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The Common Room / FindMyPast Civil Births Transcript
« on: Sunday 26 July 20 16:02 BST (UK)  »
I just started following up a load of 'hints' on my FindMyPast family tree and clicked on the Civil Births record that was suggested for my GGG - grandfather, William Collins (b1943).

I have never known his mother's maiden name so was interested to see it given as 'Jennings' on the transcription, but I'm puzzled as to where it came from as when I view the image that the transcript was taken from, this detail is not there.

Can anyone shed any light on this - has anyone else come across similar?  I'm thinking it must be an error, although part of me it hoping that it isn't.

Surely the only place that information can have come from is the actual birth certificate - and I'm sure they can't have got it from there  ???

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World War One / Middlesex Regiment 3540 PTE A. BLANCHE
« on: Wednesday 12 September 12 23:45 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I'm hoping somebody can help me find out a little more about what happened to my Mum's Grandad, Alfred Blanche (b. 1876), during WW1.

We have his war medals (I got the regiment and army number from them), cap badge and another badge type item which I have yet to identify.

We also have two letters he wrote back to his son (Mum's Dad), one dated 14 June 1918 and one 22 August 1918; the later of the two says that he had been hoping to be home to help with the harvest, but didn't expect that to happen.  We even have the envelopes, so I wonder if the postmarks might help.  The envelopes are stamped "Passed by censor No 1319" in case that helps!

I do know he did get home (I have another letter he wrote to Grandad in 1946) and have been told that he was blinded in one eye in the war.

I did wonder whether the letters were written from some kind of army 'field hospital' as the June 1918 letter says
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"... hope they hear from Uncle Bob soon, good job I got hit or I might have been like him or worse so I am very pleased that I did ... am not such a long way from home you know only can't get there that's the trouble..."

Brings a tear to my eye every time I read it ...

If anyone has any ideas regarding how I might find out more, I'd be really grateful.  I wondered how I might go about finding out which battalion he was in, as I assume there is information out there somewhere about where each battalion got sent.

Earlier on in the June 1918 letter he says that it's been about 7 months since he last saw the family, so I suppose he must have left around November/ December 1917.

I haven't had any luck searching any online records and I'm not sure where else to try (I have a current findmypast subscription, but not Ancestry (I believe they may have more records but I'm not sure).

I do hope someone can help as I'd dearly love to find out.

Thank you all in advance.






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