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This may be a long shot but who knows!

I have a page torn from the parish magazine of St Barnabas Church (I think Woolwich) which was kept because it has the obituary of my great uncle, who was killed in action in WW1.

However - it also has some other obits. so if anyone is looking for these names, post a message or send me a PM and I'll transcribe what it says for you.

Henry J Drewitt (Private, 2nd London regt (RF), killed in action 26th August 1918 age 18yrs 6 months
James Gordon (Private, New Zealand Expeditionary Force) killed in action 1st October 1918 age 29
John H H Rushton (Sgt Royal Field Artillery) killed in action 13th October 1918 age 38
Francis Thompson (Private, Queen's Westminsters), died of pneumonia, 2nd Nov 1918 age 32
Stanley W Meyer (Air mechanic, RAF) died of pneumonia, 21st Nov 1918 age 29

Hoping I can be of help to someone.

Regards Veron

Can anyone tell me what this man's uniform is? What I know so far about his Army service is that his medal card says he was a Corporal 2nd in the London Electrical Corps, number 562214. An obituary in his parish magazine mentions the Territorials, and that he served on the Thames and Medway defences for the first three years of the war.

Any more info from the uniform even if it confirms what I already know, would be much appreciated.

Thanks Veron 

I have recently discovered a collection of photos kept by the widow of my great uncle, who was killed in action in 1918 flying with the RAF. There are a lot of photos of fellow airmen, most labelled with names. I am in the process of painstakingly scanning the ones that aren't so faded as to be unrecogisable.

If anyone has an ancestor who trained at Cramlington or Tadcaster Aerodrome in 1918, have a look at this list because I may have a picture of them. It's a real find. Send me a PM or post a reply to this and I'll do my best if I have a picture of your ancestor.

Names are as follows: (these pictures are all retrievable except the one of Capt Welshman which I think is probably too far gone). There is more than one photo of quite a lot of these people.
Lt Andrews
Lt Angus
Lt Ashboe
Lt Bayly
2nd Lt Butcher
Lt Carden
Lt Cooper
Lt Corns
Capt Mann
Lt Marshall
Lt Mason
Emlyn Powell
Lt Reay
Lt Reeday
Lt Robinson
Lt Stell
E J Stringfellow
Lt Warren
Capt Welshman
+ 1 of a machine gunnery class, no names but some are clearly the same people
+ a few of aircraft - RE8, DH6 and DH9

Hopefully I can be of help to someone. The pictures are quite small but I have had a fair bit of success with the ones I've tried so far.

Cheers! Veron 

I don't know about everyone else, but I've gots tons of downloads from previous censuses as well as from 1901 - what would be the possibility of transcribing those as well? What does anyone else think?

Veron