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Cumberland / Re: Parish Registers - St Bees v Whitehaven Churches
« on: Tuesday 14 January 25 18:48 GMT (UK) »
Wow! I didn't expect that! I would have thought Whitehaven would have been established as a port since early times!
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Cumberland / Re: Parish Registers - St Bees v Whitehaven Churches
« on: Tuesday 14 January 25 17:07 GMT (UK) »
The parish registers date from 1538 so St Bees has been around for a while! Perhaps it was a much bigger settlement in the past or just catered for a large area around it..
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Cumberland / Parish Registers - St Bees v Whitehaven Churches
« on: Tuesday 14 January 25 15:30 GMT (UK) »
I've noticed many of my relatives were baptised in St Bees but they seem to marry and get buried in one of the Whitehaven churches. Can anyone help explain why this might be? I'm thinking of the period pre 1837. Tia!
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World War One / Re: Uniform Identification
« on: Thursday 10 October 24 15:51 BST (UK) »
Thank you for all of your replies, very much appreciated!
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World War One / Re: Uniform Identification
« on: Monday 07 October 24 19:04 BST (UK) »
Where are "cloth titles" that replace the brass titles? The T ?
I don't doubt your dating, I'm just surprised he volunteered in the aftermath of the war. I can understand the enthusiasm during the course of the war but I would have thought this would have ebbed when soldiers started to return.
Now I'm wondering at what point he became a conscientious objector!
I don't doubt your dating, I'm just surprised he volunteered in the aftermath of the war. I can understand the enthusiasm during the course of the war but I would have thought this would have ebbed when soldiers started to return.
Now I'm wondering at what point he became a conscientious objector!
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World War One / Re: Uniform Identification
« on: Monday 07 October 24 18:15 BST (UK) »
Of course! Thanks!
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World War One / Re: Uniform Identification
« on: Monday 07 October 24 18:10 BST (UK) »
His name is Albert Edward Gilmour.
The T reassures me that he did not serve. Surely!? Could he have been doing training in Catterick and they offered a trip to the photographers as a perk? Or of course he could have paid for it himself.
Are records kept of territorial soldiers in the DLI? Did they routinely train very young men in preparation for service though the war may well have ended before they were of age?
I would be surprised if he was a territorial soldier in the 1920s because he did not serve in WWII, not only because he was in a reserved occupation but because he was a conscientious objector. That's what I've always been told! If he was a trained territorial he would have been recruited anyway though, wouldn't he?
The T reassures me that he did not serve. Surely!? Could he have been doing training in Catterick and they offered a trip to the photographers as a perk? Or of course he could have paid for it himself.
Are records kept of territorial soldiers in the DLI? Did they routinely train very young men in preparation for service though the war may well have ended before they were of age?
I would be surprised if he was a territorial soldier in the 1920s because he did not serve in WWII, not only because he was in a reserved occupation but because he was a conscientious objector. That's what I've always been told! If he was a trained territorial he would have been recruited anyway though, wouldn't he?
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World War One / Uniform Identification
« on: Monday 07 October 24 17:10 BST (UK) »
Hi,
The attached photo is of my grandfather who was born at the end of 1903 so was too young to serve in WWI. I think you can see just how fresh-faced he is in the photo. So why do we have this photo of him in uniform? Was he some kind of cadet? What is the badge on his cap?
The Photographer's name appears to be Swallows of Richmond (Yorkshire?). He lived in Hartlepool so the location is also surprising.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
The attached photo is of my grandfather who was born at the end of 1903 so was too young to serve in WWI. I think you can see just how fresh-faced he is in the photo. So why do we have this photo of him in uniform? Was he some kind of cadet? What is the badge on his cap?
The Photographer's name appears to be Swallows of Richmond (Yorkshire?). He lived in Hartlepool so the location is also surprising.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Dating of Unknown Soldier - probably from north east England
« on: Sunday 06 October 24 11:21 BST (UK) »
No, this George Henry Oram isn't one of mine but thanks for the tip. Always good to re-visit!
There are only 2 Oram families in the Hartlepool area in my time frame, clearly not related as there was a newspaper article at one point stating the fact! The families didn't want to be associated with each other!
There are only 2 Oram families in the Hartlepool area in my time frame, clearly not related as there was a newspaper article at one point stating the fact! The families didn't want to be associated with each other!