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World War Two / Re: German and Italian POW,s at Farms in Kent.

« on: Monday 06 November 23 17:15 GMT (UK) »

So sorry IGNORE - wrong war. I can't delete post.

Records about these camps and farm groups seem scant I have found. National Archives had a doc which listed PO Boxes for some locations.You may already be aware of Dr Colin Chapman's book 'Detained in Britain 1914–1920' which details the evolution of the POW camps

Researching my Grandfather's WW1 war service I discovered that he served with the Military Defence Corps at Rumshott Wood near Underiver in Kent and that seemed to be the South East of England base from which British military were dispersed throughout Kent and East Sussex to help run smaller POW camps or supervise farm groups.

I found a few helpful tidbits in local newspapers, eg Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald 9 March 1919 refers to an application for 110 German prisoners to work on land at Brookland, St Marys, Eastbridge and Lympne. A similar article enabled me to place my grandfather supervising POWs on a specific farm in East Sussex.

I am afraid I don't know if records of POWs have survived.

Ssxy

The Common Room / Findagrave swamped with inaccurate entries?

« on: Friday 01 July 22 19:43 BST (UK) »

Is it just me - but I am finding that Ancestry links through to FindaGrave are oftentimes coming up with entries that do not relate to photographed headstones?

Seems to me some folk are at best harvesting Family History Society transcripts or at worst projecting their own, possibly flawed research.

In the spirit of the apparent wishes of the FAG website I have over the years contributed photos and data, but on several occasions when I have contacted authors for clarification or challenge an entry I have often been convinced they don't actually know anything about the entry I am talking about. Some have refused to change their entry when I have produced documentary evidence challenging what they have put.

Such a pity that such a useful website appears now to have lowered the bar in regard to the source of submissions.

Rant over.

Ssxy.

Armed Forces / Re: Anglo Boer conflict or India? What uniform?

« on: Friday 18 February 22 21:05 GMT (UK) »

Thank you John for each of those useful points of detail.

Would you rule out the photograph being taken 1898 -1900? My grandfather (who I never knew) was sent to Malta as a private and then as L/Cpl sent to South Africa early 1900. He would be 18 years old.

Methinks wishful thinking on my part!

Ssxy.

Armed Forces / Anglo Boer conflict or India? What uniform?

« on: Tuesday 15 February 22 18:53 GMT (UK) »

Can anyone identify rank, regiment and location of this photograph please?

Internet searches regarding the uniform have proved inconclusive and I have no details about the provenance of the photograph.

Thank you, Ssxy

Monmouthshire / Links: The Royal Monmouth Militia

« on: Sunday 22 November 20 12:59 GMT (UK) »

Royal Monmouthshire Militia : being a detailed description of the regiment from the year 1660 to the time of its transfer to the Special Reserve by B E Sargeaunt 1910.

Published on University of Calgary website in its digital collections:

http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/digital/collection/cmh/id/42299

Ssxy.

Armed Forces / Re: WAAF photo Leighton Buzzard

« on: Thursday 19 November 20 20:21 GMT (UK) »

My mother served at Leighton Buzzard as a teleprinter. Many of her fellow WRAFs lived in accommodation at The Grange in nearby Heath and Reach.

This book is worth a read, The Secrets of Q Central, How Leighton Buzzard Shortened the War.

Ssxy

The Common Room / Free legal upgrade from Win 7 & 8 to 10

« on: Monday 19 October 20 18:51 BST (UK) »

I've posted this here rather than the Technical board as this is not a query but to highlight little known fact that the Microsoft official site is still allowing free upgrades. As of this morning 19 Oct 2020 (UK) I was able to upgrade my laptop from Win 7 to Win 10.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

If like me, very nervous about attempting it I thoroughly recommend watching the video below beforehand which talks you through the process. I played the video on my PC and stopped and started it as I proceeded with the upgrade on my laptop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERTKBVPd594&feature=emb_title

Other than having to uninstall a redundant Microsoft app along the way the process was straight-foreword but took a while.

Ssxy.

I have no connection with the author of the video.

Cheshire Lookup Requests / Re: Marriage of Elizabeth Penson to John Kennedy Macclesfield

« on: Tuesday 28 January 20 20:47 GMT (UK) »

As per post, indications are that Cheshire Parish Registers 1538-2000 have have two "intentions of marriage" 1847 and 1849, suggesting such intentions were recorded, but seems images of those entries are not displayed on FamilySearch or FindMyPast websites

FamilySearch for example has 3 different records - with images, for Elizabeth's son William's marriage at Prestbury in 1871, Application for Banns, Banns and Marriage.

Thanks for observation about Elizabeth not being of age (19) in the earlier record. Two weeks after that Parish entry she gave birth to William but had to wait two years to marry the man who was almost certainly the father.

Ssxy

Cheshire Lookup Requests / Marriage of Elizabeth Penson to John Kennedy Macclesfield

« on: Tuesday 28 January 20 17:58 GMT (UK) »

FamilySearch has marriage of Elizabeth and John 10 September 1849 with image from Cheshire Parish Registers, but there are 2 further entries - "intended marriage" one 4 August 1849 and the second for an earlier marriage 14 February 1847; neither has an accompanying image.

I would be grateful if someone with access to these records could confirm that the earlier record exists, and is not a typo.

Perhaps someone got cold feet, then changed their mind a couple of years later!

Thank you, Ssxy.