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Lancashire / Re: Robert McArthur - Amateur Footballer Nottingham Forest
« on: Today at 20:50 »
Is this Robert and Agnes in the 1939 Register? Robert's occupation: Coal Getter
Address: 388 M-C Road, Astley, Tyldesley

You can search newspapers at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

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Cheshire / Re: Matthew Walsh Born 1866 Chester
« on: Today at 18:15 »
Well, the census snippet in Reply #8 shows the man's age as 35. Giving him a birth year of 1856.
Chester and Dukinfield are both in Cheshire. But if you feel the soldier I mentioned earlier isn't worth consideration that's up to you.

Are you related to the man with the medal? Do you know if he married or had children?

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Cheshire / Re: Matthew Walsh Born 1866 Chester
« on: Today at 17:17 »
In that case, this could also be him. He's the soldier I mentioned above.

British Army Embarkation Lists, 1871-1889

First name(s)    M
Last name    Walsh
Age (years)    24
Birth year    1855
Date of enlistment    04 Dec 1878
Embarkation date    22 Oct 1879
Service number    3344
Destination country    India
Rank    Gunner
Year    1879
Regiment    Royal Artillery, E Battery 2 Brigade
Ship name    Euphrates

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Cheshire / Re: Matthew Walsh Born 1866 Chester
« on: Today at 17:09 »
Just curious....is this person in your family tree? Or do you have his 1887 Jubilee medal and want to know more about him?

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Cheshire / Re: Matthew Walsh Born 1866 Chester
« on: Today at 16:48 »
I can see a service record for a Matthew Walsh. Born 1855 in Dukinfield. Enlisted with the RA in 1878.
He enlisted at Sheffield. Discharged in 1900. Served off and on in India.

This soldier's next-of-kin are brothers Thomas and Anderson Walsh in Hollingwood, Manchester.

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Cheshire / Re: Matthew Walsh Born 1866 Chester
« on: Today at 16:45 »
Do you have a marriage for him? Any ideas where and when he died?

What source has him with the RA in 1887?

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Cheshire / Re: Matthew Walsh Born 1866 Chester
« on: Today at 16:41 »
Not seeing him in the 1901 census?  ???

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England / Re: Robert BARROW from where ?.
« on: Today at 15:48 »
Another possibility: Barrow isn't his real surname. He could've "adopted" it, particularly if he'd been in trouble prior to enlisting in the army. (His service record hasn't survived, probably because he didn't serve out his enlistment term).

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England / Re: Robert BARROW from where ?.
« on: Today at 15:30 »
I still think it's weird he was found "not guilty" -- when there was blood on his sleeve, etc.  ::)

Moving forward, I would take the "known" details about him (from census records) with a pinch of salt.

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