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The Common Room / Re: Findmypast behaving badly
« on: Thursday 04 July 19 15:20 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Nanny. I've just gone through various buttons relating to the new DNA features and now FindMyPast seems to be back to it's normal self.  May, or may not be corrected but I'm just happy for it to be working again.
p.s. I only have a small tree on FindMyPast for the same reasons

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The Common Room / Re: Findmypast behaving badly
« on: Thursday 04 July 19 15:06 BST (UK)  »
Medpat - ditto?

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The Common Room / Re: Findmypast behaving badly
« on: Thursday 04 July 19 15:05 BST (UK)  »
Nanny - have you clicked through to look at their new DNA tree features recently?
I'm trying to work out if that banner is causing the problem. FionaO

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The Common Room / Re: Findmypast behaving badly
« on: Thursday 04 July 19 14:37 BST (UK)  »
 Very irritating!  And probably caused by upgrades 'for our benefit'!  Can't seem to get rid of the banner about their new family tree features either.
- sigh -


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The Common Room / Findmypast behaving badly
« on: Thursday 04 July 19 14:22 BST (UK)  »
Hi All,
Anybody else having problems using Findmypast?  The last few days their website has been behaving very badly for me (keeps spinning without ever moving from search page to actual results), and I was wondering if my life is long enough to make a phone call, or if you'all have better suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
FionaOhdear

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World War One / Re: William Ewart Stanley ROBERTS, medal roll help please
« on: Sunday 04 November 18 14:01 GMT (UK)  »
More thanks indeed, I was asked to look into this person's military history though it's always useful to add flesh to the bones.
FionaO

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World War One / Re: William Ewart Stanley ROBERTS, medal roll help please
« on: Sunday 04 November 18 13:59 GMT (UK)  »
Many thanks, it's always good to know the extent of datasets - even if he did happily survive WWI.

And thanks for that link - I've found his CR10 which is great

Many thanks again, FionaO

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World War One / Re: William Ewart Stanley ROBERTS, medal roll help please
« on: Sunday 04 November 18 13:22 GMT (UK)  »
Many thanks!
I checked the CWGC site but couldn't find him, which is not surprising if he was still alive in 1939! 
Ignoring that, can I ask if he died as an active seaman during war (even if assumed lost with the sinking of a ship), would he still be included on this site?

Out of curiousity, if the forces (in general) have him down with his full name, would his records always record him as William Ewart Stanley, or W E S (assuming he didn't re-enlist with another name)?  He was known in life as Stanley, and I know other types of records are sometimes flexible re first and second names, etc, but are the forces more consistent?

Also re "RS2 number is his ID Cert number" - does that mean it only relates to his medals?
Sorry to be dense (and keep asking questions) but military history is quite broad and I don't have much experience of it.
Myth busting seems to be an occupational hazard of family research .... though maybe he died in WWII? (Hmmm, quite old even for a sailor!)

Fiona

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World War One / William Ewart Stanley ROBERTS, medal roll help please
« on: Sunday 04 November 18 12:13 GMT (UK)  »
Hi All, I'm looking into William Ewart Stanley ROBERTS on behalf of someone else and I need a bit of help interpreting his medal roll.
There are a couple of numbers quoted on the medal card:
Certif. or Dis. A. 358940 and RS2 No 359791
Do either of these numbers help find his military record number?  Although his full name should be helpful, when reduced to William E is it very hard to find his death cert/details (family tale is he died in WWI).
Many thanks, FionaO

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