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World War One / Re: WW1 medal found in sewer want to send to family
« on: Tuesday 26 October 10 15:28 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all for the brilliant support

Ady do you know if there is a website for archived newspapers, if there isnt I will be travelling to manchester in a couple of months and believe that the main library may have them on tape. I did find him on the 1911 census giving me a year of birth 1885, I did not print it because I thought there would be no more information, just a list of names but if you think there will be more let me know because i have to pay a subscription, so he was just 30 when he died but could have been married.

Wendi thanks for that will have a look later

A I have contacted the museum but they have no more than I already have but could give it to them as a last resort

this is all good training for researching my family tree
crista

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World War One / Re: WW1 medal found in sewer want to send to family
« on: Tuesday 26 October 10 00:05 BST (UK)  »

found the medal card but it does not provide any more information, looked on ancestry uk and guessed at the age range but thats a bit dangerous, pretty common name Charles Williams, lots on the census, births and deaths.

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World War One / Re: WW1 medal found in sewer want to send to family
« on: Monday 25 October 10 22:40 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the replies
this is all I have

Private  WILLIAMS, CHARLES
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Regiment: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Service No: 8291
Date of Death: 1 May 1915
Commemoration: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Belgium
Addenda Panel 58.

 


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World War One / WW1 medal found in sewer want to send to family
« on: Monday 25 October 10 19:58 BST (UK)  »
Hi All
A relative use to work on the sewers in Manchester and found a WW1 medal, I have contacted the war graves commission who have only one extra piece of information and that is that the soldier was born in Manchester, they also suggested I contact the newspapers to see if an obituary was recorded. email sent MEN.

His name was Private Charles Williams, Commemoration: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, I do not have an age or date of birth.

Any advice you can give would be appreciated.

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