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World War One / Re: Idebtifying the Uniform
« on: Tuesday 28 October 25 21:21 GMT (UK) »
... and thank you Shaun J for your contribution too. It has all helped to eliminate Harold as the possible 3rd person.
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World War One / Re: Idebtifying the Uniform
« on: Tuesday 28 October 25 21:19 GMT (UK) »
My apologies for not being clearer. Thank you alan o for that information. I do now recall that Harold was in the RAF in 1918 when he went to Signal School.
So it looks like the guy with the riding gear must be Henry / Harry and I need to try and find a service record for him in WWI. If anyone could hazard a guess on regiment based on the uniform it might give me a leg up in my search. Thanks
So it looks like the guy with the riding gear must be Henry / Harry and I need to try and find a service record for him in WWI. If anyone could hazard a guess on regiment based on the uniform it might give me a leg up in my search. Thanks
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Unknown Family
« on: Tuesday 28 October 25 18:43 GMT (UK) »
Hi Folks, I have been passed this photo by a friend because I was telling them about my earlier post today. The photo is from their family collection but they have no idea who they might be so I hope it can still be included in this forum without names.
If someone would be prepared to do whatever improvements to the photo they can I can at least post it in the military forum and try and get them some more leads to follow if the uniforms can be recognised. Thank you for your help.
If someone would be prepared to do whatever improvements to the photo they can I can at least post it in the military forum and try and get them some more leads to follow if the uniforms can be recognised. Thank you for your help.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Tomkinson Servicemen WWI
« on: Tuesday 28 October 25 17:57 GMT (UK) »
Hi Folks, I have posted the attached photo in the military WWI section of the board. Sadly this is the best version of the photo I can get. I wondered if any of you wonderful folk could get much enhancement out of such a low quality photo please. Thank you
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World War One / Re: Identifying the Uniform
« on: Tuesday 28 October 25 09:37 GMT (UK) »
The photo came out a bit odd in that post. Second attempt...
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World War One / Idebtifying the Uniform
« on: Tuesday 28 October 25 09:34 GMT (UK) »
Good Morning Folks, I have been sent the attached photograph. Unfortuntaley this is the best copy they have.
It is three brothers. The one in the centre I think is a policeman and the one on the right is obviously in the navy and I think I know who they both are. The name on the back suggests that the other one could be my partner's grandfather. Although the family are confusing, one brother called Henry preferred being called Harry while the grandfather's name was Alfred Harold and he went by Harold. We have found nothing to suggest that Henry / Harry was ever in the forces hence the family assumption that is must be Harold.
The photo must have been taken about the end of WWI given the ages of the other two. The trouble is that Harold only joined up at the end of the war when he was 18 and only got as far as Signal's School at Blandford Camp. That uniform, and perhaps the age, do not suggest a lad at signal's school. Any suggestions please on the uniform with jodphurs, spurs and a crop etc.
It is three brothers. The one in the centre I think is a policeman and the one on the right is obviously in the navy and I think I know who they both are. The name on the back suggests that the other one could be my partner's grandfather. Although the family are confusing, one brother called Henry preferred being called Harry while the grandfather's name was Alfred Harold and he went by Harold. We have found nothing to suggest that Henry / Harry was ever in the forces hence the family assumption that is must be Harold.
The photo must have been taken about the end of WWI given the ages of the other two. The trouble is that Harold only joined up at the end of the war when he was 18 and only got as far as Signal's School at Blandford Camp. That uniform, and perhaps the age, do not suggest a lad at signal's school. Any suggestions please on the uniform with jodphurs, spurs and a crop etc.
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Bedfordshire / Re: Pulloxhill Parish Registers
« on: Saturday 02 August 25 08:34 BST (UK) »
StevenG thank you very much for the link and the information. I have never heard of a County Archive refusing to make parish registers available for a personal visit but if that is there policy I don't suppose we can do anything about it. It is good to have the transcript for Charles. Not anything more than I can get on Ancestry from an information point of view but another corroboration source. Thanks again.
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Bedfordshire / Pulloxhill Parish Registers
« on: Friday 01 August 25 17:24 BST (UK) »
Can anyone tell me if I am able to view the church registers for St James, Pulloxhill please, preferably online but otherwise in person in Bedfordshire. I have seen pages on Ancestry and FindMyPast that tell me that Charles Arnold was baptised there on 29 July 1810 and that his parents were William and Elizabeth Arnold but I would love to get a digital copy of the actual page in the register. I would also like to look further back through the register although I think his parents may have moved to Pulloxhill at some stage. They married in Husborne Crawley and Elizabeth was, I believe, Irish.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Mary Ellis Coventry 1960
« on: Friday 27 June 25 09:27 BST (UK) »
Thank you both. I think that is a great effort given the material you had to work with. Very much appreciated.