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Hello everyone,
I found this medal index for a Frank R Towell, I think he is one of my great great uncles. On the card it says 'as Rupert Frank' at the side. I know that his middle name began with R and I have found a boer war roll with his name on listed as 'Reuben Frank'. I wondered if they had got the two names mixed up as they sound similar. Also the fact he had fought in the boer war could explain why he was a sergeant. He was also from Devon, hence devonshire regt.

As you can see there is a silver war badge entry listed, presumably wounded whilst in the south staffordshire regt. Is there any way that I can look into this entry to see if it actually is the Frank Towell I am looking for and if so to see how he was wounded.

Thanks. Nick.

Hi Everyone,
The man in question is Henry Ashley Towell, my great x 3 grandad. I found him on the criminal registers, his trial is listed as being in 1857 in Hertfordshire and he was acquitted.

Can anyone tell me what the crime was. I would love to find out.

Thanks very much.
Nick.

Hi everyone,

 I found this photo in a box of old photos we have, I have no idea who is on it. Unfortunately the face is distorted due to what looks like glare from the sun.
I am wanting to know the uniform, regimental badge and possible location if anyone can help. It kind of looks like an officers uniform to me, but I could be wrong.

My great grandad was in ww1 and I know for definite he was in the fourth royal dragoon guards and was a corporal. Could the man on the photo be him, I have a feeling it isn't because we have other photos of him and he doesn't seem to bear much resemblance. I know that several of his brothers also fought, but if the chap on the photo is an officer then I highly doubt it was them as they were from a working class family.

Apparently my other great grandad was also in ww1, but we don't know what regiment he was in, he was from Norton north yorks so possibly yorkshire regiment? I am hoping someone can identify the regimental badges by the shape of them (they look triangular to me, possibly some sort of animal on a podium, zoomed in it looks like there could be legs?)

Background looks like some sort of river or canal? Maybe someone can help

Thanks guys.
Regards, Nick.

Hi everyone,
                    Okay so I was talking to one of my great uncles the other day and he said his father (my great grandad) was in world war one, none of us had known this before. However, he was unsure of what regiment or rank he held. I know that he didn't die and probably wasn't wounded because noone had mentioned this before.

I know that he was born in 1882 in Norton/Malton, North Yorkshire and his parents were John and Eliza Wood, I know lots of information about him and his occupation, he jointly ran a clothiers in Norton called Hornsey and Wood. However, I know zilch about his world war one status.

He was from a fairly working class background so I highly doubt he was an officer, and even if he had been I'm sure we would have heard before from other family members.

I thought that him being from Malton/Norton would put the Yorkshire regiment as the likeliest candidate, unfortunately there are tons of Arthur Wood's in the Yorkshire regiment on the medal roll index cards on ancestry. He may have even been in the royal engineers or something.

How can I go about finding him and shedding some light on what he did in World War One? Please help 

Kind regards, Nick.