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Clare / Re: George Taatte, Ballynaghera, Ogonnelloe, County Clare, Ireland
« on: Saturday 21 September 24 00:29 BST (UK)  »
I should have thought about that before. There are actually four men named George Taaffe who served in various units of the British Army in WWI.
One was a Private in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, another was a Private in the Lancashire Fusiliers, the third was a Private in the Royal Munster Fusiliers and then the Royal Army Service Corps, and the fourth was the man you mentioned, who was a Driver in the Royal Field Artillery.
The service record of only one of these men survived and the handwriting doesn't appear to match. Having said that, we have a note here written by a famous calligrapher and her handwriting is nothing like her fine work on the illuminated honour rolls.
I will have a closer look at the sketches in the book to see if they yield any further clues.
Thanks again.

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Clare / Re: George Taatte, Ballynaghera, Ogonnelloe, County Clare, Ireland
« on: Saturday 21 September 24 00:16 BST (UK)  »
Could well be! Thank you.

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Clare / Re: George Taatte, Ballynaghera, Ogonnelloe, County Clare, Ireland
« on: Friday 20 September 24 13:00 BST (UK)  »
Thanks very much. I will follow up.

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Clare / Re: George Taatte, Ballynaghera, Ogonnelloe, County Clare, Ireland
« on: Thursday 19 September 24 12:16 BST (UK)  »
No. I bought it from the UK some years ago. We have a war and social history museum and we buy personal items from wartime including original artwork, posters, autograph books, photograph albums, scrapbooks, diaries, letters and postcards, among other things.
I then try to research their former owners and tell their stories.

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Clare / Re: George Taatte, Ballynaghera, Ogonnelloe, County Clare, Ireland
« on: Thursday 19 September 24 07:13 BST (UK)  »
I'm not sure. It's a stylised signature, so perhaps could be Taaffe rather than Taatte.
Thanks for your response.
Kathryn

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Clare / George Taatte, Ballynaghera, Ogonnelloe, County Clare, Ireland
« on: Thursday 19 September 24 02:34 BST (UK)  »
Hello

I am trying to find out more about a person named George Taatte who appears to have been quite an accomplished artist around the period of the Great War.

We have a sketchbook in which he has done some wonderful pen and ink cartoons and illustrations which are signed Geo Taatte.

I have looked on FamilySearch and found a Pat Taatte whose address was given as Ballynaghera. He was baptised on the 18th April 1847 and the event took place in Ogonnelloe, County Clare, Ireland.
Pat's father's name was George, so I'm wondering whether he could be related to our man.

Doing a Google research on the name comes up with nothing, so I'm hoping someone here may have some insight.

Many thanks
Kathryn
Recollections of War, Albany, Western Australia.

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The Common Room / Re: Small grouping belonging to a W. Shearring associated with Bermondsey
« on: Saturday 06 April 24 13:07 BST (UK)  »
That's brilliant and exactly the confirmation I was hoping for! Thanks so much.

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The Common Room / Re: Small grouping belonging to a W. Shearring associated with Bermondsey
« on: Saturday 06 April 24 12:25 BST (UK)  »
Thank you. That's very true. However, it isn't named and may have belonged to W. Shearring or perhaps another family member.
I don't have an Ancestry subscription. I was rather hoping someone here might be able to find out if there was a female W. Shearring located in the Bermondsey area during WWI. It's a reasonably unusual surname.

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The Common Room / Re: Small grouping belonging to a W. Shearring associated with Bermondsey
« on: Saturday 06 April 24 00:37 BST (UK)  »
As far as I know, they don't keep records of who was issued with which number badge, or if they do, they're not accessible online.
I just figured that local dignitaries such as the Mayor may have had honorary roles in various organisations such as the Red Cross or be part of their fundraising committees without necessarily serving in a hands-on capacity.
Here in Australia during WWII, there was the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund, which was that state's contribution to the Australian Comforts Fund.

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