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Staff card from 1919
« on: Tuesday 22 November 22 15:06 GMT (UK) »
Hi,

Grateful for any help with these words on the Commenced duty line: '[????] to France(?)'

Thanks
Smallcombe
Pead
Layton
Waltham
Carpenter (Somerset)
Revell (Plymouth, East London)
Lake (East Anglia)
Bradbeer
Verteneuil (France, Belgium)
Haneman

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Re: Staff card from 1919
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 22 November 22 15:30 GMT (UK) »
Commenced duty and proceeded to France.

Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
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Re: Staff card from 1919
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 22 November 22 15:49 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: BumbleB on Tuesday 22 November 22 15:30 GMT (UK)
Commenced duty and proceeded to France.

Thanks. I had considered 'proceeded' but was thrown by the first stroke, which is slightly smudged and joined to the 'p', but suppose it could/must be a shorthand symbol for 'and'.
Smallcombe
Pead
Layton
Waltham
Carpenter (Somerset)
Revell (Plymouth, East London)
Lake (East Anglia)
Bradbeer
Verteneuil (France, Belgium)
Haneman

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Re: Staff card from 1919
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 22 November 22 15:55 GMT (UK) »
Yes, either "+" or "&"  :-\
Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
If you don't ask the question, you won't get an answer.
He/she who never made a mistake, never made anything.
Archbell - anywhere, any date
Kendall - WRY
Milner - WRY
Appleyard - WRY
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