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World War One / Pte. P. McGuirk 9350 South Lancs Regt.
« on: Thursday 06 June 13 18:26 BST (UK)  »
Hello Rootschatters (especially any WW1 experts ),
Can I pick your brains, please ?
I have inherited the medals of my grandmother's brother, Patrick, who survived WW1. He died in 1936 and she always spoke of  him having been at GallipolI.

I also have a poor quality photograph which shows him in tropical (?) uniform, ie. long shorts and a uniform jacket with brass buttons, sitting at what appears to be a telegraph machine, with lots of cables visible at one side. He is also wearing earphones/headphones.

His military records appear not to have survived, but  his medal card notes he is on the Silver War Badge list,
Ref J/2310/1.  Theatre of war first served in is 6B, which I think means Mesopotamia rather than Gallipoli and I am thoroughly confused by the fact that his medal card notes he is entitled to the '15' Star, but I have a '1914-1915' star with his name on it. Is this the same medal ?

The SWB list gives 19/1/1910 as the date he enlisted.
The other refs on the  medal card are J/1/103A against the British War medal  with page as '46' and
  J/1/13 B with page as '817'.

So can anyone tell me, was he at Gallipoli ?  Or what was he involved in  ?
All  help gratefully received. Trying to work out which division  his unit might have been in is currently beyond me !

Thanks,
Joney

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Louth / Runaway McGuirk Child
« on: Sunday 24 February 13 18:07 GMT (UK)  »
Hi people,
I'm a recent recruit to Rootschat and could do with picking everyone's  brains. Any suggestions gratefully received.

We have a family story re- my gt grandfather Batholomew McGuirk, sometimes abbreviated to Bartle.

We know he was born in Beltray and baptised in Termonfechin on  22nd April 1853. His parents were Thomas McGuirk and Mary Boylan. After his mother's death, he was unhappy at home and ran away.  He stowed away on a ship in the harbour in Drogheda and having been found by the crew ended up in Liverpool. We don't have a definite date for this, but since his father remarried 26th July 1860, wonder if it was because he didn't get on with his stepmother.

He is supposed to have been taken in by the captain and his wife who had no children and lived in Canal Strret, Bootle. He eventually returned to Baltray and discovered he had been presumed dead as never found, but returned to Liverpool where he married.

Contact between the Baltray and Liverpool sides of the family continued into the 1920s and later.
My question is -would a missing child have been reported at the time in local papers? Which would be the most locally based newspapers at the time ? Drogheda presumably ? Are they available in the nearest records/archive centre ?
I started family history 30 years ago because my mother was full of stories and I wanted to see what I could actually prove.  This has always been the one topic where no proof either way has been possible !
Good luck with your ancestor hunting, everyone.
Joney (Manx for Joan)

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