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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Help with BICKERDYKE family
« on: Wednesday 18 January 17 04:20 GMT (UK)  »
Not really - ill health intervened and I've been a long time without much interest in my family history. I must get back to it :)  New Year's resolution maybe   ::)

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World War One / Re: Harry HADDEN Army Uniform
« on: Saturday 11 October 14 06:39 BST (UK)  »
Ady and the others on this forum, I apologise but I have info for Ady and I know this isn't the right place but I don't know how else to contact a relative (it's taken me a while to find this place!)

 Ady, 7 years ago you posted on a Yorkshire Indexers forum that you may be related to William Wade. That's my great grandfather.  I have a full genealogy if you are interested.  Please contact me on largelyhappy at hotmail dot com. And once more, apologies for an inappropriate posting.

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World War Two / Re: RAF WW2 puzzler
« on: Thursday 17 January 13 19:36 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: bleckie on Thursday 17 January 13 12:40 GMT (UK)
If you post a copy of the photo on the site you can usually tell by the uniform if he was aircrew.
Could he have been Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy)


In view of the fact that all I know is what my parents told me - and that clearly inaccurate from present findings, your guess is as good as mine Bruce :-\.  However, I'll seek the photo.

Breaking News:  just been through the family photos and there's no sign of Uncle Leslie. Think maybe Mum threw it out (she did this with a lot of old photos before she died in 1992). So I guess this is where the trail ends.  Many, many thanks for your help Ross and Bruce  :)

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World War Two / Re: RAF WW2 puzzler
« on: Thursday 17 January 13 19:34 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: rafcommands on Thursday 17 January 13 11:27 GMT (UK)
You can check this yourself for free by downloading the relevant part of AIR 78 from The National Archives Website.


Just did this and there's no sign of him. The plot thickens!  I'll see if I can find this old photo I had (or used to have)  Thanks for all your suggestions.

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World War Two / Re: RAF WW2 puzzler
« on: Thursday 17 January 13 19:01 GMT (UK)  »
There is one Leslie Radley listed but he has a different middle name.
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It probably won't be my Uncle then, Ross.

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World War Two / Re: RAF WW2 puzzler
« on: Wednesday 16 January 13 23:16 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: fastfusion on Wednesday 16 January 13 08:22 GMT (UK)
Someone has created a wonderful list on forcesreunited.org.uk   that suggest a Leslie Radley was at Royal Air Force Melksham 1942 - 1947
but u are saying there a few Radleys   so its hard to say without getting his personell file
 :) 

Thanks for that, at least I have another snippet of information.  The site you name seems to have a subscription system and only by paying that, which I can't afford, do you get full details. I'm now puzzled as to why the RAF told me there was no record!   But I do thank you for the above details, it al helps.  :D

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World War Two / RAF WW2 puzzler
« on: Wednesday 16 January 13 04:42 GMT (UK)  »
I have a photo of my Uncle,  Leslie Favill RADLEY in RAF uniform and was told by my parents (I was a child at the time) that he died in the war. To be fair, they could have said died as a result of the war because now I find he didn't died until 4th July 1950, aged 26.   I wrote to the RAF and a lady wrote back to say an initial enquiry had turned up no one of that name (and it's not a common one) but if I pay thirty pounds (which I don't have) they'll look again.  Does anyone know how I could find out more about what he did during the war? I simply want to know where he was based, was he ground crew or flying and so on.  Any advice would be much appreciated

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Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / Re: Louisa Bickerdyke/Benjamin Ellerby
« on: Saturday 12 January 13 05:26 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: pjs12 on Saturday 12 January 13 05:20 GMT (UK)
Just for information 'Stuff' was a coarse cloth, mainly worsted, made of long combing wool which didn't have any nap or pile.

Thanks Ian

I grew up in Bradford and worked at Lister's Mill, so these terms are familiar to me.   An old joke says the Three Graces were called Stuff, Shoddy and Mungo   :D

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Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / Re: Louisa Bickerdyke/Benjamin Ellerby
« on: Saturday 12 January 13 05:23 GMT (UK)  »

Thank you for all this crisane - it gives me something to start with.  ;D VERY much appreciated

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