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Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms / Re: Requesting Information about Crest, Motto and Person of Interest (c.1800s)
« on: Sunday 05 May 19 08:24 BST (UK)  »
I attach a photograph of James (Jimmy) Pain taken in France in 1916 with his brother officers in the Devonshires. Porthos and Athos were killed.

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Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms / Re: Requesting Information about Crest, Motto and Person of Interest (c.1800s)
« on: Friday 03 May 19 09:01 BST (UK)  »
Dear Sharon,

I would like to thank Maec who found that my Great Uncle was transferred to the 2/10 Scots (not The Scots Guards but The Royal Scots, or the 1st Linlithgowshire Rifle Volunteers) for the 1918 Archangel Campaign in Northern Russia.  We have photographs of him there but we did not know the regiment. He must have just come back from the Northern Dvina when he went to my Grandmother's wedding.

We used to think he stayed on in Russia but it is more likely he worked for a Hong Kong Trading House and met Anna Tiedemann, who happened to be Russian, in China

Best,

George

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Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms / Re: Requesting Information about Crest, Motto and Person of Interest (c.1800s)
« on: Tuesday 23 April 19 09:51 BST (UK)  »
Dear Sharon,

I have just seen this post.

James Crichton Pain was my Great Uncle. His sister Mary Henrietta Pain was my Grandmother. James's father was John Athill  Pain 1864 1899, James is described as a Gentleman when he was a witness to my grandparents wedding in Aspley Guise in 1919.  They lived at Woodlands, Woburn Sands, Beds which still stands.  Neither men were declared bankrupt, the family money came from service in the East India Company.

James served in the Devonshire Regiment and his MC was an immediate award at the first Battle of Ypres.  He later fought for the White Russians and married a Russian, they had no children. We have several pictures of him in France and I met his wife as a child.

We are looking for his medals which were stolen with his effects following his death in London (Ironically Devonshire Place, W1).  We would be very grateful for a good copy of his book plate which you now have and any information about where you found it.

Thank you, 

George Woodruff

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