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Limerick / Re: Where is Boherpedalane?

« on: Friday 12 March 21 03:56 GMT (UK) »

- Boherpedalane - did not match any documents.

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This is the first time this has happened to me in many years of searching the Internet. .

Ireland / Re: Surname Kemmitt , is it Irish in Origin.

« on: Wednesday 10 March 21 15:23 GMT (UK) »

From the Internet

https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Kemmett

Armed Forces / Re: Army 1920’s, Ireland and Germany

« on: Saturday 06 March 21 01:16 GMT (UK) »

From the Internet:

In August 1920 Winston Churchill told the British Parliament that the BAOR comprised approximately 13,360 troops, consisting of staff, cavalry, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, infantry, machine gun corps, tanks, and the usual ancillary services. The troops were located principally in the vicinity of Cologne at an approximate cost per month of £300,000 (£13,888,000 in 2021).[2] The Cologne Post was a newspaper published for members of the BAOR during this period.

From 1922 the BAOR was organized into two brigades:[1]

1st Rhine Brigade

1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 1922–1926
1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 1922–1926
2nd Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1922–1926
1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 1922–1924
2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment 1926–1928
2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers Nov 1926 – Oct 1929

Germany. The objective I suppose was to stop another war. Not a success .

Ireland. I am not sure there was an objective. Not a success.

Durham / Re: What is a 'Halfway House'?

« on: Friday 05 March 21 04:05 GMT (UK) »

A Halfway House in Modern American -

A halfway house is an institute for people with criminal backgrounds or drug abuse tendencies to learn the necessary skills to re-integrate into society and better support and care for themselves.

London and Middlesex / Re: Hackney Registrars Office & the 2020 Cyber Attack

« on: Wednesday 03 March 21 04:30 GMT (UK) »

I cannot believe this. What is next ?

World War One / Re: Certificate Proof of False Declaration of age WW1 Attestation

« on: Friday 19 February 21 02:43 GMT (UK) »

I have only once come across a Birth Certificate sent to the Army to prove a False Declaration of age on a WW1 Attestation (non burnt). The soldier in question was underage however not released from the Army but was sent back to Britain. He then was sent back to France when he reached his full age for service overseas. He was then killed.

US Lookup Requests / Re: Cleveland, Ohio

« on: Thursday 18 February 21 15:34 GMT (UK) »

Another Cottingham article

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/09/style/sarah-fay-weds-w-s-cottingham.html

The Common Room / Re: Any thoughts or suggestions about this strange 1939 entry?

« on: Wednesday 17 February 21 04:48 GMT (UK) »

Fairly recent funeral.

On April ..., suddenly at home, Tony aged ... years, of Darlington. Much loved husband of ...., beloved son, brother, uncle, step-dad, grandad and friend to many. In celebration of ,,, life a service will take place on Friday, ........... at 10.30a.m. Would friends please meet at The Freemasons Masonic Hall, Upper Archer Street, Darlington, DL3 6LS prior to private burial.

Upper Archer Street is still there in Darlington.

United States of America / Re: Marriage in Santa Clara, California, 1935?

« on: Tuesday 16 February 21 22:59 GMT (UK) »

I had never heard of a "Socialist" in America but from the Internet ......

"The Socialist Party of America (SPA) was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization in 1899".