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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Re: Garston parish records-KAYNS
« on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:48 BST (UK) »
Thanks Alan.
Yes, that does save a long journey.
Many thanks
Jan
Yes, that does save a long journey.
Many thanks
Jan
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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Garston parish records-KAYNS
« on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:20 BST (UK) »
Hello. I've just discovered that my family have moved across the border to Wiltshire and seem to have populated Garston.
I've looked online in all the usual resources for records but there do not seem to be any baptisms around the late 1700's.
Apart from visiting Swindon, can anybody guide me as to where I can look as I need a lead.
Many thanks
Jan in Hampshire
I've looked online in all the usual resources for records but there do not seem to be any baptisms around the late 1700's.
Apart from visiting Swindon, can anybody guide me as to where I can look as I need a lead.
Many thanks
Jan in Hampshire
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Hampshire & IOW Lookup Requests / Re: Holybourne Marriage Check please
« on: Friday 27 September 13 17:42 BST (UK) »
Hello. I checked the marriage entry today for you and the handwriting is poor and the copy faint but these are the details
12th June 1840 Holybourne
James Bond to Eliza Pink
Both of full age and single.
Him a bricklayer of Alton?, her of Holybourne
She marked, he signed
His Father Thomas Bond
Witnesses George Isaac, Ann -----,Margaret----
I couldn't read the rest
Hope it helps
Regards
Jan
12th June 1840 Holybourne
James Bond to Eliza Pink
Both of full age and single.
Him a bricklayer of Alton?, her of Holybourne
She marked, he signed
His Father Thomas Bond
Witnesses George Isaac, Ann -----,Margaret----
I couldn't read the rest
Hope it helps
Regards
Jan
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Armed Forces / Re: need help to identify uniform
« on: Wednesday 28 August 13 20:43 BST (UK) »
I would have loved to have met him but he had just finished a night shift and accepted a lift home. All the traffic lights had been turned off in Plymouth to confuse the enemy and a taxi came round the corner at speed and smashed straight into the side of the car he was in and he was killed outright.
Such a tragedy and he left a widow and seven children.
Such a tragedy and he left a widow and seven children.
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Armed Forces / Re: need help to identify uniform
« on: Wednesday 28 August 13 20:12 BST (UK) »
I've got the Service Record for the man on the left and he was in the Royal Marines from 1910-1933 and then transferred to the Military Police and was tragically killed in a road traffic accident in 1939.
Jan
Jan
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Armed Forces / Re: need help to identify uniform
« on: Wednesday 28 August 13 11:40 BST (UK) »
My scanner isn't working at the moment but here is a copy of the photo, together with one of his brothers
Regards
Jan
Regards
Jan
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Armed Forces / Re: need help to identify uniform
« on: Wednesday 28 August 13 08:55 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the replies.
I took the original photo back to my cousin in Plymouth and I live Hampshire. It is amongst a very large box of loose photos, so I'll try to find it again when I visit next. There was only an ink blot on the back.
It's interesting that the Police were mentioned.
This might be completely useless info but I've got one born 1895 and was a drummer boy in the Royal Marines in Greenwich.
He was loaned to the Colonial Government of Ceylon before 1927 and trained Cadet Officers in firearms.
He was promoted to Reg Serg Major in Ceylon and then reverted back to Colour Serg on his return to England.
He then worked for the Military Police at Stonehouse in Plymouth.
If it is him, his son is the one who has the photos and it would make sense for his photo to be with the son.
We have an older photo of the man in his uniform but there he has stripes on his arm and a sash over his shoulder through a lapel but sadly no helmet.
Thanks for in input, much appreciated
Jan
I took the original photo back to my cousin in Plymouth and I live Hampshire. It is amongst a very large box of loose photos, so I'll try to find it again when I visit next. There was only an ink blot on the back.
It's interesting that the Police were mentioned.
This might be completely useless info but I've got one born 1895 and was a drummer boy in the Royal Marines in Greenwich.
He was loaned to the Colonial Government of Ceylon before 1927 and trained Cadet Officers in firearms.
He was promoted to Reg Serg Major in Ceylon and then reverted back to Colour Serg on his return to England.
He then worked for the Military Police at Stonehouse in Plymouth.
If it is him, his son is the one who has the photos and it would make sense for his photo to be with the son.
We have an older photo of the man in his uniform but there he has stripes on his arm and a sash over his shoulder through a lapel but sadly no helmet.
Thanks for in input, much appreciated
Jan
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Armed Forces / Re: need help to identify uniform
« on: Monday 26 August 13 23:01 BST (UK) »
Hello Simon
I saved the photo as John Thomas Henry Gray as I thought it was him but have my doubts now.
I didn't know about the photographers using props when taking the portraits.
Sadly, I know nothing of the wording.
The photo was amongst a stack of photos that a cousin had and there were just a handful with something written on the back
Regards
Jan
I saved the photo as John Thomas Henry Gray as I thought it was him but have my doubts now.
I didn't know about the photographers using props when taking the portraits.
Sadly, I know nothing of the wording.
The photo was amongst a stack of photos that a cousin had and there were just a handful with something written on the back
Regards
Jan
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Armed Forces / need help to identify uniform
« on: Sunday 28 July 13 16:31 BST (UK) »
Hello
I hope this is on the correct board but I need some help to identify this photo. I have no idea of a rough date, nor a name but found it in a box of old photographs that was recently given to me.
I had thought he was a Royal Marine due to the helmet but I've searched online and it doesn't seem to match any designs.
Also, all the images of Royal Marines have white belts around the waist.
Does the cane mean anything?
As he has the helmet, does that denote that he served abroad?
Any little snippet of help would be really appreciated
Thank you
I hope this is on the correct board but I need some help to identify this photo. I have no idea of a rough date, nor a name but found it in a box of old photographs that was recently given to me.
I had thought he was a Royal Marine due to the helmet but I've searched online and it doesn't seem to match any designs.
Also, all the images of Royal Marines have white belts around the waist.
Does the cane mean anything?
As he has the helmet, does that denote that he served abroad?
Any little snippet of help would be really appreciated
Thank you