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Offline charby

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WARS in the 18th century
« on: Monday 10 October 05 23:57 BST (UK) »
 ??? I,d like to know which wars went on in the 18th  century and how may I find out which war my ancestors could of fought in, since mine came from rempstone notts, which war was going on then ???
barrow upon soar , leicestershire:   Darby
loughborough, leicestershire : selby
rempstone , nottingham, selby
nottingham: whitehead
watford, hertfordshire : hull
Derbyshire: Selby
kegworth leics, annable
melton mowbray:Darby

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Re: WARS in the 18th century
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 11 October 05 00:04 BST (UK) »


This might give you some ideas !!

http://www.britishbattles.com/

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Re: WARS in the 18th century
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 11 October 05 00:05 BST (UK) »
Hi there,

A great site which lists ALL wars is available here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars

Fascinating stuff when you start reading through the list!

Happy hunting
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