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Title: Info about a WW1 uniform
Post by: James D on Tuesday 05 October 10 18:05 BST (UK)
Hi

Can anyone supply info about the attached WW1 picture of my Grandfather

Thanks
Title: Re: Info about a WW1 uniform
Post by: scrimnet on Tuesday 05 October 10 20:45 BST (UK)
Late 1915/ early 1916

Possibly Devonshire Regt...

Any chance of a higher res scan of his hat/badge pse??
Title: Re: Info about a WW1 uniform
Post by: James D on Tuesday 05 October 10 22:26 BST (UK)
Hi
This about the best scan I can get of the badge.

Thanks for the info so far

James
Title: Re: Info about a WW1 uniform
Post by: scrimnet on Wednesday 06 October 10 14:24 BST (UK)
Think I'm going to stick with the Devons pro tem!


Have you searched the Medal Index Cards yet?
Title: Re: Info about a WW1 uniform
Post by: James D on Wednesday 06 October 10 15:14 BST (UK)
Yes I have searched the medal index cards, but there are 8 William Dennis's in the Devon's and not much detail on the cards to allow me to determine if it's the correct person.

Any other suggestions on how to track him down would be appreciated.

Thanks again for taking the time to reply

James
Title: Re: Info about a WW1 uniform
Post by: mmm45 on Wednesday 06 October 10 15:34 BST (UK)
James
any of your family got his medals...info will be impressed on rims.Also local papers 14-18 may have enlistment nominals.

Ady
Title: Re: Info about a WW1 uniform
Post by: James D on Wednesday 06 October 10 15:41 BST (UK)
Hi Ady

No medals, and just two census entries (1901 & 1911) and a marriage cert. is all I have, along with this picture.

I was hoping that his army record would give me more info like a DOB or confirm a place of birth.

How would I find local papers, he lived in Wapping, London?

Thanks

James
 
Title: Re: Info about a WW1 uniform
Post by: mmm45 on Wednesday 06 October 10 15:51 BST (UK)
Cant help you on local papers for Wapping...maybe ask on the London boards which papers would cover this area?

Going to be pretty hard tie-ing him down without a service number.

Ady
Title: Re: Info about a WW1 uniform
Post by: macintosh on Friday 08 October 10 18:23 BST (UK)
James,
Maybe a try on www.freebmd.org.uk may help, there are a number of William Dennis from the London area from 1889 to 1895, difficult to tell the age of your soldier so I guessed at 25 yrs, free bmd brings up around 10 for the period 1889 - 95, I don't know if Wapping  was a stand alone Borough then or if it was part of another authority, try and work back from his age on the earliest census data you have, you may get lucky.

James
Title: Re: Info about a WW1 uniform
Post by: James D on Friday 08 October 10 20:03 BST (UK)
Hi James

Thanks for your reply

I have been looking for William for a number of years. I have searched the 1881 & 1891 census and the WW1 army records on Ancestry (page at a time) for a match. I have also searched the family trees on Ancestry & Genes Reunited. My next move will be to upgrade my Ancestry membership to access London Parish Record. I have thought about birth Cert. but would need to apply for most of them.

The info I have is:-
1901 census he was 21 from St Luke, London
1911 census he was 32 from Whitechapel, London
12/11/1899 was 22 married Agnes Starling living in Whitechapel, his father was George Dennis, both witnesses were Starlings

To add more confusion family folk law says he came from Tipperary, Ireland. I have also looked at all I can find on the internet for Ireland with no luck.

The nearest match I can get is in the 1891 census a George Dennis with a son William Sweetman with the correct age and birth location, George married a Martha Sweetman in 1886, so he may have taken the Dennis name?

I will keep on looking.

Thanks Again

James
Title: Re: Info about a WW1 uniform
Post by: macintosh on Friday 08 October 10 20:17 BST (UK)
Good luck in your endeavours

James