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Photo of Jim Forrest but which regiment?
« on: Monday 14 March 05 12:08 GMT (UK) »
Please could someone help me identify which regiment this man served with? His name is Jim Forrest, and I think this photo dates to around WW1.
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Re: Help with picture
« Reply #1 on: Monday 28 March 05 00:03 BST (UK) »
Hello Kat, have you tried Sarah's Topic higher up, if not delete this picture and put it up there.Or maybe the moderator will move it.

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Re: Photo of Jim Forrest but which regiment?
« Reply #2 on: Monday 28 March 05 02:44 BST (UK) »
kat2004,
ARMED SERVICES SECTION,similar queries being sorted.
Cheers,Goggy.

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Re: Photo of Jim Forrest but which regiment?
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 29 March 05 08:21 BST (UK) »
Cleary, Doran, Boland, McCooey, McManus, O'brien, Martin, Savage, Wallis, McCollister, Wood.  (More to come soon)

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Re: Photo of Jim Forrest but which regiment?
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 29 March 05 12:15 BST (UK) »
Hi Kat

I agree with deadants, the tunic looks like the Royal Flying Corps style.
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Re: Photo of Jim Forrest but which regiment?
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 29 March 05 20:53 BST (UK) »
Hi all,
Thanks so much for helping me, after looking at the Flying Corps webpages it does look like their uniform, I, going to post on the new armed forces thread now for details on how to trace his service records, once again thank you ;D
Miller family -Staffordshire, Leicestishire Cumberland,Pennysylvania.Auckland.
Hill family- Northumberland,Durham, Cumberland.
Woodward- Staffordshire.
Roberts- Flintshire, Cumberland
Fisher Cumberland, Lancashire
Taylor Cumberland, Lancashire,Durham

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Re: Photo of Jim Forrest but which regiment?
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 30 March 05 11:07 BST (UK) »
Hi Kat
 WW1 service records are held in the National Archives at Kew. They are in the series WO 363/364 but unfortunately a lot were destroyed in the Blitz. If he continued to serve after the war the records are kept in AIR79.
Mick
Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

GALL-Norfolk,Cardiff,LondonTHOMAS-London,Herts,
PRIOR-N.Ireland,WOODS-N.Ieland,
DAWKES-Warks,DAVIS-Warkes'Wales,
JENNINGS-Surrey,Warks,London,SHELDRAKE-Essex,London,
BRITTON-Berks,BLAKELEY-Dewsbury W.Yorks
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