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I'm not sure if this will be of any help to anyone but Newcastle libraries have sent out their monthly newsletter and it mentions the release of photos from the Illustrated Chronicle on Flickr. I've only looked at the first two pages so far (there appear to be over 100) and it seems to be photos of soldiers from the North East who had been injured or had died in the first world war.
Pet50ite
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I was obviously having an "off" day when I posted this, I forgot to include the link ;D https://www.flickr.com/photos/illustratedchronicleww1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
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Thanks for posting. Wow, that would be a fabulous resource if it was indexed in some way. I can't seem to find out much else about it - does the newsletter say any more?
Cheers
Rob
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I would have thought there was some way to search as each photo is individually labelled (hover over a photo and its label comes up), but haven't found out how to do a search yet
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but haven't found out how to do a search yet
I'm relieved to discover I'm not the only person who can't find a search facility ::)
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but haven't found out how to do a search yet
I'm relieved to discover I'm not the only person who can't find a search facility ::)
Found it!
There is a small magnifying glass just above the top right-hand photo.
Click on that and a new search box appears at the top of the page.
You can search this particular photostream via that. It does work, I just tried it ;D
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What a great resource...thanks for sharing...and thanks Jen...found it ;D
Carol
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Thanks - that search works well and you can search on regiment and hometown as well as name. Eg there are:
1,960 Durham Light Infantry, 2,444 Northumberland Fusiliers and 120 KOSB.
Rob
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Thanks so much to Pet50tite for posting that message and link. I have found a photograph of my Gt.Uncle on there - he died in WW1. It is a different photo to one I already have.
Thanks again!
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Fantastic resource, thank you for posting the link.
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I'm glad this resource has been of some use. Thank you JenB for pointing out the search facility for that stream. I had used the main flickr search facility and it was throwing up thousands of pictures that had nothing to do with my ancestors. Now I've been able to search that particular stream within minutes. Unfortunately, none of my ancestors were on there.
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Hahahahhhaah
after spending a good hour searching I came back to the post
and discover the search tips , thank you
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Thanks for posting this. Have found two relatives already.
From what I can make out it only covers 1915, hopefully more will be added.
Jay
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Thank you for the site, very interesting, but if you are searching, from back to front there is not usualy enough info to pin point, but other way round ( which I suppose most people do) could be a gold mine.
Jay, were by chance the ones you found Wilsons ? As am still searching, mainly from the Tyne.
Best
John.T
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I was hoping my grandad & relative would have been amongst them, but iv'e been told these photo's cover 1915, is this correct :'(
My grandad was Robert Casey. 6371 K.O.S.B, he was admitted to the Sunderland Royal Infirmary
late September 1914 after being wounded by a German dum-dum bullet, he did give an interview to the Sunderland & Daily Echo which appeared October 20 1914.
Also a relative John William McIntosh, he was killed in action in the first few weeks of the great war breaking out, he served with the DLI.
I never got to see my grandad so a photo now would be wonderful, also J W McIntosh i thought with his death in which his name appears in one or two books on DLI would hopefully turn up.
All the best to all ;)
Derek
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Thank you for the site, very interesting, but if you are searching, from back to front there is not usualy enough info to pin point, but other way round ( which I suppose most people do) could be a gold mine.
Jay, were by chance the ones you found Wilsons ? As am still searching, mainly from the Tyne.
Best
John.T
No they weren't Wilson's that I found.
Cheers
Jay
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Hello Jay
Thank you for your reply -pity so will nose down and sniff on.
Best
John
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Hi -Just a bit more on this. I'm told that the fact that there are no pictures from post-1915 is because they are subject to 100-year copyright restriction. But the 1916 batch are being copied by Newcastle Libraries and should be online early next year.
Rob
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Thanks for the info Rob, good to know later years will be add, 1916 is what i'm most interested in.
Jay
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I'm guessing a lot more photos will turn up in the 1916 batch - I don't know how many people were killed on and after 1 July 1916 but it must be a lot, many many more than in 1915..?
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This is a great resource. I found my Great x 2 Grandfather's nephew on there. Incidentally, if anyone has any background information on ancestors who died in the first World War in the area, the
North East War Memorials Project would likely appreciate your help. They may also be able to provide you with information about your ancestor on their website. This is another great resource.
http://www.newmp.org.uk/
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January to March 1916 has been added now, hopefully the rest of the year will follow soon.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/illustratedchronicleww1/albums/with/72157650219179898
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Thanks for this update JayG. There are some wonderful pictures - I just love the one of the little boy who sold his pet rabbit for the benefit of local soldiers :D
One thing I've noticed though is that these latest ones don't seem to be searchable by name, unless I'm doing something wrong ???
