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World War One / West African Frontier Force WW1
« on: Sunday 17 August 25 17:04 BST (UK)  »
'Im looking for information regarding the service of a Seaforth Highlander who was seconded to the West African Frontier Force as an NCO/Instructor in 1917.
I have his Seaforth Highlanders service records but there is no record of his time in Africa. His time in Africa began in 1917 and we only know this from family records (photos etc).

Where would I start in finding any military records for his time in Africa?

Thanks in advance

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Inverness / Re: Queensgate Inverness
« on: Tuesday 03 December 24 12:53 GMT (UK)  »
I've just come across this when I was looking through street directories of Inverness.
https://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/archive/86053375

This is the individual page:
https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn8/8605/86053377.8.xml

It seems a Louis Hirshberg was a Fancy Goods Dealer at 22 Queens Gate, Inverness between 1907 and 1908. I think Hirsberg is a German/Jewish name.

Laurie

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Wicklow / Re: Hatchell and Dempsey in Rathdrum
« on: Wednesday 25 September 24 20:39 BST (UK)  »
Thanks everyone.
I do already have the marriage record for Elizabeth and Patrick in 1925 and I have her birth and death. As for Patrick there are quite a few possibilities I need to check for his birth record before I can definitely say that is him. All I have to go on is his Father's name, Michael, and that he was at least 21 when he and Elizabeth married (they were both recorded as Full Age).

It would just be good to find out where Elizabeth is buried.



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Wicklow / Re: Hatchell and Dempsey in Rathdrum
« on: Tuesday 24 September 24 21:54 BST (UK)  »
Hi there

Yes that is her and I realise she died at Strand Street but why was the death registered as Rathdrum?  Was that just the nearest Registry Office?
I know in Scotland, especially the Highlands, events can be registered far from where they actually occurred.


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Wicklow / Hatchell and Dempsey in Rathdrum
« on: Tuesday 24 September 24 21:22 BST (UK)  »
I'm looking for the burial place of an Elizabeth Mary Dempsey nee Hatchell who died on the 8th of October 1927 in Rathdrum in Wicklow.
I have looked on FindAGrave for the cemeteries in Rathdrum but no record has been added for Elizabeth.

Elizabeth was born in Rathdrum in 1899 and married a Patrick Joseph Dempsey in Rathdrum in 1925.
Both parents lived and died in Rathdrum but I have yet to find a death record for her husband Patrick.
The family may not have had money for a headstone. I know in Scotland the local registry office can be helpful in finding a grave but I don't know where to ask in Ireland.

Any suggestions are more than welcome.   

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Inverness / Palais band or orchestra of Inverness 1930's
« on: Monday 24 June 24 23:50 BST (UK)  »
i'm looking for any information regarding the Palais band from Inverness who played in and around the area in the 1920's '30's and possibly the 1940's. They appear in many newspaper reports about Fetes in the Islands and various venues around the Highlands and Moray under different names. Inverness Palais Band, Palais Band of Inverness, Palais orchestra, Inverness etc. They all have one thing in common however, they were all led by or under Miss H.Macpherson. This is Joanna Margaret Dorothy Macpherson otherwise known as Hetty.(My grandfather's cousin). Hetty was well known in Inverness as she had a newsagent store on Castle Street for many years.

What I'm looking for is any photos, flyers or any images relating to the band or these events as I am trying to discover who else was in the band with Hetty as there maybe a connection with a family friend who believes their relative was also in the band with Hetty.

Thanks in advance

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World War Two / Re: Help please in deciphering my Father's WW2 RAF Service Record
« on: Monday 13 May 24 12:44 BST (UK)  »
Hi Kathryn

i always use the Snipping tool to just send sections of an image. Its great and really easy to use.

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mz95kl8mr0l?hl=en-gb&gl=US

Laurie

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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Re: Sir James Sutter's Troop of East Lothian Cavalry 1796
« on: Tuesday 30 April 24 18:37 BST (UK)  »
Thank you both for the help, those links are very helpful and will keep me busy for a while.
Im not sure which Cavalry, Fencibles or Yeomanry, he was a Private in as the marriage record only states " Sir James Sutters Troop of East Lothian Cavalry".

But as it is pre-1797 then I am assuming it will be Fencibles.

Thanks again

Laurie

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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Sir James Sutter's Troop of East Lothian Cavalry 1796
« on: Tuesday 30 April 24 12:20 BST (UK)  »
Has anyone heard of this Troop?
I am struggling to find information about this troop as it seems the East Lothian Yeomanry wasn't created until 1797 but I have a marriage record of 1796 in which John Stewart is recorded as a Private in the Sir James Sutter's Troop of East Lothian Cavalry.
He and Agnes Summers married on the 1st of April 1796 in Forfar. SP (Extract of Old Parochial Register 75720)

Laurie

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