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Armed Forces / Re: Great great Grandfather uniform identification please
« on: Saturday 26 October 13 13:29 BST (UK)  »
Hi ShaunJ, have had a look at the record on FindMyPast and it does seem to fit. His "civvy" trade of "Clicker" fits his profile as well. The only thing I cannot confirm is his Fathers (Thomas senior) address in Henry Street as the census on either side of his service record give a different address. However, as his Father seemed to move every few years, it is entirely possible that he could have lived in Henry Street.
The age difference doesn`t bother me unduly as it was known that young men falsified their ages to get into the Army, so quite possible that he did this as well - his son Ernest did this as well!

Re Thomas Senior, I`ll have to do a bit more research on this, but many thanks for the suggestions so far.

Best wishes,

Jenny

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Armed Forces / Re: Great great Grandfather uniform identification please
« on: Friday 25 October 13 16:39 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks to you both for this swift response.

@ km1971 - I will get in touch with the records office and see if they can shed any light on the uniform. I do see what you mean about the "v" on the shoulder - but it looks like a "u" or half circle on the buttons to me. I don`t have the original, but could get my Aunt to lend it to me again  :-\ - !

@ ShaunJ - I should have known it would be an error in the transcription that stopped me finding him....and the rest of his family (with two more children I didn`t know about!) Thank you very much for that.
Regarding a Thomas that was in the Yorkshire Regiment, Thomas, born 1848, had a son Thomas William born 1871 in Northampton. I`ll have a look for this Thomas when I get a minute The address for his Father (Thomas senior) doesn`t tie in with the 1881 or 1891 census though.
Where did you find the info about the Yorkshire Regiment please?

Thanks again to you both for your help.

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Armed Forces / Great great Grandfather uniform identification please
« on: Friday 25 October 13 11:10 BST (UK)  »
Hello all,

I`m a newbie to Rootschat, but I have been researching my family history seriously for a couple of years now. The tree has some well developed branches and I am now trying to flesh out the ones that are a bit sparse.
The reason for this first post is to see if anyone can help me to identify the uniform my Great great Grandfather is wearing. My Gggf was Thomas Barby born in the village of Blakesley (about 1848.), Northamptonshire, and we were always told that he was in the Northamptonshire Yeomanary. So, I am assuming that his uniform is a Yeomanary uniform, but, which regiment etc?
In addition to this, he and his family seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth around the time of the 1891 census. I have him in the 1881 census and the 1901 census, but we have this big gap in the timeline. Can anyone shed any light on what might have happened here. Could it be that he & the family were away with the Regiment somewhere? Any information anyone can help me with would be very gratefully received.

Still finding my way around this site so apologies if I haven`t posted this in the correct place - I`m sure the Mods will put me right on that!  :)

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