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Kent / Re: St James Church Dover
« on: Friday 16 April 10 15:36 BST (UK)  »
I have spoken to a great aunt who thinks that the original stone was probably removed to be modified or replaced when the son died and was buried in the same plot. There appears to have been some family wranglings around this time and then with the outbreak of War it was probably forgotten. The son was apparently not very popular and so it seems as if no one gave it much thought after that!

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Kent / Re: St James Church Dover
« on: Friday 12 March 10 08:36 GMT (UK)  »
Dear Bill,

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. It is incredibly kind of you. It is a shame that there is no stone and rather curious given that both the plot occupants had family living close by at the time. I guess that it is one of those mysteries that will probably remain unanswered. It does make me think that maybe a chat to some family members might be in order to rectify things?

Once again many thanks,

Chris

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World War One / Re: Missing Navy officer help please
« on: Wednesday 10 March 10 08:34 GMT (UK)  »
I found this thread as well yesterday as it is one of the few hits that comes back when searching online. It would again seem to fit with his profession as an electrical engineer as well as the dates. The more difficult thing now I guess is trying to find out what his role was in Argentina. Thanks again for taking the time to look.

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Kent / Re: St James Church Dover
« on: Tuesday 09 March 10 15:51 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Bill

They are Ellen MN Browning d1902 and Arthur Browning d1913

All the best, Chris

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World War One / Re: Missing Navy officer help please
« on: Tuesday 09 March 10 09:29 GMT (UK)  »
Just looking at the dates again, this must be one of the shortest commissions ever! The timing is curious too, as he was commissioned just as the War was ending and demobbed less than six months later.

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World War One / Re: Missing Navy officer help please
« on: Tuesday 09 March 10 09:18 GMT (UK)  »
Seaweed, thank you so much for looking at this.

The entry would seem to fit. He was an engineer by profession and shore-based, being in Buenos Aires at that time

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World War One / Re: Missing Navy officer help please
« on: Friday 05 March 10 09:02 GMT (UK)  »
My guess is RN Reserve or Voluntary Reserve given his career before and after the War

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World War One / Re: Missing Navy officer help please
« on: Thursday 04 March 10 22:41 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Seaweed, that is very helpful.

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World War One / Re: Missing Navy officer help please
« on: Thursday 04 March 10 11:57 GMT (UK)  »
I have seen that record (and in fact my profile photo is of Philip and comes from that trip). He went to SA in 1922 shortly after returning from one of at least two stays in Argentina. When he was in SA he was working as an engineer on the electrification of a railway with no navy activities at all.

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