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The last part was a standard inclusion for daughter's
as any husband would have control over the wife's finances.

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If it helps what you have are 2 photo enlargements that
have been over-sketched due to loss of definition.
It looks like 1890's going by the woman's dress style.
I would suggest they are in their 40's.

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Armed Forces / Re: Gordon Highlanders
« on: Friday 17 May 24 14:35 BST (UK)  »
Bertry was about 1/2 way between Audencourt & Clary
which is bit more precise.
Although reported missing on the 26th. it may be they were making their way
back when captured as Bertry isn't mentioned in either diary.

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Armed Forces / Re: Gordon Highlanders
« on: Friday 17 May 24 12:18 BST (UK)  »
Here is his card
Firstly his service number 1101 gives an estimated attestation
of around Jan. 1913. ( no. 1181 attested late Feb. 1913).
There appears to be a date 27/8/14 but unfortunately their diary starts Jan. 1915
on Ancestry.
although they were in France on the 11/8/14 so I need to check that out.
Added:
On the 27th. Aug. 1914 the diary states that 1/GH were "engaging with the enemy
while endeavouring to fall back to re-join their Brigade"
This was at Clary France.
There is no list of casualties (which would have included missing men).
The Bde. diary gives a slightly different picture.
On the 26th. part of 1/GH which included B Coy. which your man was in were ordered to cover the retreat of the Bde. & eventually sent orders to retire but in the confusion they remained in place & were subsequently reported as missing.
This was at Audencourt.
I would suggest this was the day he was taken prisoner but not formally recorded until the day after.

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have you ever seen that form of pleated decoration on a skirt before?
popular 1870's style which came in various forms.

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The rounded corners really only confirm the date
the giveaway is the long bodice & (on the 2nd.)
the tight fitting lower sleeve so probable closer
to late 1870's than mid.

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Mid to late 1870's.

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Do you know their dates of birth.
Pic. 1 looks 1920's.
Pic. 2 looks 1950's.

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Armed Forces / Re: Seaforth Highlanders
« on: Wednesday 15 May 24 16:11 BST (UK)  »
It's not that I believe that men with similar numbers necessarily returned at
the same time or that men were sent back from a theatre of war
just because their employer wanted them back.
With the absence of a service record it's a useful tool to look for
men with similar numbers.

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