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Travelling People / Re: Staffordshire Travellers
« on: Tuesday 19 November 24 16:46 GMT (UK)  »
Marvellous :-)

Yes, Henry married Sarah in 1859 at Penkridge - a lot of Hodgkins/Hodgkiss marriages there. Henry and Sarah were also both witnesses on the marriage of Francis Lockley to Elizabeth Lewis a few months beforehand - Francis being the father of Mary Lockley who married William Hodgkiss (b. 1823), son of William and Mary, on the same day. Their witnesses were Aaron Hodgkiss and Sarah Bott.

Henry died in 1881 (before the census), and Sarah in 1888, they don't appear to have had any children (?).

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Travelling People / Re: Staffordshire Travellers
« on: Monday 18 November 24 13:03 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for that, Rachel :-)

If you're interested I wrote a wider article on the Hodgkins for the Romany & Traveller Family History Society last year, also available online here:

https://www.garenewing.co.uk/family/article_2.php?entryid=2

I'm naively optimistic that one day I'll connect many of these Hodgkins up!

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Armed Forces / Re: Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80
« on: Thursday 23 November 23 10:51 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Chaplain

I'm not sure what else you can do as far as researching James himself goes - you've done birth, death and marriage and census returns, I'm sure. Another thing to search, if you haven't already, is newspapers.

For more context you can research C/2 RA, and then the Afghan War more widely, of course.

As a pointer, C/2 came into Afghanistan in early 1880, posted to Kandahar. Soon after arrival, two guns went north to Khelat-i-Ghilzai. After the British disaster at Maiwand, C/2's remaining four guns were part of the defense of Kandahar and covering the sortie into Deh Kwaja. Meanwhile the two guns at Khelat-i-Ghilzai joined Roberts' force on its way down from Kabul and returned with them to Kandahar. The battery was also involved in the Battle of Kandahar on 1st Sep 1880.

If James was with the two guns that went to Khelat then he'd also have the Kabul-Kandahar bronze star. He has the clasp for the battle at Kandahar.

A driver was a man who would aid with the transport of the guns (horses, limbers, carriages, supplies, etc.) rather than an operator of the guns (gunner).

Best of luck - Garen

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Armed Forces / Re: Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80
« on: Wednesday 02 August 23 13:16 BST (UK)  »
Quote
1st Div NF. CofE 13/12/85

It's First Division, Northern Force, Camp of Exercise.

All three phrases are in this cutting from the Times of India, 31 December 1885

Excellent work, Shaun - thank you.

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Armed Forces / Re: Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80
« on: Wednesday 02 August 23 09:22 BST (UK)  »
Sorry about this, but does anyone have any idea what this mean?
To me , it looks like
1st Div NF. CofE 13/12/85

Sorry, Nellie - I agree with your transcription, but I can't interpret that one either. I can only think 'Church of England' when I see C of E!

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Armed Forces / Re: Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80
« on: Tuesday 01 August 23 10:42 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Garen…sorry to take up your time 😬

Not a problem! I learn from all this too :-)

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Armed Forces / Re: Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80
« on: Tuesday 01 August 23 10:36 BST (UK)  »
I think it's Warley (Warley Barracks) and then Maidstone. Dilbhur was indeed a troopship operating in the 1860s.

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Armed Forces / Re: Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80
« on: Tuesday 01 August 23 10:05 BST (UK)  »
The more you look at it the more you'll see :-) An excellent list of his stations in his medical history pages.

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Armed Forces / Re: Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80
« on: Monday 31 July 23 23:56 BST (UK)  »
Could you point me towards the page of his records that gives these details please Garen, as I am struggling the understand half of what’s written there? 😬🤣

I didn't look in detail  but I see on p.3 (Medical History) under 'Regimental Number' at the top it says L/A RHA 1941, with L/A also at the very top of that page, also C Bde. RHA; page 5 (Medical History) mentions RHA B/F at the top-right; page 6 (Medical History) mentions L/A RHA top-right in red you can probably connect that to the red entry in March 1884; A/C is on the next page (Marriages/Baptisms); looks like F Bde. mentioned on p. 7 (promotions) c.1867; commander of L/A RHA (Marshall) mentioned at end of service on p.9.

A closer look might reveal more and match up some of the dates (eg. as with the red pen entry). It does look like A/C in the Afghan period.

How sad about Lilian's death. A very dangerous climate for the children of soldiers and civilians alike.

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