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World War One / Trying to follow an officer of the Army Service Corps
« on: Monday 11 October 21 18:42 BST (UK)  »
Hello
A relative of mine served with the Army Service Corps (ASC) during WW1.

He had been in the reserve of Officers, and joined the ASC as an temporary Lieutenant in Nov 1915. I can find him in the Army Lists, and I can find his promotions (Lt, Capt, Maj) in the gazette and RLCarchive, but the only other thing I can find regarding his time in the War is his medal card which shows his first overseas assignment in Sept 1916 to Egypt. I don’t even know which section of the ASC he worked for.

He was William Moore Cole-Hamilton, born 3 Apr 1883. His service number may have been P82468, though that may instead refer to his time in the Army before WW1.

Can anyone advise a route forward to find out where he spent the war (always in Egypt, or transferred around), and what he did within the ASC.

Jim

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Armed Forces / Can anybody identify the uniform in this picture
« on: Thursday 23 September 21 23:02 BST (UK)  »
Hi all,
I have this picture of this man (and his wife). I think I know who he is, but ...
If I am right he is Captain CJC Sillery, and the picture might be made at the time of his wedding.which was 1861 in Launceston, Tasmania.
At that time he had just recently (1858) transferred as Captain to 1st Bn 12th (East Suffolk) regiment, which was stationed in Aus. Previously, in the Crimea, he had been Captain in 30th foot.
The red coat is common, but the shape of the button fastening may be informative. The white collar with gold braid may be an identifier.

I’d be very glad if anyone could confirm if the uniform belongs to one of these two regiments, at that period.

Otherwise I’ll have to look at some other line of the family. There are other possibilities

Jim

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Graveyards and Gravestones / Hutchings
« on: Tuesday 22 March 16 17:13 GMT (UK)  »
I'm trying to read the third panel of this memorial stone in Kilcluny Churchyard co Armagh, Northern Ireland.

So far I have the following
(Panel 1) In Loving Memory of Adeline Beatrice Fifth Daughter of
(Panel 2) Revd Edgar F Hutchings, who departed this ****(Life) November 27th 1903 aged 15 years
(Panel 3 - very tenuous)) Also their daughter Ethel Hutchings ?MB?FRC?
**D 26th February 1969

pic 1 shows the three panels, pic 2 showing just the third panel will follow

I'd be glad of suggestions, or a look up of an MI record (if there is one), or a better picture

thanks

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Armed Forces / Officer's wife and children 1870s
« on: Sunday 25 November 12 21:02 GMT (UK)  »
My Ancestor, Charles JC Sillery, was a Major with the 12th Foot, later the 12th Suffolk Regiment, when they sailed from Queenstown on the "Crocodile" to Bombay Sept 1876, to take part in the second Afghan war.
At the time when the regiment sailed, he had a wife and five living children, their ages and genders being 16b, 14g, 13g, 10b, 4b.
I have found that the wife Christina, travelled at about the same time to Australia (where she had been born and where they had married), accompanied by two children (presumably the two youngest), and she stayed six months before leaving, again with 2 children.
I'm not sure if she went directly to India, but her death is recorded there just four years later in 1881.

So, my question is this - what would have been the usual situation for the wife and children of an officer if he was shipping to war, if there was no family home nor immediate family at home for them to stay with.  Boarding school for the elder children? could that be why there were just 2 children with their mother?
Would the wife and young children have accompanied the officer to India and stayed in Barracks?
Any other thoughts?

Jimbo

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Wicklow / School in Delgany 1901
« on: Wednesday 10 October 12 23:25 BST (UK)  »
My wife's great aunt is shown at boarding school in Delgany in the 1901 census
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Wicklow/Delgany/Delgany/1820493/
23 students, boys and girls, aged between 4 and 14, in the tender care of Ms Alice Mac Murray (26) and Elizabeth Nesbitt (22). All CofI, Most born in Dublin city, but others from Monaghan, Kildare and other counties.

Does anyone know of this boarding school?
Were the students sponsored? by the Church perhaps? Unlikely that our family member could afford boarding school
I cannot find an equivalent page of youngsters in Delgany in 1911
cannot find either of the adults in 1911

Miss Carrs children homes were not in Delgany until 1906. They were at a place called Richview I believe - perhaps they took on the same building

any help appreciated

Jimbo

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Argyllshire / Maclulich/Smith of Bracklie, Glenorchy
« on: Thursday 05 July 12 23:39 BST (UK)  »
I am tracking a family of Archibald Smith in Tasmania, and I have an unsupported reference which indicates that the family name might have changed fom MacLulich to Smith after the clearances.
So, I am trying to tie Archibald Smith (b. ca. 1801) of Selma, Tasmania to this Maclulich family of Croft Bracklie/Inishail/glenorchy, and then work through the Maclulich family.
If anyone has information, please help


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Derry (Londonderry) / Training for the Presbyterian Ministry 1880s
« on: Saturday 20 August 11 23:05 BST (UK)  »
What can you tell me about how a young man would become a presbyterian minister in the late 19th century.
Where would he train, would he need a sponsor, how long would it take etc etc.

I am chasing down a Rev William Patterson DD, born in the County about 1860, and who was a minister in Canada, and for a short spell in Belfast, then back to Canada.

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Derry (Londonderry) / Beagh (Spiritual) Maghera
« on: Wednesday 20 April 11 12:25 BST (UK)  »
Why is Beagh, Maghera divided into Spiritual and Temporal
What do the names mean
Do they still have the same separate identities

We have Patterson ancestors farming at Beagh (Spiritual) in 1911

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Dublin / Hurley Dublin
« on: Sunday 17 April 11 22:43 BST (UK)  »
I have found a family called William and Charlotte Hurley from Dublin. He was a Hatter. It appears that their address during the 1850s-60s was Mespil Hat factory , or possibly Mespil Parade.

Does anyone know where this factory was, and perhaps why the family might have been living there.

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