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Shropshire / Common Edge, Market Drayton
« on: Wednesday 09 June 10 07:46 BST (UK)  »
Has anyone ever heard of a street or house name "Common Edge" or similar in Market Drayton?  It was given in a 1943 death certificate though "Common" is not 100% certain owing to poor handwriting. I'm pretty sure of "Edge".

I can't find anyything likely in handy street list at http://www.proviser.com/regional/towns/market_drayton/street_maps/

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World War Two / Re: Crashed in the Sea Confirmation??
« on: Friday 26 February 10 21:35 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, Sgt Harrill trained in Canada (New Brunswick), also Florida but I can't read the handwritten record to identify locations.

Do you know a source giving places used for training RAF aircrew in US and Canada?  I read that 15,000 went there.

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World War Two / Re: Crashed in the Sea Confirmation??
« on: Friday 26 February 10 10:57 GMT (UK)  »
Whoops!  Bit of finger trouble there, sorry.  It was indeed Lanc JA930.

Yes, I have Sgt Harrill's service record and log.  Also relevant extracts from the squadron diary.  The description I gave is in a letter from the RAF based on RAF records.

I'd like to know of other sources, though.  Can you suggest any?

The diary makes very poignant reading.  I can follow Sgt Harrill's life day by day or, rather, night by night, knowing that the end was coming.

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World War Two / Re: Crashed in the Sea Confirmation??
« on: Thursday 25 February 10 22:09 GMT (UK)  »
My wife's uncle, Ted Harrill, was air bomber on Lancaster JA930 of 100 Sqdn when it was lost on the night of 3.9.43
 on a Berlin raid.  It crashed near Wilkendorf, 22 miles ENE of Berlin.  Ted was buried then in Doeberitz Army Cemetery but his body was later transferred to the Berlin British Military Cemetery.  The other members of the crew are commemorated at Runnymede.

I would really like a photo of JA980 and a copy of the standard RAF crew photo.  (I've always assumed taking such photos was standard RAF practice but I could be wrong.) 

Any thoughts, anybody?

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Devon / Re: RADCLIFFE, William and son Bernard, hairdressers
« on: Monday 14 September 09 11:42 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for coming back.  Yes is the answer to all your questions. 

I'm trying to fill the gap for William between the 1911 census and his son Bernard's marriage in 1940 when William was stated to be deceased.

Also the gap for Bernard between his marriage in 1940 in Staines District and his death in 1971 in Budleigh Salterton, preceded by the deaths of his mother and his first wife.

Both were hairdressers and I've tried online Kelly's and PO directories without success.

Have you any suggestions for sources?

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Devon / Re: Radcliffes, William and son Bernard, hairdressers
« on: Friday 11 September 09 17:29 BST (UK)  »
Sideways, really.  I'd like to know more about the lives of William and Bernard.  But if anybody can take me forward, eg to living relatives who would know something, that would be welcome indeed.

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Devon / RADCLIFF, William and son Bernard, hairdressers
« on: Friday 11 September 09 15:35 BST (UK)  »
Does anybody know anything about William (b 1879, Bristol, England) or Bernard (b Pontypridd, Wales, 1910, d 1971 Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England?

William was a hairdresser in Pontypridd in 1911 but it is believed in the family that he moved his business to London.  William died before 1940 but I haven't found his death record in Ancestry, BMD or indexes.

Bernard was a hairdresser in the RAF in WW2.  Possibly he was in business with his father in London or set up on his own.  When he died in Budleigh Salterton he was a ladies hairdresser either there or in Honiton nearby.

Any info or thoughts anybody?

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Somerset / Re: Cemetery for Brislington residents?
« on: Monday 27 April 09 12:18 BST (UK)  »
There is also St Luke's anglican church, Brislington, Bristol.

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: 1911 census
« on: Wednesday 14 January 09 20:54 GMT (UK)  »
I've found the the transcriptions to be rather poor compared with Ancestry, ie plenty of errors.  If typical this is going to make searching more difficult.  I paid to check original returns but it got pricey.  1901 and earlier census returns sometimes helped.

Does anybody else feel that the transcription rate is higher than for Ancestry?

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