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The Common Room / Re: non-member trees in Ancestry
« on: Friday 22 August 25 16:54 BST (UK)  »
I’ve not had a membership for over two years. (up to my neck in work)  Nonetheless, I find myself logging in about twice a week, and I have full use of all my trees, can add images, alter dates etc.  I have about ten different trees.   

Of course, what I can’t do is use the research aspects.  Which is only normal.  So..., in reality.  The subscription relates only to research. 

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London and Middlesex / Re: London burial George Cadwallader :
« on: Tuesday 27 May 25 17:13 BST (UK)  »
Thank you everyone...
Cadwallader was a hotel doorman, so he certainly didn't have a rich background. 
I was keeping my fingers crossed for the Brompton Cemetery, but I'm now more inclined to research the 'All Souls' at Kensington. 

Thank you very much for your help.  ..., Iain. 

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London and Middlesex / London burial George Cadwallader :
« on: Tuesday 27 May 25 15:00 BST (UK)  »
Good afternoon Everyone…

I have a problem.  For years, I’ve been searching for the cemetery details of George Cadwallader…, with no success.   

Birth…  July 1791 Wolverhampton.
Military service 1813 – 1836
Died 14 June 1848 in London. 
Burial 18 June 1848.
Address in 1848 – Norfolk Street, Marylebone, London. 
Possible wife Ann Brooks. (Marriage 1841)

Any help would be much appreciated.   Thank you…, Iain. 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Court-Martial date…
« on: Saturday 10 May 25 16:58 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Geoff..., yes.   However, it doesn't make sence.  I knew about 34 others from his company who were Courts-Martialled, so this makes 35.  One month to walk to Paris while being acosted by retreating French scattered throughout the region.  The man should have received a medal. 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Court-Martial date…
« on: Saturday 10 May 25 08:54 BST (UK)  »
Hi All…
Can someone confirm the second date indicated on this Court-Martial snippet. 
AWOL…, absent without leave on the day of the Battle of Waterloo, 18th of June 1815. 
Can someone confirm the date the man returned to the battalion ?   
Note, the Court-Martial was on the 20th of July 1815 in Paris. 

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London and Middlesex / Re: Searching for a London grave…
« on: Wednesday 09 April 25 17:00 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: hanes teulu on Wednesday 09 April 25 09:10 BST (UK)
Quote from: Iain... on Wednesday 09 April 25 07:57 BST (UK)
Quote from: ShaunJ on Tuesday 08 April 25 16:50 BST (UK)
A lengthy obituary in the Glasgow Courier:  https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-share/c79bda55-e72d-404b-8167-31b112eac829

Yes Shaun..., thanks.  He was never out of the newspapers..., mostly court cases like throwing drunken Coldstreamers down the steps of the tavern.  One of the last was when he ordered the arrest of one Coldstream Guards sentry in the belief that he had fired at him.  In fact, a terrorist had thrown a fire bomb over the railings of the Tilt Yard, (near the two horse sentry boxes) and it hit him on the head.  Not injured.  The sergeant of the guard then explained that the musket had not been fired.    :)

This certainly rang a bell -
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=781377.msg6359335#msg6359335

Lol..., yes.  I published the book last year via the 'Great British Book Shop.'
https://www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/a-sunday-morning-at-hougoumont
CREDITS were obviously given to RootsChat. 

I'm now writing the screenplay, and should be contacting Netflix in the summer. 
Act 3; (the end of the film) has ghosts attending Ralph Fraser's funeral in the Brompton Cemetery.  Two other Scots Guards Heroes are buried there..., and I had been crossing my fingers in the belief that McGregor was nearby.   ;)   


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London and Middlesex / Re: Searching for a London grave…
« on: Wednesday 09 April 25 07:57 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Tuesday 08 April 25 16:50 BST (UK)
A lengthy obituary in the Glasgow Courier:  https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-share/c79bda55-e72d-404b-8167-31b112eac829

Yes Shaun..., thanks.  He was never out of the newspapers..., mostly court cases like throwing drunken Coldstreamers down the steps of the tavern.  One of the last was when he ordered the arrest of one Coldstream Guards sentry in the belief that he had fired at him.  In fact, a terrorist had thrown a fire bomb over the railings of the Tilt Yard, (near the two horse sentry boxes) and it hit him on the head.  Not injured.  The sergeant of the guard then explained that the musket had not been fired.    :)


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London and Middlesex / Re: Searching for a London grave…
« on: Tuesday 08 April 25 16:41 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: tazzie on Tuesday 08 April 25 15:24 BST (UK)
There is a burial record for St Margaret Westminster....

  Buried 3 Dec 1846 of Sutling House age 64.

 Tazzie

Wow Tazzie...  Thank you.  I'll have a look.   ;)

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London and Middlesex / Searching for a London grave…
« on: Tuesday 08 April 25 15:15 BST (UK)  »
Good afternoon All…
I’ve looked at Find-a-Grave, plus the Brompton Cemetery and Kensal Green Cemetery search options, but found nothing.  Can anyone help. 

His military name was Brice McGregor.  He was a former C/Sgt in the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards and died as a Suttling House Publican in the Whitehall building. (near the Household Cavalry Boxes 1 & 2)

Birth 24 June 1782. (Glasgow)
Death 27 November 1846. (Admin was granted to Frederick James McGregor) 
In 1846, he appears in Staff Lists for the Lord Chamberlain’s Department. 

Any hints would be much appreciated.
…, Iain. 

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