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I thought my grandad along with other Stockton and local lads might have featured in some news papers after coming home wounded from the early battles on the Somme.
All the best.
Derek :)
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Thanks for this update JayG. There are some wonderful pictures - I just love the one of the little boy who sold his pet rabbit for the benefit of local soldiers :D
One thing I've noticed though is that these latest ones don't seem to be searchable by name, unless I'm doing something wrong ???
I don't think they're included in the search results either Jomot.
I spotted the boy who sold his rabbit whilst browsing, great little story.
Jay
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I don't think they're included in the search results either Jomot.
No, definitely not. I went through them today and found who I was looking for, but only his brother - who was wounded in 1915 - came up in the search results.
Its a shame really as there are quite a number of non-soldier photographs that people would never find unless they already knew they existed.
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Images for May, June, July & October 1916 were added on Friday.
The library are still working on getting April & September 1916 online.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/illustratedchronicleww1/albums
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Many thanks for telling us about this addition JayG. :) What a marvellous resource this is!
Also, for those who may have had ancestors who served in the Great War and were from Whitley Bay, Cullercoats, Tynemouth, Monkseaton, Earsdon, and were either wounded, killed or awarded - there may be a write up and a photograph of them in the 'Whitley Seaside Chronicle and Visitor's Gazette '. This newspaper is held on microfilm at North Shields library. The photos are very good quality and the accompanying obituaries are full of background information. This paper also contains death and memoriam notices. This paper is not online yet which is a shame as I think it is a veritable goldmine of information for anyone researching ancestors who lived at the coastal area.
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I've been checking the site on a regular basis hoping for more photos to be added and nothing new for a long while. So I emailed the library to enquire if the project is still ongoing.
The good news is yes, it is but its been delayed. They don't have a completion date for the remaining years but they have been working on scanning more images and they are hoping to add some new images before the end of 2018.
Boo
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Thanks to all who have given heads up to this thread and also how to do a quick search.
I am in bits and my desk is awash with tears. After decades of chasing dead ends, I now know what my father's elder half-brother looked like - the family resemblance is strong; uncle Mick inherited his mother's Irish genes, as did my father and also myself.
RIP sgt Michael McDonough, died from acute pneumonia, 14 January 1919 at Northern General hospital, aged 28 years. Buried Church Bank cemetery, Wallsend.
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A lovely thing to have and so nice for future generations too.
Still no new additions but I am hopeful that more will be added soon - I have my tissues at the ready in the hope that I too will find a couple of people I am looking for.
Boo
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http://www.newmp.org.uk/article.php?categoryid=99&articleid=1402&displayorder=92
Bob's lass is this him on the NEWMP website on this the 'Every Name A Story' section?
And on this database?
http://northumbriaworldwarone.co.uk/interactive/
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Yes, on both counts. :)
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Hi tickettyboo :) do you think more photo's of wounded men from the Somme will be printed, my grandad was wounded twice during great war, first wound October 1914, then again 1st July 1916, I'm so desperate to find a photo of my grandad who I never met, no photo of him came down to us his grandchildren, before he died in 1939 he applied to join the Old Contemptables Association and was accepted in 1938.
My grandad Robert Casey joined the Kings Own Scottish Borderers 1912.
R. Casey pte 6371.
First wound in or around 12th October, fighting with 2nd Batt K.O.S.B.
Second wound 1st July 1916 on the forst day of the Somme.
With the first wound he was sent back to the UK and admitted to the Royal Infirmary Sunderland,
he appears on hospital rolls of K.O.S.B December 1915 Berwick upon Tweed.
The first wound my grandad give an interview that appears in the Sunderland Daily Echo stating he like other lads had been hit with german dum-dum bullets.
Hoping and praying grandads photo turns up, I know so many many people like me in same boat.
All the best.
Derek
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As far as I am aware the Illustrated Chronicle printed photos that were sent in by the families of the men killed or wounded.
IF your Grandad's family sent one in and it was in the paper then from what I was told when I enquired it will, eventually, be published - but how long that will take I don't know.
