WW1 Uniform - Can Anyone Help?

[harribobs]

he seems to have survived the war which rules out a couple of lines of research

good luck at Kew!

[manmack]

rachel,i cant find vincent in the MIC or your other relative gideon,2/Lt william,thomas manning could be one of yours and theres a joseph manning also in the machine gun corps,who could be joseph,edward manning,its possible they may have been exempt,the family owned a threshing machine business,before you go to kew,check the absent voters lists for the area they lived,if they still exist,,mack

[rachel68]

Hi Mack,

Please excuse my ignorance but what does MIC stand for?  If it helps I think that Gideons full name was John Thomas Gideon Manning born 1889.  I have downloaded a medal card from the National Archives for William Thomas Manning but unfortunately it does not really confirm whether it is my ancestor or not. 

Will the absent voters list be at the records office?

Thanks for your help.

Rachel

[harribobs]

MIC = Medal Index Card

absent voter rolls are usually found at local studies libraries ( I think  )

[wend66]

Rachel

I think I saw an absent voters list in Northampton Library last time I was there but I don't know if it covered the villages or if it was just for Northampton itself.
I bet if you rang the chap from our course he would know

Wendy

[rachel68]

Hi Wendy,

Thanks, I will do that.  I may also take a look on their website you never know!

I have another army photo, but again nobody knows who he is.  Maybe I ought to try and find out what regiment uniform that is, and try to do my research all at once.

I could be on this a while!

Rachel

[harribobs]

i should say some absent voter lists are online

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,159133.0.html