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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Devsom on Thursday 01 May 25 13:20 BST (UK)
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I would like some help as I can’t read the place of birth on a register of births.
When and where born: Fourth November 1922, Military ??????? Hospital
The child’s father was based in Plymouth with the Royal Berkshire Regiment
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Families ? Possibly Stoke Military Hospital (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke_Military_Hospital) if the father was based in Plymouth
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long shot
could it be Military Families Hospital ?
Boo
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I would agree with Families if you fill in the missing parts of the letters.
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There was a Military Families Hospital at Devonport (Western Morning News, 1 May 1924)
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Thank you so much
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Hansard, 10 March 1924 https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1924-03-10/debates/1a9e927e-99e4-4407-8d0a-43b0dd8066aa/MilitaryFamiliesHospitalDevonport
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Thank you
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Newspaper items refer to the Military Families Hospital being at the top of Devonport Hill, so I assume this is it shown on a 25 inch map from 1914. It was still there on maps from the 1950s, but the site seems to be occupied by a complex of dental services now.
https://maps.nls.uk/view/106006865#zoom=6.1&lat=10174&lon=9916&layers=BT (https://maps.nls.uk/view/106006865#zoom=6.1&lat=10174&lon=9916&layers=BT)
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Yes, that’s the location thanks