It looks like they have already uploaded what they have for 1914 and for July 1916 and, as you will know, he's not in there.
Best you can hope for I suppose is that when they complete 1916 there 'may' be one perhaps published in August or September 1916.
Boo
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Many thanks boo.
All the best.
Derek
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Another option would be to go to the library at Newcastle and look through the August and September editions. That would take a good while, but its comfy there :-)
If you are able to go, I'd email them first and establish if the paper is available on microfilm (they may have taken it out of the public access area while they are preparing images to be uploaded).
Boo
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Derek, keep on trying every few months. I first looked some time ago with no success and, to be honest, I'd forgotten about this thread and the link to the site. Came back yesterday, saw the thread, thought "I'll just give it another go ..." and WOW ;D
NEVER give up on anything is my mantra. Sites are being added to all the time and one of my strategies is to do blanket searches for some of my surnames from time to time - amazing what creeps out of the woodwork after a few years.
Then there's always the mis-indexing. The army records of my soldier in an above post never appeared in any of my early searches and were presumed to have not survived. One day in sheer desperation I just entered only forename Michael and born Blyth in the searchbox - amongst the hits up came the records of a Liverpool man and in the middle of his papers were a few surviving sheets of pension papers for my man. (I assume perhaps they been retrieved for amendment/addition after his death and had been put back in the wrong place by an office clerk.) I got in touch with site support and managed to get them re-indexed so that they could be located by any interested party.
Keep on worrying away at it and good luck!
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The Illustrated Chronicle is not on microfilm at Newcastle City library. This newspaper is in the original and editions are kept together in huge hard back tomes. I think they go by the quarter or monthly in each tome. I can't remember exactly.
The Illustrated Chronicle has many photos and I do wonder if the library staff have photographed ALL in the periods included. I somehow doubt it -there are so many!. I could be wrong on this however. If you can I would follow Boo's suggestion to visit the library if you can and have an afternoon browsing.
You have to ask for the Illustrated Chronicle to be signed out to you. If you are coming to the library and are not a member you may be asked for ID before getting access to the newspapers which are kept in the back in the stack.
Even if your ancestor's photo may not be in this particular newspaper don't rule out that they may have appeared in the Evening Chronicle or the Journal. These two newspapers are on microfilm.
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Thanks for advice all, cant make it to Newcastle not long since had major surgery, will keep looking though,
Any links you can sent by pm would be appreciated.
All the very best.
Derek ;)
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The Illustrated Chronicle has many photos and I do wonder if the library staff have photographed ALL in the periods included. I somehow doubt it -there are so many!. I could be wrong on this however.
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As far as i'm aware the library's project was to upload ALL the images from the Illustrated Chronicle.
Jay
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Hi tickettyboo :) do you think more photo's of wounded men from the Somme will be printed, my grandad was wounded twice during great war, first wound October 1914, then again 1st July 1916, I'm so desperate to find a photo of my grandad who I never met, no photo of him came down to us his grandchildren, before he died in 1939 he applied to join the Old Contemptables Association and was accepted in 1938.
My grandad Robert Casey joined the Kings Own Scottish Borderers 1912.
R. Casey pte 6371.
First wound in or around 12th October, fighting with 2nd Batt K.O.S.B.
Second wound 1st July 1916 on the forst day of the Somme.
With the first wound he was sent back to the UK and admitted to the Royal Infirmary Sunderland,
he appears on hospital rolls of K.O.S.B December 1915 Berwick upon Tweed.
The first wound my grandad give an interview that appears in the Sunderland Daily Echo stating he like other lads had been hit with german dum-dum bullets.
Hoping and praying grandads photo turns up, I know so many many people like me in same boat.
All the best.
Derek
Derek have you browsed the images for those months or just searched using his surname? The search facility doesn't seem to be accurate or working properly as some of my relations I have only found by browsing the images.
Hopefully you'll be able to track down a photo of him.
Jay
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Sad thing is when as a young lad growing up in a road where all knew each other, I sadly learnt to late that when my grandad robert Casey joined the Kings Own Scottish Borderes in 1912 in Stockton on Tees, he joined with his best mate Pat Sullivan, at some time before the great war started a photo was taken of Pat & grandad in thier uniforms, this photo hung on the wall of our neighbours 15 doors away, I never saw this but my late father must have known about it, it was Pats sister who had the photo, alas for me I heard about thus photo when old road was demolished,
grandad was wounded as I said 1st July 1916 on the Somme, his best mate Pat was killed a month or so later also on the Somme, what I would give for a copy of that photo :'(
All the best.
