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Hi all,im no good at war records etc and  im wondering if anyone could help me in working out my gt grandfathers movements and why different regiments?

here is what i have:
James Humphries b 1882 (he does say 1885 on most docs) i have his pension records it says RAMC 15847 reg no. served from 1901 - 1913
i also have his service records it says his regiment no is, North Staffordshire Regiment 2672 Private. North Staffordshire Regiment 240538 Private.  1914- 1920

now on his pension records it says promoted on 2 occasions i believe to corpral. in 1916

i also have his medal card showing the 3 medals , there is also a mention on the pension records of a couple more, but im struggling to read the image. what were the medals so i can look them up ?

so here is what im after, could anyone join the RAMC? Ive googled the RAMC and see its specific medical service, in  his census, marriage and any other he is just a labourer /iron turner.
never mentioned anything to do with army, my gt uncle who passed away not long ago, his son, said he thought he was just in the normal ww1 service. this obviously shows he had it as a career?

he also had never seen any medals or other war related stuff that he could remember, and as he also spent many years in the forces and would know /remember any of it, so he said?

why was he discharged in 1913 only to rejoin under the staffordshire regiment 12 months later in 1914?
also why does he have 2 numbers in ww1

and i would really like to get a full picture of him and wanting to see the war diaries for the battalion he was with but which one would it be? NA have 1st and 8th 2 of each record and is there will there be any more records about him or his regiments etc

i do know this is my gt grandfather as the address on the war records match his timeline and also the address on his marriage to my gt grandmother and some letters my gt uncle has etc.

any help would be greatly appriciated

weenie

Hi all,

I have Thomas England born 28 Aug 1670 Leeds to Richard England. lived in Quarry Hill.
as i try to go back, i have found a Richard England b 24 Jan 1635 in Leeds to Richard who resides in Wortley Leeds.
now Richard father of Thomas there is a marriage for him to Helen Picket (transcribed wrong on anc* Jacob Ireland) now Richard is of Quarry Hill, Helen is of Wortley. 2 Feb 1666. which fits.

so Richard England who has child Richard in 1635, im thinking may be born about 1600 ish. he married Isabell Hardcastle in 1625 and states he from Armley and Isabell from Beeston. they are other children born also Gregory b 1631 cant decipher place name, Grace b1632 i presume Holbeck, And Mary b 1639 also of Holbeck. as well as Richard 1635.

now there is also a burial in 21 June 1686 Leeds St Peter just saying Richard Ingland of Quarry Hill - i think this maybe the Richard England/Ingland born 1600 circ. father to Richard b1635.
there is another burial for Richard England in 1665 that says Richard son of Richard of Quarry Hill. now could this be a child born to Richard 1635 who married 1666, and they had the son born before marriage, or could this be Richard who was born 1635 and then not my Richard who married 1666??

i seem to be going round in circles with Richard Englands,
any help greatly appriciated
Weenie

Hi all, im trying to find the first marriage of my gt grandfather Fred Helliwell,

Fred was born 1875, baptism 8 May 1875 Christ Church Todmorden, to parents William and Jane Helliwell nee Parkinson (Jane) .

I have him on the census' and he married my gt grandmother 2 Aug 1941 at Farnley St Micheals of all Angels. Leeds,
he is listed as Widow, and occupation is Clothier,

he dies 15th Feb  1947 occ retired Diaryman, at Leeds,

im trying to find his first marriage, and possible think its Frances Ellen Halstead, but i cannot find a death for her to match the marriage to my gt grandmother.

any help greatly appriciated

Weenie

Hi all, Sorry if i have posted this in the wrong place,

I have this family wedding photo, now im trying to find out which one is my gt grandfather and if any his sister. here are the people i know in the pic.

The Bride and groom aged 20 and 24, to the right of the bride , the man is her brother aged 18/19. the gentleman behind her brother is her maternal uncle who was the minister who conducted the wedding aged 44 , the man right of him is the brides father who was 48, then his wife sat down under him the brides mother, the ministers sister, aged 47. now to the far left are the grooms parents aged 49 and 50.

im hoping that the two men behind the groom one of them will be my gt grandfather he would have been 34 at the time and there sister would have been 44.

according to the info we have been given by the brides grandaughter she says that my gt grandfather is listed as Sarah's uncle James and it also just says sister, but no name. but the groom had a few sisters aged 25, 21 and 20.

now the 2 young girls bridesmaids, could be my gt grandfathers daughter, and also could be his sisters daughter, none of the grooms had children till after the wedding.

any help greatly appriciated i didnt know if the ages would be relevent, but thought to add them

Kind regards
Weenie

Hi all, i have Henry Moss b abt 1765 Leeds, i believe, i have him marrying Hannah Richardson at Leeds Parish Church in 1783, and the 1841 shows him been 75 years old as a pauper in Holbeck, transcribed MALL, his burial is in 1847 in Holbeck aged 82. but i cannot find a baptism for him?,

any help greatly appreciated please

Weenie