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Hi

I have a student looking into the pub; The gun and spitroast, in Horsmonden, Kent

I was wondering if anyone had any interesting stories they could share about this pub?

Thanks

Hi

I have been looking at a navy service register. How can you find out more about whether it is the right person? / where do i go to look for further information.

Name:   Walter Edward Packard. Service number:   215329
birth year :  1883
First Service Date on record:   14 Jun 1901
First Ship Served On:   Northampton
Last Service Date on record:   9 Oct 1908

I am trying to find out whether it was this person:

walter edward packard birth info last quarter 1883 (i think the person above was sept 1883 so still matches)
parents: Sarah Packard nee Hymas and George Packard
His marriage was the year after the last service date in 1909

Hi

I'm not sure if this has been uploaded already, but i found it really useful when i first saw it a few days ago (as well as interesting). It shows where all workers onboard the titanic, lost and survived, where they lived in Southampton in 2012. It can also tell you old road names.

The daily echo also has links to other relative articles regarding Titanic. Hope it can help some people out there.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/heritage/titanic/crew/map/

Hello

I am interested in finding out more about the American base camp based near by Crawley (winchester,hampshire) in WW2 and the German P.O.W detainees who worked around and in the village. I am interested in this because i have recently found pictures of my family with scribbled notes of things like German POW painting Wall and American Joe,jim and dave and me (dolly mixture) --a nickname given to my great nan from Americans because it was the only sweets in the shop at the time. Also a picture labelled German POW making toys for the village children.

I want to try and compile the pictures and get as many names as possible. It seems alot of the pictures seems to go with some 'memory notes' my great nan wrote down when i was a little girl. So if someone could point me in the right direction of what/ where the american bases were and the germans site were i'd be grateful.

My family (surname-Packard) use to own the only village shop/post office during WW2 and managed the Fox & Hound pub (which still exists today as does the shop/postoffice- it is now a house and has been for many years)

Packard (s) were also known to have written to/for the hampshire chronicle and avidly involved in the Crawley Cricket team.

If you lived in Crawley or know about Crawley area from this time please contact.

My family left crawley in the 1950's to Southampton. See below for names;

Daisy Packard nee Evans (known as dolly mixture)
Robert Packard
Pamela Packard
Gwendoline Packard (died between 1935-1945)
Walter George Packard aka george packard
James Packard aka Jim
Charlie Evans (cousin to daisy/nephew stayed till 1953ish in crawley.

The book based on Crawley winchester featues a pic of my family stood outside the shop/postoffice with 2 female employees. i forget names?!


Thanks for taking your  time to look at this

Hi

I'm attaching the marriage cert of my g.g. grandparents and i'm having trouble reading the marriage cert from paper.

what i cant read well is;

in the district of Hartlepool in the counties of ? and west hartlepool
 the rank or profession of Robert Raw (driver, army service? ? ?
Both robert and Ellens Residence at time of marriage (i partially make out''royal pavillion ? Bath)
The profession for Michael Kelly.
Also trying to decifer who the witness's are - mary?


Supposedly to family tales the Kelly side of the family pretty much disowned/ didnt see eye to eye over the marriage as Ellen changed her religion to match Robert. (she was orig catholic)


your help will be appreciated


oops i forgot to add the scan









R.I.P. Grandad Bob (Robert Raw) 17.06.1920- 03.03.2010