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World War Two / Can I find out if Grandad was evacuated from Dunkirk?
« on: Sunday 17 March 19 16:06 GMT (UK)  »
My mother was always insistent that her Dad was evacuated from the beach at Dunkirk. I'm not sure whether I can apply for his service records as I'm only his granddaughter (so not Next of Kin). Is there any other way of finding out if Mum was right?

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: James and Fanny Whysall, photo taken pre-1930. Can anyone restore?
« on: Monday 11 March 19 12:44 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Trishanne,  Yes it's a poor photo isn't it? I'm amazed that you can get something out of it!  Thanks!  :)

I really cant see if Fanny is holding anything... perhaps she is resting her hands over a large stomach?


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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: James and Fanny Whysall, photo taken pre-1930. Can anyone restore?
« on: Monday 11 March 19 09:27 GMT (UK)  »
Oh, thats wonderful! Thank you very much --- you had a very poor original to work with, and you've given me a good look at James's face. They are the same age, but Fanny looks so much older -- she bore 10 children, and lost 5, I reckon that would age anyone.

Looking at James, I now think another unlabelled photo may be him....will have to go look.

Thank you once more,    Kim

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / James and Fanny Whysall, photo taken pre-1930. Can anyone restore?
« on: Sunday 10 March 19 16:54 GMT (UK)  »
i've just identified this photo as my Great Great Grandparents, James and Fanny. It's in a terrble state. Can anything be done for it?

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The Common Room / Re: 1939 Register : missing record?
« on: Sunday 10 February 19 19:54 GMT (UK)  »
My confusion arises from the fact that I know that my mothers immediate family was in England at the right time, and that, even if they lived on an RAF base (as they did), the information given by the National Archives says:

The records do include

    members of the armed forces on leave
    civilians on military bases


Perhaps I should re-phrase my question ---does any one else have problems finding milit ryfamilies in the 1939 Register, or are the Browns just missing for some other reason?



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The Common Room / Re: 1939 Register : missing record?
« on: Sunday 10 February 19 18:19 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for sorting out the Harpin issue folks.

However I still can't find Valletta Brown, are all military families not on the 1939 register?

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The Common Room / Re: 1939 Register : missing record?
« on: Sunday 10 February 19 18:07 GMT (UK)  »
...and they were married in 1924

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The Common Room / Re: 1939 Register : missing record?
« on: Sunday 10 February 19 18:00 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, Eliza and Reginald were both married before,

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The Common Room / 1939 Register : missing record?
« on: Sunday 10 February 19 17:15 GMT (UK)  »
I cannot find my mothers family on the 1939 Register. 

Her father was in the RAF, so this may be a reason, but her grandmother, Eliza Harpin, is also missing and she would have been living with her husband Reginald Harpin in Bedfordshire at the time.  If the register was the basis for issuing ration cards, why are these people missing?

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