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Marriage cert with a Thomas Powell & Sarah Lord (Boilermaker)
1877 St Matthews Toxteth, Liverpool.

Dates match perfectly, does anyone know I can better confirm this to thomas?

Just to finish off this inspiring tale.



RFA TF taken at Canterbury in Sept. 1915. It is from the War Diary of the 1st West Lancashire Brigade, RFA published in 1923.

I am amazed at the amount of references and documents that have reported L.C.Wall's life and death in such detail. But yet I am struggling to find any photographs of him, I understand that he came from a affluent background this giving me more encouragement to hopefully discover this last missing piece. Any suggestions or advice would be gladly appreciated and thanks again for your time.

 

Hi everyone, i'm in need of help and advice regarding a real life war horse story if you can assist with decoding this fascinating story.   

Here in my local village since birth, there has always been a horses rest among some of our fields since I can remember. With me taking a great interest in local history, I have recently come across a very brief history of a War Horse Grave within the grounds of the horses rest. On further inspection of the headstone I was overwhelmed by the amount of detail and craftsmanship that had gone into this. Obviously showing the admiration and pride of what this horse 'Blackie' had endured and gave during his service.

We understand that 'Blackie' served with the R.F.A (Royal Field Artillery) during the first world war. During this time his driver/master was killed in Ypres. 'Blackie' lived on until 1942 when he became blind and sadly died. His driver/master left instructions in his will to bury his medals with his good and faithful horse.

The details on his headstone are as follows:

'Blackie'
Aged 35 Years
A Battery - 275th Brigade R.F.A 55th Division
France And Flanders 1915-1918

Any information or breakthroughs regarding his driver/master or 'blackie' himself would be absolutely incredible and hopefully complete this wonderful gem of history.

Thanks kindly for your time.

Ryan.

 

Hi all, I am in need of help finding some royal naval photographs of my grandfather if that would be possible. I have researched him and have his service number and service records but I would love to have a photograph of him in is service days. Does anyone know how I would go about this, any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks for your time and help.