Derek
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I hope so JayG - but I do wonder if their intention is to post the bigger photos as well as the small photos sent by family members? I will ask the staff the next time I can get to the library and will then post on here what they tell me..
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Sad thing is when as a young lad growing up in a road where all knew each other, I sadly learnt to late that when my grandad robert Casey joined the Kings Own Scottish Borderes in 1912 in Stockton on Tees, he joined with his best mate Pat Sullivan, at some time before the great war started a photo was taken of Pat & grandad in thier uniforms, this photo hung on the wall of our neighbours 15 doors away, I never saw this but my late father must have known about it, it was Pats sister who had the photo, alas for me I heard about thus photo when old road was demolished,
grandad was wounded as I said 1st July 1916 on the Somme, his best mate Pat was killed a month or so later also on the Somme, what I would give for a copy of that photo :'(
All the best.
Derek
Have you traced Pat's family & made enquires about the photo?
Jay
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Hi jay, sadly when I was told about this photo the house was demolished, and very sadly it seems the relevence
of the photo was lost to those who should have cherished it greatly, I did try and contact some family members but
again it didn't seem to be a loss.
I've tried looking through our Stockton on Tees library going through micro film of news papers that might have shown Stockton lads coming back from the Somme, its always possible I missed some thing but sadly again found nothing.
All the very hest to all.
Derek
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I have spoken to a member of staff on the desk at the local studies. He says as far as he is aware the plan is to photographs all the individual portraits.
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Incidentally, for anyone who may have had ancestors on the Wellesley training ship in North Shields - there are 5 photos on the front page of the Illustrated Chronicle dated Thursday August 3 1916.
The heading is:
THE PROUD RECORD OF THE BOYS OF THE WELLESLEY'
Subtitles under each photo are:
'The 100th boy for active service'
'The boys at physical drill'
'Instruction in how to handle the 'boat'
'A bathing parade'
'Too young to join the forces these boys are doing their bit in another way.'
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;)Great news River Tyne lass, well done.
All the very best.
Derek
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Stockton I did have a brief look yesterday for your Grandfather but I had so little time and there are so many photos it would take hours to look through properly so probably best to wait until more are published.
Do you have the date of the Sunderland newspaper in which your Grandfather was interviewed? Perhaps I could check the Illustrated Chronicle at some point next week around that date to see if this might also be recorded in this also.
All the very best to you too :)
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Hi Tyne Lass, grandads interview appeared in the Sunderland Daily Echo & Shipping Gazette
Tuesday October 20 1914.
He states he and other lads had been hit by german dum-dum bullet, he like his mates had not had a change of cloths in two months.
Many many thanks.
Derek
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Whew! The print is tiny in this newspaper but I think I have found a mention of your Grandfather .. only I think he has been mistakenly recorded as 'Private N. Casey.' What do you think, stockton - could this be him?
Illustrated Chronicle - Tuesday October 20, 1914
Page 4
'GRUESOME STORIES
A Chat With the Wounded Soldiers at Sunderland ..
Instances of German Kindness
The life in the trenches, the men stated, was not rendered any the more attractive when in certain cases the transport could not keep up the food supply because of the shell fire. Then the "Tommies" went days on short rations.
Private N. Casey stated he was in the fighting for eight weeks, and never had his trousers or his socks off. He was wounded by a dum-dum bullet.
Another soldier stated it took the Allies two days longer to dislodge the enemy from a village than it did for the Germans because the latter did not scruple to shell the houses, etc., whereas the English respected the property.
Private Gerald Shaw of the Dorsets gave an instance of German kindness. He was found by a body of Germans on the field as he lay wounded. The officer spoke to him in English and gave him some coffee, and also had him dragged into the open so that the R.A.M.C. would be able to see him.
All the men spoke of the wonderful fights in the air by the aviators, and said the Allies' flyers were always the victors.'
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Hi Tyne Lass, yes thats got to be grandad Casey, this was a mystery to me as to why grandad was brought back to UK, I only knew he appeared on December hospital rolls at K.O.S.B Berwick, but never could find out why. I was kindly sent the news paper article showing he had been wounded and was admitted to The Royal Sunderland Infirmary, it would have been wonderful from my point of view if wounded had had photo's taken, grandad also is shown in the casualty list in the Scotsman. I live in hope a photo some how turns up :'(
All the very best.
