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WW1 In Memoriam / Re: 8th November 1914, Ernest Cooper Smith, 1st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
« on: Friday 19 May 17 11:09 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jen

Ok re using private messages (I should qualify after this one).

My grandmothers name was Mary Ann Smith (c1897-1963). She was deaf/mute. Is that name familiar to you? She married John Pattison (1892-1961).

I have just read out your story above to my wife and daughter and got quite emotional. I wasn't expecting that! We also looked at the colour photo posted on this thread and we don't think it's of Ernest. Are we correct? I think it may have been posted by the person who has also replied to your post.

I'm going to call my mother and let her know 😉

Great 'speaking' with you.

Regards, Paul

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WW1 In Memoriam / Re: 8th November 1914, Ernest Cooper Smith, 1st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
« on: Friday 19 May 17 10:33 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jen

Amazing. I can't believe how excited I am finding information about Ernest.

Ernest is my mother's uncle so my mothers, mothers brother. My grandmothers brother. That, I believe, makes Ernest my great uncle. I can't wait to let my mother know that I've found information about him.

The story of how Ernest became known to us is a strange one. I'll tell you about it in my next post/email if you are interested (is there a way of emailing each other via this site? I only joined last night).

It was my mothers brother who had the photo of Ernest and gave it to my mother. She kept it by her bedside for years. The only information we had was his name and that he may have been killed in WW1. That was it! I posted the photo on the Family History UK site asking if someone could identify the uniform but I've been given lots of information about him i.e. His army number, where he died, where he lived, his wife's name etc, and the best bit was a link to your post above. I couldn't believe it when I started reading it. I thought it was a wind-up! All this in less than 24 hours!

Is the colour picture posted below of Ernest? Did you post that?

Regards, Paul Rose

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WW1 In Memoriam / Re: 8th November 1914, Ernest Cooper Smith, 1st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
« on: Friday 19 May 17 01:15 BST (UK)  »
Just found this fascinating post and it seems we may have the same great uncle Ernest.

My mother has a photo of Ernest in uniform and I posted it in Family History UK trying to get help in identifying the regiment.

Someone pointed me to this post and was amazed to read about Ernest. We suspected that he was killed in WW1 but I never expected to find such detail about him.

I'll attach the photo I have of Ernest and it would be great if you could confirm if we indeed have the same Uncle Ernest.

Best regards, Paul.

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