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Armed Forces / Re: Help Identify Uniform
« on: Friday 06 May 16 11:19 BST (UK)  »
Clutching at straws ( and the pun is intentional ), does anyone else think that the cheshire badge, which I have just found, matches the belt in the original picture ?

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Armed Forces / Re: Help Identify Uniform
« on: Friday 06 May 16 10:39 BST (UK)  »
Herbert Townsend Dalton, Born Northwich 1879.
Worked for Brunner Mond (later called ICI) Northwich - I include that in case there was a works volunteer section?
Of interest, but not great relevance, his grandfather Peter Carter was in the Cheshire Yeomanry and on the 'wrong' side at Peterloo - dragged off his horse and escaped over garden walls.

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Armed Forces / Re: Help Identify Uniform
« on: Friday 06 May 16 01:06 BST (UK)  »
here is a go at the buckle ... lion's head or grenade ?

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Armed Forces / Re: Help Identify Uniform
« on: Friday 06 May 16 00:06 BST (UK)  »
It certainly has the right feel, and encourages me to think of the earlier date. Can't, I think, do much about clarity of buttons and belt. It is possible, if this is Cheshire volunteers, that the uniform is light blue. The Yeomanry wore light blue and cream I think. The symbol on the arm puzzles me too.

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Armed Forces / Help Identify Uniform
« on: Thursday 05 May 16 19:13 BST (UK)  »
Any ideas on a name for the regiment etc ?
This is some sort of volunteer uniform ( family information ).
I thought at one time it was local to Gainsborough Lincolnshire ca 1914.
Now I have a suspicion it might be earlier Cheshire.
The wearer was born in 1879.

Thanks in advance!

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: FTM and Ancestry - confused and in a mess!
« on: Wednesday 04 May 16 23:37 BST (UK)  »
Could you publish the link to the website for the benefit of those that follow ?  :-)

I used to do this regularly because I have a desktop and a laptop - if I update from one then the other gives me the message you saw, and I sync each time I travel (as I don't carry my desktop around with me  ;).

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Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms / Re: Invented - but from where?
« on: Wednesday 04 May 16 21:56 BST (UK)  »
@ThrelfallYorky
For a modern coat of arms see the British Computer Society.
Those items in the chief are pieces of computer memory :-)

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The Lighter Side / Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« on: Wednesday 04 May 16 08:26 BST (UK)  »
I think we are all over 18 here ... so give us the link !    :P :)

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: Family Tree Maker Hints not merging May 2016 [now fixed]
« on: Tuesday 03 May 16 14:43 BST (UK)  »
..... and today it is broken again  ???

Seems intermittent 3 May

update 4 May - response from Ancestry UK support
Firstly, I do apologise for the delay responding to your message due to a high volume of email traffic. We regret any frustration this issue might be causing. We are aware of the problems you are experiencing with the hints on the Family Tree Maker software. Our developers have been notified of the matter you have reported. While we work toward a solution, we would like to thank you for both your diligence in reporting issues, and your patience while we address this particular issue.

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