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Decipher name on back of photo please
« on: Friday 09 July 21 21:54 BST (UK) »
Hi
Can you help decipher the first part please. I got the 2nd name as Powell. This is on the back of a photo/ photo postcard, not sure of date.

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Re: Decipher name on back of photo please
« Reply #1 on: Friday 09 July 21 23:09 BST (UK) »
F M perhaps?
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« Reply #2 on: Friday 09 July 21 23:17 BST (UK) »
I agree with Peter, if the postcard has a divided back then it will have been taken after 1902 when postcards could be sent through the post with a message on the left and the address on the right.
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Re: Decipher name on back of photo please
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 10 July 21 06:14 BST (UK) »
Thank you Peter for highlighting it more , I tried doing that but couldn't find a way.
Could it be a fancy " W " if so it would make more sense as I could make it fit with the person on the back of photo. Still flummoxed by the first letter though to fit with this person.

Carol thank you for that info
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I agree with Peter, if the postcard has a divided back then it will have been taken after 1902 when postcards could be sent through the post with a message on the left and the address on the right.
I can see now there is a faint line down the middle & the gentleman in the photo is in a Soldier uniform.
Jayne

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Re: Decipher name on back of photo please
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 10 July 21 06:42 BST (UK) »
I think I've just worked it out as FL. M which might correspond to the wife of gentleman in question.
One step closer to identify the gentleman.
Thank you both
Jayne

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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 10 July 21 07:22 BST (UK) »
F? M. POWELL
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)
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