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Down / Re: Quail of Downpatrick
« on: Thursday 16 March 23 18:41 GMT (UK)  »
Just getting back to this branch of my family as James Quail is a direct ancestor. I am currently working through his extensive family in the Ancoats area of Manchester. Not really much to add going back from James but he appears to have had a busy life.

Dave

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: 1881 Joseph and Martha Bottomley
« on: Friday 10 October 14 00:10 BST (UK)  »
Try Lancs BMD at http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/index.php

Loads of Bottomley deaths in your time frame in Oldham




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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help need to read an old marrage certificate
« on: Friday 10 October 14 00:02 BST (UK)  »
To add that it is interesting that a Congregation Church wedding took place in the bride's home.


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help need to read an old marrage certificate
« on: Thursday 09 October 14 23:59 BST (UK)  »
I have it as

Winder in a Power Loom
Cotton Factory

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World War One / Re: Military leave and travel
« on: Thursday 09 October 14 23:27 BST (UK)  »
I am actually following four other distant relatives who all emigrated to various parts of the world but subsequently joined up in WW1. All survived, but at a cost.

I assume you have got your grandfather's military records as the Canadians have released them. They have also put an number of war diaries on the internet. They make very interesting reading.

Dave

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World War One / Re: Military leave and travel
« on: Saturday 04 October 14 15:28 BST (UK)  »
Rena,

Obtaining permission to get military leave was something I had expected as well. Longer leave time is certainly noted in his military records. He had been back in England since January 1915 and had signed up in Canada on the 29th September 1914. Given that he had emigrated to Canada from Falkirk in May 1911 I have to assume he had to have some time in 1915 when he got back to Falkirk and meet my future grandmother. He was hospitalised in July 1915 at Canterbury Military Hospital. I suppose he might have been was sent back to his parents in Falkirk to convalesce.

Thanks for your contributions.

Dave

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World War One / Re: Military leave and travel
« on: Friday 03 October 14 21:29 BST (UK)  »
In answer to the first question he emigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1911 then joined the CEF in 1914 and hence was back in the UK! Shorncliffe was the military camp in Kent which was the staging post for troops going to France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorncliffe_Army_Camp) while Falkirk is in the central belt of Scotland some 500 miles away.

Thanks for the second reply. I know the rail system was much more extensive than today  :) but my real surprise was that he was given any leave from Shorncliffe. Was there compassionate leave prior to going to France? PS according to Google maps even today the train journey will take over 6 hours!

Thanks to both of you

Dave

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One Name Studies: N to S / Re: SCOTLAND
« on: Friday 03 October 14 20:43 BST (UK)  »
I can help with Scotland family in Falkirk, Orwell (Kinross), Beath (Fife) back to David Scotland who married in 1759

Dave

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World War One / Military leave and travel
« on: Friday 03 October 14 19:55 BST (UK)  »
Evening all,

My grandfather was with the Canadian Expeditionary Force and I am currently trying to unravel his military records. On the 21st January he is at Shorncliffe where he is taken on strength of the Fort Garry Horse. But on the 29th January he is getting married in Falkirk as I have certificate and photographs. Then on the 1st February he is again noted in his military record as being in Shorncliffe! Is this possible? His military records do indicate when longer leave was granted (10 days and 14 days) but I am not sure whither shorter periods of leave were given. I am also unsure about the travel time from Shorncliffe to Falkirk would have been but I suspect it would have been the best part of a day.

Any comments, thoughts, etc are welcome. Also if anyone in the Manchester area can assist with helping me understand military records could the pm me.

Dave

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