Derek ;)
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I checked the Evening Chronicle and the Newcastle Journal too but unfortunately have been unable to find a repeat of the story in these.
It is a shame that the Illustrated Chronicle didn't also carry a photo of the wounded in the Sunderland hospital but never mind perhaps he may turn up sooner or later when more photos get published.
The newspaper did show photos of the wounded at Armstrong College - this might not be useful to you Stockton but may be useful to some other people.
Merry Christmas and all the very best to you too! :)
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Just an update .. I have enquired and a staff member at the library has told me they are currently scanning more 1916 portraits to go on and they are also working on 1917. 1918 has not been started on at all as yet.
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Well done Tyne Lass ;) I live in hope grandad Casey's photo turns up.
My late father was a merchant seaman during WW11, my late mother used to say she never had a photo of her then boyfriend (dad) when he went to sea, I never thought of dad as young lad, he was just dad! some years later a very good friend told me my dad should have a seaman's pouch and perhaps it might contain a photo of him, he had a contact go to the National Archive and look at dads seaman's pouch and took photo's, I was emailed 2 of dads
I.D. photo's, if not for my friend I would never have know about dads seaman's pouch, so I wont give up on a photo of grandad Casey.
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All the best to you too. :)
There are so many photo in those volumes, quite staggering the amount. I think you are right to live in hope, as there are still so many to be scanned and put on.
I think we all just need to hope to live long enough to see them put up on the site. ;) ;D. I can't seem to pin the staff down on a date when more will be uploaded but I will keep asking from time to time. At least we know they are working on it. :)
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January to April 1917 have been added.
Happy hunting :)
Jay
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Many thanks for letting us know JayG.
Nearly had a turn! I saw that there was a John Conroy added but he is not the one I would like to find. Although, I believe I may never find that one possibly, as someone has indicated on here that they have a lot of photos from his home area and none have been found of him. Besides my John Conroy died on 5 February 1918. However, it did make me gasp when I saw the name.
The Edward Conroy who is up on the website though I can claim. I believe he was the nephew of my Great x 2 Grandfather James Conroy.
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April 1917 to December 1917 have been added in the last few days.
There is still a gaps as April, August, September, November and December 1916 haven't been added.
Jay
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Thanks JayG, off to check if I can find anyone.
Boo
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Thanks for the update JayG. This is very useful to know more dates are now covered. :)
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Thanks for the update. One of these days I might find one of our lot but it's lovely looking at the photos anyway.
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Thank you for including the instructions for searching the photos near the start of this thread. I am fairly useless at working out how to do anything with a website that is new to me. I found my husband's great uncle, William Ralph Kennedy DLI whose name is on the Menin Gate, in about 5 minutes. I'm thrilled and so is my husband.
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Hi folk's,not sure if this site has a mention elsewhere but in a similar vein to the illustrated Chronicle
site it's a good reference point for family or general research for your local area,just type in for example
Gateshead and by clicking the + icon you can zoom in to an area down to a particular street it seems to
be mainly CWGC information but there are links to other memorials and some portraits.
https://astreetnearyou.org/#=undefined&lat=10&lon=0&zoom=2
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Does anybody know if this the complete set of photo's?
As my Grandfather Douglas Robson was twice wounded in the 7th DLI in France and after trawling through all 238 pages he is not showing up.
Thanks
Allan Robson
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I believe that, for the dates they have on the albums, its complete but there are still gaps and more years to be done. Its an ongoing (huge) project and it will, eventually, have all the photos that were published.
However they only published photos that were provided by the families, I assume there will have been some families that didn't submit a photo.
Boo
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I believe that, for the dates they have on the albums, its complete but there are still gaps and more years to be done. Its an ongoing (huge) project and it will, eventually, have all the photos that were published.
However they only published photos that were provided by the families, I assume there will have been some families that didn't submit a photo.
Boo
Thanks Boo, that could be the answer that my family didnt release a photo.
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Occasionally they got an initial wrong - see my post 51. I don't know if you might have considered this when checking for your Grandfather's photo?
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Occasionally they got an initial wrong - see my post 51. I don't know if you might have considered this when checking for your Grandfather's photo?
