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Hi Chaps,
no apologies needed, i''m just very happy for any help and assistance I can get, i'm eagerly awaiting the record from the guards museum. we've got a letter he sent to his sister from the prisoner of war camp at Merseberg, and that's dated May 1915 so unfortunately for him zee var vas over by the time that memoir starts, very interesting reading none the less, good idea about the war diaries though...
I once found a memoir of a poor chap who had spent the best part of the war at Merseberg, cracking read, I know this is off topic as well, but am i right in thinking that there aren't any records for WW1 POWs unless they were interviewed when they returned (which he wasn't) or were officers (he wasn't).

cheers
Dermot

thanks very much for all your help,
i thought one of the words was lady, but i'm so used to labourers i can't really believe this! The column with the skipper/S Kepper word, is headed Occupation so I guess it must be skipper, but presumably that could mean the captain of a fishing boat not necessarily a big boat, also do you think Wm would mean William? There sure were a lot of them.

Thanks again for all your help

Dermot

The third one is a bit of a doozy and I can probably get every word in three. so any help there would be much appreciated.

Thanks very much

Dermot

Many thanks for that . My grandmother when she was alive passed on teh story and I suppose it didn't help that he was a volunteer when he returned so the Tans were very keen to get hold of him !  What I dont know for sure is his regiment as i am only assuming it is the Inniskillen fusilers due to recruiting location and the regiments posting to the dardanelles. However I will get a look at the Kew records as you suggest

Cheers

looking for marriage and birth/death of Samuel Gilliland and Margaret Harrison. They had a son Samuel Gilliland born 1832 in Ireland and died 1892 Glasgow. Any info greatfully received.
Thanks