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World War One / Re: 14 year old living in Lambeth London joins Wiltshire reg in 1891 -Odd?
« on: Wednesday 17 January 24 14:04 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Jebber ,I really know nothing of the organisation etc of the military for wars at this time.I had imagined that volunteers went to a local recruiting office and assumed that the local office would recruit for regiments with a nearby geographical link .
But from your comment there was a centralised system where people applied and waited for a vacancy .I guess there were a limited nos of musicians wanted and recruited so quite different from the 18 year olds ,or those passing for 18 .
Could you say more or point me to a source for more info ?

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World War One / Re: 14 year old living in Lambeth London joins Wiltshire reg in 1891 -Odd?
« on: Wednesday 17 January 24 10:28 GMT (UK)  »
It wasn't so much the age as I know there were drummers. I was puzzled by a Londoner , living in London , signing up to the Wiltshire regiment.

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World War One / Re: 14 year old living in Lambeth London joins Wiltshire reg in 1891 -Odd?
« on: Wednesday 17 January 24 09:45 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you maddys. I can't imagine many resembled that healthy, fresh faced recruit portrayed in that image
such hard times :(

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World War One / 14 year old living in Lambeth London joins Wiltshire reg in 1891 -Odd?
« on: Wednesday 17 January 24 09:27 GMT (UK)  »
I am ignorant about military history so perhaps this isn't odd.

The boy's father had died in 1889 and I find in 1891 census his siblings in a school for pauper children in Norwood and the widow as servant.

Did some regiments recruit from such "schools" ? Were some more keen to take "musicians" which was what this young lad joined up as ?

Just curious and a bit sad for this one who was discharged as an invalid (malaria)6 years later.

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The Common Room / Re: Anyone having trouble with Findmypast this morning ?
« on: Tuesday 23 May 23 17:23 BST (UK)  »
hi,seems mostly better .But still odd ,get messages suddenly saying that page isn't responding .And a search brought up 8 matches but also (at top of page) had the "there are no matches "message .
I hadn't realised how dependent I was on trusting in accuracy .Rather damaged now .

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The Common Room / Re: Anyone having trouble with Findmypast this morning ?
« on: Tuesday 23 May 23 15:00 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: JenB on Tuesday 23 May 23 11:28 BST (UK)
Something is wrong.
I have just done a search in 'Civil Births' on FindMyPast for Stanley Smith, no other details entered.
I get 47 results, all of them double-barrelled surnames.

Hi Jen - yes that mirrors my experience .I was hopeful that FindMyPast would have got back to me by now ,but they haven't .
Have you raised it with them ?

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The Common Room / Re: Anyone having trouble with Findmypast this morning ?
« on: Tuesday 23 May 23 09:57 BST (UK)  »
Same problems with searching for him in census returns ,and I have a copy of him in the 1901 return from previous searches .
Also no joy in marriages when I've previous results .
Oh well ,I've spoken to FindMyPast now and they'll look into it .
Just wondered if it was only me or whether others were having problems .

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The Common Room / Anyone having trouble with Findmypast this morning ?
« on: Tuesday 23 May 23 08:43 BST (UK)  »
Or is just me ? I'm searching births William Sullivan 1889 Poplar and it's showing "no results found".
Same when I omit location .

If I omit location and dob I get 5 double barreled names .
I'm sure I've found him before .


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Suffolk / Re: Parish of Ketton 1800 baptism ,location ??
« on: Saturday 26 March 22 15:37 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you !

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