Trouble is i have never seen a photo of him, so dont know what he looks like.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/illustratedchronicleww1/16010634784/in/photolist-qoNFVj-r3vdrZ-yKsQwz-qL3AHp-qKUah1-qKUW3W-r3oFbS-yaF1k1-q6Hi5a-yrm2os-rCpBMC-yJFMGk-r3oF1b-r1bmcj-r1bng3-xMDWyS-ybEXWi-qKWJVw-yJHbb6-ysaMJe-r3oEbq-ys6xzm-ys63oo-r3qoxh-qY6oAY-qL1Rup-r1bn37-qL5jfF-qL3DTn-rCwCmm-y8u8Ay-r3oEbf-r3memD-ypZykj-r1d2C1-ysdT16-r3tu5B-q6tmiJ-r3jsd4-yaFJAo-ziPuDu-qL4atK-2hwjceT-2eLC28u-E4oUxE-Dy8nk6-EtbX1b-E4ot1s-DxM3jb-E4o2P5
Where was he from? There is an H C Robson 7th DLI from Sunderland wounded- not to say that he might be your Grandfather - Robson might be considered a common name. Sorry this seems to have come through as very long link.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/illustratedchronicleww1/16010634784/in/photolist-qoNFVj-r3vdrZ-yKsQwz-qL3AHp-qKUah1-qKUW3W-r3oFbS-yaF1k1-q6Hi5a-yrm2os-rCpBMC-yJFMGk-r3oF1b-r1bmcj-r1bng3-xMDWyS-ybEXWi-qKWJVw-yJHbb6-ysaMJe-r3oEbq-ys6xzm-ys63oo-r3qoxh-qY6oAY-qL1Rup-r1bn37-qL5jfF-qL3DTn-rCwCmm-y8u8Ay-r3oEbf-r3memD-ypZykj-r1d2C1-ysdT16-r3tu5B-q6tmiJ-r3jsd4-yaFJAo-ziPuDu-qL4atK-2hwjceT-2eLC28u-E4oUxE-Dy8nk6-EtbX1b-E4ot1s-DxM3jb-E4o2P5
Where was he from? There is an H C Robson 7th DLI from Sunderland wounded- not to say that he might be your Grandfather - Robson might be considered a common name. Sorry this seems to have come through as very long link.
Douglas Robson was the only Person of that name in the 7th DLI,he didnt have a middle name, he died in 1924 as a result of being gassed and wounded from the 1st World war, my grandmothers photo's were lost in the Blitz 1939 -45 war, that explains why no photo's of him.
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I have some news which will not be great for some people. However, I think it only fair to let you know.
This morning I was looking for a photo for someone else. Their ancestor who had achieved a Military Cross had died of wounds. I found the photo but it was placed right in the centre of two pages on the fold. So totally naff. There are quite a few like this in that particular album Jul - Dec 1917. I have spoken to the staff about this and quite understandably they say that they have abandoned any thought of taking photos of these 'on the fold' images to publish. They say that members of the public can take their own photos, if they wish.
It just means that some people may have ancestors in the albums but they may never see them if they don't look at the albums in person .. and the photos on a fold, don't show a great view either. :-\
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I have some news which will not be great for some people. However, I think it only fair to let you know.
This morning I was looking for a photo for someone else. Their ancestor who had achieved a Military Cross had died of wounds. I found the photo but it was placed right in the centre of two pages on the fold. So totally naff. There are quite a few like this in that particular album Jul - Dec 1917. I have spoken to the staff about this and quite understandably they say that they have abandoned any thought of taking photos of these 'on the fold' images to publish. They say that members of the public can take their own photos, if they wish.
It just means that some people may have ancestors in the albums but they may never see them if they don't look at the albums in person .. and the photos on a fold, don't show a great view either. :-\
Many thanks for your help on this topic.
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Are they keeping a list of the names? If people could at least know there was a photo that would help, even if its not good someone may be able to do something to improve it?
Boo
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I have now spoken to a staff member with your query, Boo. Unfortunately, the answer is no, it would be highly unlikely that they would consider doing this - make a list of the on the fold photos. The staff member said if someone wanted them to check for them they would search but would charge £30. A bit pricey to possibly end up with a naff on the fold photo.
The majority of these IC photos are okay but I have noticed that a number in this album are on the fold. :-\
PS - you are welcome ADR68.