSTA (or variants) - Spain or Portugal, London (Middx), ?Hull
GILCHRIST - Scotland, Lincs
HINGLEY - Derbys/Yorks
MANN - Sussex, Kent, Herts
MUMBY - Lincolnshire and Hull
PEMBERTON - Ches, Lancashire
STANTON - Lincs
ROBINSON - Lincs
WHITTAKER/WHITAKER - Ches/Lancs
WRIGHT- Bethnal Green
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c-side
RootsChat Veteran
Posts: 581
A new generation - my great grandson 11-09-09
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Not medals but similar idea. I once saw a programmme where these people had two oil on board portraits of gt. grandparents which they decided to sell even though they were told that whoever bought them would likely throw away the pictures and reuse the frames.
They did, however, decide to keep an apparently rare white £5 note because it had sentimental value 
C
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sharonf73
RootsChat Member
Posts: 187
Grandad : 1917-2008 xxx
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Unfortunately I wasn't given the choice of being offered my grandad's medals as he gave them away to the insurance man! OK, he collected medals so hopefully he will look after them and not sell them, but I would have like them myself to go along with my other gandad's.
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ANDERSON - Galashiels, Coldstream
EASTON - Edinburgh
FOWLER - Yorkshire, Traquair, Pathhead, Penicuik, Edinburgh, Fife, Canada
HENDRY - Coldstream, Edinburgh
MORRISON - Edinburgh
SWANSON - Edinburgh, Lasswade
THOMSON - Currie, Leith
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Windsor87
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 261
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I think my great great grandfather's death penny was saved from a similar fate.
I wrote to an elderly relation back in January about the family tree having no idea she had the death penny. She told me she had it, and offered it to me so that it would remain in the family. I can only assume that her son had no interest in it.
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Aberdeenshire/Banffshire:
Strachan, Connon, Watt, Beattie, Noble, Watt, Sinclair, Garden, Birnie, Wilson, Christie, Gatt, Watson, Sim, Ross, McWilliam, Middleton, Burr, Johnston, Munro, West, Porter, Trail, Bruce, Peddie, Kemp, Smith, Ewen, Kerr, Grieve, Whyte, Ritchie, Mackie, Jamieson, Barron, Grant, Robertson, McKay, Hadden, Forbes, Walls, Shepherd, McDonald, Duncan, Gray, Will, Thomson, Lascelles, Brown, Anderson, Doherty...
Dumfriesshire:
Bryson, Harkness, Scott, Roddick, Armstrong
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