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Re: Is this military dress c1914?
« Reply #9 on: Friday 27 January 23 09:01 GMT (UK) »
That Australian Soldier named above Died 27 July 1967 in NSW
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Re: Is this military dress c1914?
« Reply #10 on: Friday 27 January 23 09:37 GMT (UK) »
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I have found Militia Attestation papers for a William Beach signing up for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1898 born Birmingham, aged 18yrs 9 months. Occupation polisher. Could that be him?

Thanks Pinetree, I don't think he was ever a polisher but I'll recheck tomorrow and get back to you.
Warwickshire: BEACH/BACHE, COX Gloucestershire: HAIL, VOYCE, TURNER, WINCHCOMBE, PREEN, Worcestershire: WEBB, CHARE, TYLER, Fife: FOWLER, JOHNSTONE, MELVILLE, Lanarkshire/Dunbartonshire: GRAHAM, CHALMERS, LANG, BISHOP, Sweden/Hamburg/London/Birmingham: HOKANSON

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Re: Is this military dress c1914?
« Reply #11 on: Friday 27 January 23 09:43 GMT (UK) »
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That Australian Soldier named above Died 27 July 1967 in NSW

Do you mean William Beach Alamo2008?

No, that's not my Great Uncle William. Everyone in my Beach family is in the UK, except for my immediate family who migrated in my lifetime. All my research is UK or Scotland based (apart from a bit of Sweden).

William Beach is not an uncommon name; and there WAS one in Australia way back in the day, the champion rower! By coincidence my grandparents and great grandparents were rowers too in England, but the champion William wasn't related.

Warwickshire: BEACH/BACHE, COX Gloucestershire: HAIL, VOYCE, TURNER, WINCHCOMBE, PREEN, Worcestershire: WEBB, CHARE, TYLER, Fife: FOWLER, JOHNSTONE, MELVILLE, Lanarkshire/Dunbartonshire: GRAHAM, CHALMERS, LANG, BISHOP, Sweden/Hamburg/London/Birmingham: HOKANSON

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Re: Is this military dress c1914?
« Reply #12 on: Friday 27 January 23 09:53 GMT (UK) »
Realise that Australian Soldier not your  William
But remember
It is Not Uncommon to have Cousins named the Same Christian Names
Which never helps us Researchers
It is also Not Uncommon for Relatives to send a Photo to their Families in Correspondence and not Note the Rear of the Photo because everyone at the time knows who it is in the Photo.
But when the Photo is inherited in a House clearance
No one knows who it is then.
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Re: Is this military dress c1914?
« Reply #13 on: Friday 27 January 23 10:08 GMT (UK) »
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It is Not Uncommon to have Cousins named the Same Christian Names

I understand now. But no, it's not a cousin, it's my grandfather's brother. Definitely him. I have him in a 1925 group family photo and my cousin and her 96 year old mother also identified him from other photos they have in England. The person in the photo is not the mystery, it's what he is up to in the photo :) But thanks Alamo for your interest, much appreciated.
Warwickshire: BEACH/BACHE, COX Gloucestershire: HAIL, VOYCE, TURNER, WINCHCOMBE, PREEN, Worcestershire: WEBB, CHARE, TYLER, Fife: FOWLER, JOHNSTONE, MELVILLE, Lanarkshire/Dunbartonshire: GRAHAM, CHALMERS, LANG, BISHOP, Sweden/Hamburg/London/Birmingham: HOKANSON

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Re: Is this military dress c1914?
« Reply #14 on: Friday 27 January 23 18:44 GMT (UK) »
I agree with tonepad, Military photo circa Boer war or 1WW I lean towards the Boer war though.
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