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Messages - fred1951

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Unidentified country house
« on: Tuesday 30 January 18 20:19 GMT (UK)  »
Oh that's a shame :( I can see what you mean about the windows etc.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Unidentified country house
« on: Tuesday 30 January 18 18:49 GMT (UK)  »
Well spotted  :D and that fits in nicely with James Platt as he ran a racing yard stud farm there before moving to Howbury

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Unidentified country house
« on: Monday 29 January 18 18:39 GMT (UK)  »
The couple went off back to China leaving the three eldest boys in England and just took the baby I was wondering if you think is the same family in the photo, it might have been taken in the summer of 1902 as they went back to China in the October.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Unidentified country house
« on: Monday 29 January 18 18:35 GMT (UK)  »
Yes well found Yorkslass, could two of these boys be in the family photo in front of the Hall, snapshot attached hopefully. it seems they Arthur and first wife Alice had 4 boys Douglas Arthur b 1889, Stanley Frederick b1891 Montague Cecil b 1892 and baby Theodore Robert b 1901 (?) .
 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Unidentified country house
« on: Friday 19 January 18 19:41 GMT (UK)  »
Wow fantastic! :D

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Unidentified country house
« on: Friday 19 January 18 19:02 GMT (UK)  »
Well done indeed  :D

Yes that is Brilliant and yes how did you find it? 

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World War One / Re: Medical Record
« on: Friday 12 January 18 17:22 GMT (UK)  »
Hi
This is all I could find on the WFR site
J McLaughlin
Rank - Private
Index no of admission - T35130116
Service no - 651089
Ailment Gunshot wound neck
Admission and transferred date - 03/04/1918
Notes in Obs column - From 3rd Field Ambulance. To No.42 Ambulance Train
Religion - Roman Catholic
Regiment - RFA
Battalion - 165th Brigade
Other unit info - 31st Division
Archive Ref- "MH106/367
MH106/367 can be found at The National Archives in Kew, and contains First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen from No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station"

and....

James McLaughlin
24yrs
wounds
Particulars furnished - Old Charlton SE7 15/02/1919
Gunner
Service no - 651089
SWB - b120,048
WAR OFFICE REF - ra/3125
kings Regs - xvi

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Unidentified country house
« on: Thursday 04 January 18 11:21 GMT (UK)  »
Lovely photos :)

Sorry I am not much help the only thing I noticed was the date and initials on the manor house wall..

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World War One / Re: Help with identifying regiments please
« on: Sunday 23 March 14 14:04 GMT (UK)  »
Well I think I have found a service record for your chap standing, maybe you will tell by the few notes I have taken.....

Joseph William Joyce army numbers B/200193 & 5993,  3/8th London reg 10th Rifle Brigade, b 1896/1897, married to Rachel Crofs, had a child Joseph William b 31/1/1919. lived at 5 Frederick St and worked for the GPO. Father Samuel J Joyce 91 Bride St Holloway Barnsbury.
It looks like Joseph was still in the army upto Aug 1919 

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