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Other Countries / Shanghai Municipal Council Pension Records
« on: Saturday 15 August 20 12:26 BST (UK)  »
In 2011 I went to the National Archives to research my partner's great uncle James Edward Morgan, who was a Chief Inspector in the Public Works Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council.  He was a Japanese Prisoner of War from February 1943 to August 1945.

I found a sheet with James's name on it but have 3 sheets altogether, which relate to "Advances in respect of PENSIONS to former employees of Shanghai Municipal Council for the period 1st April to 30th June 1946.  Subject to an upper limit of £40 per month."

There are other names on these sheets and I am asking whether it would be OK and legal to detail them here in case other researchers are looking for records?  Obviously, I cannot help you with further records but I could point you in the right direction as I have the File Numbers for these records.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Wakefield Ltd of Chiswick and Brentford
« on: Thursday 06 August 20 22:33 BST (UK)  »
Sorry, I've only just seen this post as the email was in my Junk.   Jeanette is welcome to have those photographs as I don't want photographs of people I don't know.

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World War Two / Re: King’s Own Royal Regiment - Ranks
« on: Wednesday 01 August 18 23:17 BST (UK)  »
It looks as though it is King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).

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World War Two / Re: King’s Own Royal Rifles - Ranks
« on: Wednesday 01 August 18 23:10 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: MaxD on Wednesday 01 August 18 16:31 BST (UK)
It was a little more complicated than that (it had to be!!).  There is a difference between temporary commissions and temporary ranks.  The former were indeed the commissions granted to non-regular officers.  Whatever rank they then held, they were still holding a temporary commission which, broadly, was for the duration of the war.
However, tying down the distinction between temporary and acting rank is like nailing jelly to a wall.  It altered during the Great War with some evidence that acting became more prevalent in 1915.  Others far more versed in these matters than I (including MPs - see Hansard in 1915 for example https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1915/apr/22/army-estimates-1915-16-progress-10th )  have discussed the subject ad nauseam.  It is fraught with difficulty and, as Regorian implies, even if explained doesn't make sense the next day!

Any attempt to explain it definitively would have to be accompanied by the relevant Army Orders of the time under discussion.

The question really was - what were their duties - answer  - no different from a substantive captain whose place they had taken for some period of time.

Dora - you may wish to look at the title of the regiment.  I suspect it is King's Royal Rifle Corps although there are a couple of King's Own somethings they don't have Rifles in the title.

MaxD

I have the abbreviation KORR so what does that stand for?

It was my Dad and we cremated him on 30/7/18.  I don’t have his army record, only some notes in a diary.  He always said he was a Captain but now it looks as though he could have only been temporary.

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World War Two / Re: King’s Own Royal Rifles - Ranks
« on: Wednesday 01 August 18 23:03 BST (UK)  »
I’ve now found out that A stands for Acting and T for Temporary.  Temporary was higher than Acting and was usually awarded after 3 months of being Acting Captain.

http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_help.htm

Dora


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World War Two / King’s Own Royal Rifles - Ranks
« on: Wednesday 01 August 18 14:51 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

Can anybody tell me what an “A/Capt” and “T/Capt might mean please?  I know “Capt” stands for Captain, but what does the A and T stand for and what were their responsibilities?

Dozy Dora

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: James Edward Morgan born cira 1884/85
« on: Tuesday 03 January 17 23:20 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for getting in touch about your Mum being Doris Gunning.

I found out that Florence Harrison was a farmer's daughter.  In the 1901 Census Florence is staying as a lodger with Mary Ann Burton (nee Morgan) and is stated to be a parlour maid.  You wonder whether her master had made her pregnant.

Then in the 1911 Census Mary Ann Burton is shown with Florence Josephine Harrison aged 11 (adopted girl).

I have not been able to find out what happened to Florence Harrison.  I did get Florence Josephine Harrison's birth certificate which doesn't state who the father is; however, in her marriage certificate to Henry Thomas Gunning on 25 December 1922 it states her father as being a nurse, which I think is untrue.

I also cannot find who was the Burton that Mary Ann Morgan took the name of - there is certainly no marriage.  Nor can I find out what happened to her after the 1911 Census.

Edward James Morgan was a Chief Inspector of the Public Works Department in the Shanghai Municipal Council.  I went to the National Archives on two occasions and have copies of all the papers relating to the pension payment when he came out of the Japanese Prisoner of War camp.  I also have a card for him when he was in the Prisoner of War camp.  Sadly he died of oesophageal cancer.

I would love to see a copy of the letter exchanged with Edward and your Mum.  We have 3 letters from him to Henry.  Henry and his family had moved when Edward returned to England in 1946 and, in those days, it was impossible to trace where someone had moved, so he never hooked up with Henry again.

We also have a photograph of Edward in a smart suit.  I will try and copy it tomorrow and attach it to another message, as it is late now.

This is my partner's family tree, not mine.  If you would like any more information yourself.  Please get in touch.

Dora

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: What is the best Family Tree Maker on the market
« on: Thursday 09 July 15 21:37 BST (UK)  »
Thank you both for your replies.  I think I will invest in the 2014 Platinum version for I had also read reviews on it on Amazon.  One person even went as far as saying that you could go on buying them and get six months' subscription free.  I wouldn't do that but six months' subscription would be useful.  I was actually paying the Premium rate of £12.95 a month so that I could view parish records, London Metropolitan Archive records and passenger lists - do you know if the six months' subscription is this Premium rate or merely the basic rate?

Dora

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / What is the best Family Tree Maker on the market
« on: Sunday 05 July 15 15:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi everybody,

I know there is a new Family Tree Maker released every year but some are not as good as others.  As I am now working, I stopped subscribing to Ancestry but am worried that my extensive trees will be deleted.  So which is the best Family Tree Maker for this purpose or is it just as easy to create a spreadsheet?

Dora

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