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Suffolk / Re: Lea Road, Walton, Felixstowe
« on: Saturday 28 January 23 17:07 GMT (UK) »
A long time since this was posted and I doubt the OP will pick it up but the Road in question is Sea Road and not Lea Road.
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Armed Forces / Re: Army service record lookup please
« on: Monday 13 September 21 13:13 BST (UK) »I haven't got a subscription to Find my past.Home address given as 10 Queen's Street Merthyr.
I'd like to check if it s my gg granddad
Does it give his address?
His next of kin?
What campaign did he fight , if he ever did?
What was his conduct like?
Not sure what other info would be on it.
Served in Gibraltar, Natal & Mauritius
Character on discharge is given as 'Good'
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Renfrewshire / Re: Ann & Janet Wilson, sisters of Greenock Complete
« on: Saturday 03 April 21 09:59 BST (UK) »
At long last I have found Ann, she died a spinster in 1921, she was being called Annie, rather than Ann. On the 1891, 1901 & 1911 census she is a patient at the Smithson Asylum, she died at 14 Inverkip Road, which was the attached hospital. Her bother was also a patient as this hospital & committed suicide on the railway in 1892. At the time of her death Ann's usual address is given as that of her widowed sister in law.
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Renfrewshire / Re: 406th Field Company Royal Engineers/ Renfrewshire Yeomanry
« on: Wednesday 12 August 20 14:32 BST (UK) »Hi
My Grandfather fought in WW1 at La Bassee Canal and was mentioned in dispatches for action on the 18th April 1918. I would like to find out more about the company leading up to and including this action. My Grandfather Daniel Stevenson 420215 Cpl, and I suspect his older and younger brother, John and James were also fighting in the same area. I have Day Diaries for this period and have information on Daniel's action that day, but have been unable to trace John or James.
Does the regiment have a museum or archive locally where I can access records. 1911 Census shows the family at 52 Caledonia Street Paisley.
Thanks David
Some time since this was posted but I've found Daniel was granted a pension when he was discharged in 1919 because of GSWs to his right leg & arm, his address then is shown as 10 Greenock Road Paisley.
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The Common Room / Re: Textile Tatler
« on: Wednesday 10 June 20 17:44 BST (UK) »There were jokes and stories about tacklers.His father was a blacksmith & pub landlord, brother a painter & decorator.
What occupations did other members of the family have?
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The Common Room / Re: Are historic certificates arriving from the GRO in the current pandemic?
« on: Wednesday 10 June 20 16:55 BST (UK) »
I ordered a pdf on the 20th May & it arrived this morning, to give a clue to current timescale
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The Common Room / Re: Textile Tatler
« on: Wednesday 10 June 20 16:46 BST (UK) »I wonder if it is a corruption of the word Tackler, just as some people sayTHanks Viktoria, sounds plausable, He worked in a linen mill.
bokkle for bottle ,so Tackler May have been corrupted to tatler.
A Tackler worked in textile mills ,could do on the spot repairs of machinery so production was not slowed down or stopped.
Operatives were piece workers often and a stopped machine meant loss of pay.
So the Tackler was the man to keep on the right side of .
Have you any information of the industry in which he worked.?
Viktoria.
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The Common Room / Re: Textile Tatler
« on: Wednesday 10 June 20 14:16 BST (UK) »
Thanks, could be that, maybe misunderstood by the registrar