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Dear All,
I attach a screenshot of a section of the 1851 Census. The image shows the birthplace of my nth great-grandfather James William (Oddington, Gloucestershire) and his wife Mary Williams, nee Keen. I just cannot decipher the name of the village/town where she was born. Censuses from other years are no help either - 1841: just Oxfordshire; 1861: completely mis-transcribed as Brighton, Sussex; 1871: Oddington, Gloucestershire (a duplication of her husband's birthplace) and I believe they were both dead by 1881.
I would be extremely grateful for any help in deciphering the name.
Many thanks.
Purdie

Actually, I've just had a look at the longlongtrail and it says there was a depot at Woolwich - ASC Company 2 - also called the No 3 Reserve HT Depot. When he re-engaged(?) in 1912, it was at Woolwich.

I am researching my great-grandfather Alfred Bunt. I have a copy of his Army Service Records but I'm having trouble deciphering them. I know that he enlisted in the Army Service Corps in 1900 when he did three years in the Colours and then nine years in the Reserve. He then re-engaged in the Reserves in 1912 for a period of four years which was then, of course, superseded by events. His Army No. was T16620 - Horse Transport where he was a groom and driver and he was mobilised in Dublin on 24th August 1914. From a brief record of a court-martial for drunkenness and attempting to strike a superior officer, it would appear that he was attached to the 1st Indian Cavalry Division, later the 4th Cavalry Division (this would tie in with a photograph that we have of him with an Indian soldier).

What I would like to know is, is there anyway of finding out where exactly he would have been stationed during the First World War and would he have seen any fighting? I know he was on the Western Front and I understand that the Indian Cavalry Division were used more as unmounted infantry in the trenches than cavalry, but I can't seem to find out exactly where. I have the names of the G.O.C.s on the record at the time of his court martial on 20/06/1916 - A. E. Lundon, and E. C. Hodgson and Major General A A Kennedy. Also, would his court martial have been written up in the war diary and so, would it be worth my while getting hold of a copy it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.

Thanks, Janey. I hadn't had any luck with 1851 - do you remember in which parish the children were living? I'd like to have a look. The strays are interesting - I suppose it could mean that she just happened to be away on the night of the census, rather than not living with them/being dead.
The Hocking angle in Mevagissey is interesting - there are lots of baptisms registered there from the 1820s onwards - the more I think of it, the more I think that Hockey has just been mistranscribed from Hocking. I'd like to get a look at the original!
I agree re William Solomon's birth certificate - I tried looking for Amelia's but came up blank - I'd rather have gone for that one because the name is less common and has more chance of being the right one!
I'll certainly chase up the Hawkey idea.

Thanks so much for your help!

Purdie