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World War One / Re: Unknown Cap Badge (Completed) & Soldier (Uncompleted) !!
« on: Sunday 22 December 19 13:24 GMT (UK)  »
It is now 2019, I believe I know who it might be - John Gilbert Gillespie, son of Major-General Robert Rollo Gillespie.  See link below:

https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1765714

Gillespie married a cousin, Mabel Sykes, which explains why it's in our possession, and it appears he served in the Warwickshire Yeomanry during the First war.

Success.

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World War Two / Re: Did Ivor Brazier, Racehorse Trainer, serve during the War?
« on: Monday 08 April 19 21:01 BST (UK)  »
That is a very fair point, indeed.

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World War Two / Did Ivor Brazier, Racehorse Trainer, serve during the War?
« on: Monday 08 April 19 19:46 BST (UK)  »
Dear all,

You might be able to assist.

Did Ivor Brazier (1912 - 85) serve in the armed forces during the Second World War?  I can find no record on ancestry for him.

He was a race horse trainer and his family were breeders.  Noting that racing was one of the only 'sports' to be allowed to continue during the war, perhaps, his occupation was that of a 'reserved occupation'?

Best wishes,
GeneaologistSykes

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Essex / Re: The Brazier Family - Horse Racing and Breeding
« on: Saturday 30 March 19 11:15 GMT (UK)  »
Dear all,

Many thanks!

I can't, however, seem to find Ivor's will via the link NannyJan sent!

Best wishes,
GeneaologistSykes

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Essex / The Brazier Family - Horse Racing and Breeding
« on: Friday 22 March 19 20:25 GMT (UK)  »
Dear all,

I hope you are well.

I should be grateful for any information pertaining to the Brazier Family of Loughton, Essex, who were involved in horse racing and breeding from the c.1930s.

I am particularly interested in Ivor Brazier (1912 - 85), son of George Thomas Brazier and Mary Ann Brazier, neé Buss.

Best wishes,
GenealogistSykes

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Cambridgeshire / Re: Ivor Mills - Racing or Horse breeding (WW2 period)
« on: Saturday 29 December 18 11:38 GMT (UK)  »
I had thought that.  It is possible.  The letter was written in c.1970, some thirty years after the event.


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Cambridgeshire / Re: Ivor Mills - Racing or Horse breeding (WW2 period)
« on: Saturday 29 December 18 11:12 GMT (UK)  »
Again, this letter suggests that 'he was very well spoken'.  By way of context, the author of the letter had met Mr Mills who spent several days with her and her friend.  I wouldn't have thought he was a traveller, or his parents.

There are a few Ivor Mills born in Wales.  Could he have been a Welshman?  Though, I would have thought that this lady would have noted that he was Welsh, a defining characteristic.  Perhaps, he could have merely been born there?

Incredibly confusing to say the least.

Perhaps he had returned from the War - we're looking at the date of visitation as Spring of 1945 in Essex based on the letter.

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Cambridgeshire / Re: Ivor Mills - Racing or Horse breeding (WW2 period)
« on: Saturday 29 December 18 10:55 GMT (UK)  »
Indeed, but based on the letter which suggests his family were engaged in the horse trade, or similar, you would expect them, a family by the name of Mills, to appear on the 1939 Register with a connection to horses etc.

Also, the Cambridge Archives have searched the 1938 - 40 Spalding’s Directory and Kelly’s Directory of 1948 for horse slaughterers, dealers etc by the name of ‘Mills’, their efforts have produced a nil return.  There do not appear to be any families by the name of ‘Mills’ engaged in the equine industry in Cambridge during the period 1938 - 48, according to the efforts of the Archives.

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Cambridgeshire / Re: Ivor Mills - Racing or Horse breeding (WW2 period)
« on: Saturday 29 December 18 10:36 GMT (UK)  »
However, I thought the 1939 Register would be the best option but, again, it produces poor results and nothing associated with an 'Ivor Mills' / Mills family and the 'horse trade', or anything of the sort.

Any other ideas to try?

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