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Good evening all,

I've hit a brick wall with a great grand aunt of mine namely Mary Clancy and I wonder if anybody can summon their magic powers to find where she might have gone

Born 1862 or 1863 in Middlesex or perhaps 'St Giles' Middlesex to William James Clancy 1831-1881 and Catherine Fitzgibbon 1825-1899 she can be located on both the 1871 & 1881 Census along with her siblings James b1859, John b1861 William b1866 & Catherine (Kate) b1868. The family lived at 20 Yeoman's Road in Chelsea / Kensington for the best part of 50 years until the street was mostly demolished in 1896, however I can find no trace of Mary onwards of the 1881 Census, she is not living with the family at the time of the 1891 Census and she is not recorded on the Diocese of Westminster Census of 1893 with the rest of her family.  I've checked the usual misspellings, Clancey, Lancy etc to no avail. For 10 years or so I thought she married John Keanely b1863 on the 24th of November 1889 but I was recently challenged on this and I suspect that challenge may be correct as there are too many discrepancies.

If anybody could have a look for me and come up with any suggestions I would be very appreciative.  Unfortunately I have no photos to aid.

Many thanks

Stephen

Good evening all,

Like others I received my Great uncle's WW2 Army service record recently and whilst I can read most of it there are a couple of key entries I wonder if the folks here could cast their eyes over.

The entry from January 1945 that starts "reclassified to Class A1 (1A??), posted to 634 Reg RA (Middlesex) ?? .... I cannot read the next bit or understand what 20ARTY / 6178 may mean

Then "Struck off strength ....................... to 87 LAA (I cannot find a Light anti air bty of 87?)

Then perhaps the last entry is he promoted to Lieutenant???

On the second image from June 1945 he appears to have join the Devonshire regiment but I can't find out what 'RPHKA' stands for??

He looks to have been sent to North West Europe but I cannot make out the word or place name '......UK 10-06-45 Der..........'  His release papers were signed off by the British Army of the Rhine.

Any help in understanding the text would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Hi, I'm trying to identify this chap who appears in a family photograph album I have but alas there are no details save the photo itself, I suspect his surname is Emerton and his family were from Hertfordshire, can anyone identify the uniform?  Dating through F.W. Clark is proving a challenge also.

Many thanks

Teletran

Good afternoon,

I am trying to find the death certificate of my great Uncle (William John Knapp b.1914) who was killed in an RAF training exercise accident on the 19th of August 1942.  I want to apply for his service record but the MOD request his death certificate.  I have looked on various websites but cannot seem to locate one, would one have been issued?

Many thanks for your help.

Good evening,

Whilst unlikely I am wondering if anybody has a copy of, or has access to, the WW2 RAF Casualty file P373259/42. This is an open / released document that the RAF AHB held for many years before sending it over to Kew for digitalisation which is in the 'to do' work load of the busy chaps in archive.  I am looking to understand a Coastal Command incident on the 19th of August 1942 close to Holy Island with a Whitley of the 3 OTU - Cranwell division. My Great Uncle William Joh Knapp was on board.

Kind Regards and many thanks

Teletran