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This is just a general inquiry. I am presently doing some research which involves doing some searching between census years (Dec. 1905 to be precise). A lady working for the archives department of Lancashire Council very kindly looked up the relevant electoral register for a particular property in Newton-in-Makerfield  that I am interested in and came up with a name against that property. What I want to know is, were these registers updated and released on an annual or quarterly basis or even more randomly even than that. In other words, how specific (or otherwise) would the 1905 register for the area I am researching be to the December period itself?

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Doddie

Archibald is one of my more distant relatives but his story is a touching one all the same. He was born in Kilmartin, Argyllshire in 1895 to Neil & Catherine McNair. Before the war he had been working as a gardener on some of the sizeable estates in Argyll. In 1914 he joined the Scots Guards. He was originally posted to the 3 Battalion and based in the London area. In early 1915 he was transferred to the 1 Battalion and headed off to France. According to a newspaper cutting I discovered he was injured twice during the early years of the war (the second instance being a serious head wound which resulted in a period of hospitalisation in Manchester). He was eventually killed in action during the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele. News of his death death was initially relayed to his family by a letter sent by a Pte Hugh Campbell, one of Archibald's friends in the battalion. Archibald is remembered with hounour at the Menin Gate Memorial.

A quick question about the procedure of awarding medals. Pte Archibald McNair of 1st Batt. Scots Guards (Reg. No 10939) went off to France in February of 1915. He was killed in action on 31 July 1917 aged 22. His Medal Index Card indicates he was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1914/15 Star. If he died before the end of the war would he have still been awarded the Victory Medal posthumously? Does the same go for the British War medal? I have cross referenced the Medal Index Card with Archibald's commemoration certificate on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website to corroborate that both items do indeed refer to the same man. Would Archibald's medals have been automatically forwarded on to his parents? All  input much appreciated.

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Doddie

Just wondering if any passenger records exist relating to sailings between England (particularly Liverpool) and Ireland. The story in my family is that my g.g. grandfather travelled to Ireland to seek work as a bricklayer after the death of his wife in Lancashire in 1888. Apparently he was killed in a building site accident while in Ireland (possibly the Dublin area). This would have been no later than 1891. I am trying to establish whether this account is true or just a tall tale. Would the specifics of   short journeys from England to Ireland have been recorded during this period?

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Doddie

Trying to clear up a bit of confusion. James Jackson was transferred in 1917 from 1/8 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders to the Royal Engineers. His service record reveals that he was posted to the Inland Water Transport Section of the R.E. His number with them was 308001 (prefixed on his Medal Index Card with WR, which I believe stands for Waterways & Railways). On other paperwork he is allocated an additional R.E. number of 400876. Could it be that this number was a general one that James was given on his initial arrival with the R.E and the other number relates specifically to the I. W. T. S. which would presumably have been a specific division within the R.E.?

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Doddie