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World War One / Re: Albert Edward Taylor. His medals
« on: Tuesday 02 January 24 12:50 GMT (UK)  »
Wonderful Alan!
 Not long after your reply - about five minutes, I was notified by the GRO that his death certificate was available. He died in 1917 in Bootle aged 29 of bronchopneumonia, leaving a wife and two small children. Death notified by my great grandad William Henry Taylor. One photo of him as a 7 yr. old survives.

Family History really has its moments doesn't it?

Ken

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World War One / Re: Albert Edward Taylor. His medals
« on: Tuesday 02 January 24 11:49 GMT (UK)  »
Brilliant Alan! Absolutely right. M. is the correct letter. So Merchant maybe?

I took them over to my son last night and he pointed out that it was an M - his eyesight is better than mine. It means that you and Jim1 are very likely correct and that these are not "real" medals but versions of them.

He has promised to come over and post them for me bur he still works  so I'm not sure quite when it will be. You will see them but perhaps not as quickly as I would like.

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World War One / Re: Albert Edward Taylor. His medals
« on: Monday 01 January 24 15:46 GMT (UK)  »
I'll ask him to try photographing the rims but it could be difficult and as I have said, there is absolutely nothing else on them apart from the name and the several capital letters I posted initially.

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World War One / Re: Albert Edward Taylor. His medals
« on: Sunday 31 December 23 18:33 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for the new comments.
I'll see what I can do re. photographing both sides of the two medals. I'm in my eighties so I'll try to recruit my son to do it. However whilst I do have A.E.Taylor in caps on the edges of both there is nothing else apart from those letters on the edges of the medals.

Regarding the possible merchant marine aspect it might be so but what a shame about the records being destroyed! He is aged 22 in 1911 according to the census so there might just be something on him before the war started.

I'm giving up for the evening now. Once again thank you for your input.

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World War One / Re: Albert Edward Taylor. His medals
« on: Sunday 31 December 23 15:31 GMT (UK)  »
One is the Victory medal (British version) and the other is the British War Medal so there are no clues on the front or back of either of the medals. The edges are exactly as I have decribed in my initial post including the full stops.

The abbreviations list was very useful - it seems he was a boilermaker hence BMK- the same profession as  his father William Henry Taylor. However the WFA suggestion, although an interesting attempt, does not seem to be right. I looked up the Western Front Association and it wasn't set up until 1980.

However many thanks for the efforts so far.

Ken

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World War One / Albert Edward Taylor. His medals
« on: Sunday 31 December 23 11:39 GMT (UK)  »
Out of the blue I've just acquired (been given) two of his medals. Not being very bright I don't know what the letters on the edges stand for. They are as follows:-

BLR MKR. W.F.A.

Apparently he died in 1917 in West Derby Lancashire. I'm awaiting his death certificate. He's not a close relative but I'd still like to know and do some following up. Help please?

Ken

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Cumberland / Re: Model Farm Crosscanonby
« on: Monday 15 August 22 14:12 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Shaun. Samuel Caffey seems always to have been an ag. lab. He and Nancy seem to have had a hard kife - she's listed as a mendicant in 1871.

Ken

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Cumberland / Re: Model Farm Crosscanonby
« on: Monday 15 August 22 10:13 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Trish - didn't know that and wouldn't have thought of doing a search for her - it's all grist to the mill.

Ken

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Cumberland / Re: Model Farm Crosscanonby
« on: Monday 15 August 22 10:06 BST (UK)  »
Should perhaps have mentioned I also have his wife Agnes in the 1871 census and her death cert  in 1877 at Furnace Lane.

Ken

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