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Norfolk / Coote – Northwold, Norfolk – 1780 to 1810
« on: Thursday 09 March 23 03:56 GMT (UK)  »
From the Parish records I have five children born between 1798 and 1810 and given as the children of Joseph and Ann Coote. The vicar was one of those lovely men who included the mother's maiden name, in this case “late Hewen”. My problem is that I have been unable to find a marriage for this couple.  I have checked Ancestry, Family Search, and FindMyPast.
There is a Marriage Bond between Joseph Coote, a farmer and singleman, aged 50 of Northwold, and an Ann Hearsign, widow aged 42,  at Burgate in Suffolk on 20th or 27th July 1782. (records disagree !) Whilst, at first glance and allowing for the usual problems with pronunciation, this looks promising, Ann's age would suggest she is not the Ann Hewen who produced children from 1798 onwards.
I have not been able to find a likely marriage for Ann Hewen.

Given that “Joseph Coote” (or Coot) is a relatively common name throughout East Anglia can anybody  either identify this couple or point me at other possible sources.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Its a real problem !
« on: Wednesday 01 March 23 11:51 GMT (UK)  »
There is always : Gladly, my cross-eyed bear.

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Armed Forces / Re: Help required identifying military uniform and location.
« on: Wednesday 01 March 23 11:40 GMT (UK)  »
I think we are looking at cavalrymen as they have sabretaches and spurs.  Agreed they are senior officers and their dress suggests the late Victorian or Edwardian period.
Hopefully somebody can identify the turban which will represent their particular regiment.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Its a real problem !
« on: Thursday 16 February 23 03:45 GMT (UK)  »
I support New Zealand and anyone who is playing Australia !  ;D

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Perhaps North Devon or Somerset
« on: Sunday 05 February 23 04:59 GMT (UK)  »
Along Riverside road to just before the bend opposite the marker on Google for Lynmouth Harbour.
Nice pub, as I recall. :)

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World War One / Re: Burial Register
« on: Tuesday 24 January 23 05:39 GMT (UK)  »
Looking at the CWGC site they have Lachlan as a 54 year old Deckhand, Service No 1909/SD, son of the late Malcolm and Janet McLeod, of Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay, Argyllshire. He is shown as on the books of HMS Pembroke 1, which was an administrative centre at Chatham but he was not necessarily serving on that base.
The record does not show where he died, nor where he is buried, only that he is recorded in a roll of remembrance. This is "The United Kingdom Book of Remembrance" which commemorates United Kingdom casualties of the two World Wars who were not formerly recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The men and women remembered here are presently commemorated solely by their database and register entry. The Commission will continue to investigate the grave location details.
I note that many of the entries are from the period 1917 to 1923 and include quite a number of nursing staff. I wonder if some of these were casualties of the influenza epidemic. Others may well have belatedly succumbed to wounds received during the war.

You say Lachlan died at Port Charlotte. If you are sure of this then it seems likely that, being a local man, he was buried in the vicinity.

I've looked for newspaper reports of his death or burial but have found nothing to date.

Maec

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I recommend Brothers Keeper. It is available for free from the internet ( although a small donation is requested). It has been used by several member of my family and does everything we want by way of FH records. The program is regularly updated by the originators.

Marc

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World War One / Re: George Jenkins WW1 1st Devons
« on: Friday 20 January 23 03:34 GMT (UK)  »
A check on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website shows George (HGC) Jenkins (No 12725) served with the 11th (Reserve) Battalion of the Devons and died 24 Feb 1915. He is buried in Cathays cemetery, Cardiff. There is reference to an address (parents / wife ?) at 22 Loudoun Square  Cardiff.  The notes attached to the entry indicate that, in common with several others, no headstone was included in the original burial order. Whether this was something to be done later or was left to the family to do is not clear.

The Long long Trail website (longlongtrail.co.uk) explains that: "most of the British infantry regiments had a number of Reserve Battalions during the Great War. They were responsible for training of recruits and of men returning to duty after being in medical care or away for any other reasons."
The 11th (Reserve) Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment was
Formed in Exeter in November 1914 as Service battalion, part of K4.
November 1914 : came under orders of 100th Brigade, original 33rd Division.
10 April 1915 : became a Reserve battalion.
1 September 1916 : converted into 44th Training Reserve Battalion in 10th Reserve Brigade.

From this it seems that the 11th Bn was not a Reserve Bn at the time of George's death but was probably in training and homeland guard duties.

It may also pay you to check the Military Records on Ancestry to see if they have more information there. I am unable to access them at the moment.

Maec

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World War One / Re: Death Penny Plaque
« on: Sunday 15 January 23 04:35 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Alamo,
You are correct that Australia refused to allow any of its men to be executed. This was due to an incident during the Boer War when two Australian Officers ("Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock) were executed without the Australian authorities being consulted.
Unfortunately New Zealand did not follow suit and five NZers were executed during WW1.
From NZ History website : "28 members of the NZEF (were) sentenced to death during the war. Five of these men, all privates, faced a firing squad: John Braithwaite, Frank Hughes, John King, Victor Spencer and John Sweeney. Four were executed for desertion, Braithwaite for mutiny.

In September 2000 all five men received posthumous pardons when the New Zealand Parliament passed the Pardon for Soldiers of the Great War Act
."

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