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World War One / Re: WW1 Pioneer Inf. details
« on: Monday 04 January 10 14:25 GMT (UK)  »
wow that was a super-fast reply!
please do provide that information - it's all very welcome
 
thanks again and HNY!
Justin

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World War One / WW1 Pioneer Inf. details
« on: Monday 04 January 10 14:13 GMT (UK)  »
Hi All,

I'm trying to help a friend by getting as much information on his Norwegian grandfather who served in WW1

Name: Anders Hirth

Army details :
2´nd Battalion 3wd
Pioneer Inf.
Camp Wodsworth, S,C (Or Wadsworth?)

That's all the information we have available apart from the fact that we know he survived WW1 - can any help advise what this battalion was involved with and whether records are available for this particular person?

regards & thanks  :)
Justin

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World War Two / Re: Researching my grandfather - Sapper, Royal Engineers, BEF-Dunkirk
« on: Monday 29 June 09 12:41 BST (UK)  »
great info! thanks very much!

I need to try to find out how much they were involved on the front line which from the book I'm reading (Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore) is quite possible...

I've emailed the RE Museum to see if there are details of where the 657th performed their duties during that time.

thanks again - very helpful
Justin

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World War Two / Researching my grandfather - Sapper, Royal Engineers, BEF-Dunkirk
« on: Saturday 27 June 09 13:42 BST (UK)  »
Hi Everyone - hope you're all keeping well.

My grandfather was said to have cried in his sleep most nights after his experiences with the BEF in 1940 and I would like to understand more about the company he served with and hope to trace his steps. I wonder if you can help point me in the right direction...?

This is the main information I have from his Service Record which shows he was in and out of various hospitals:

Concretor, Pioneer E Grade II
Royal Engineers, "973 IWT (W'SHOP) Company RE
Date enlist: 24/1/1940
690 Company Clacton posted 12.2.1940
690 Gen Cons? Dis Hospital - taken on strength of unit - France 4.3.1940
Regraded  II w.e.f 25/2/1940 Yeadon?

Embarked SS Beary Chase? for B.E.F 2-3-1940
657 G.C? Company posted from no.1 General Base Depot, 14-3-1940
Arrived UK (BEF) 10-6-1940

I would very much like to understand more about the Company he was with, perhaps some information about the ship SS Beary Chase?, the depot and perhaps more importantly, if the Dunkirk evacuation was 26 May to 4th June, then what is meant by arriving back in the UK 6 days after...?!!

He never spoke of what happened, all my mother understood was that he 'fought at Dunkirk'...

Any information you can provide would be helpful

thanks
Justin

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Europe / Germany: Stettin Germany to England - c1870 - ROSENBAUM
« on: Sunday 05 October 08 10:23 BST (UK)  »
Hi

I'm trying to find passenger lists of arriving immigrants from the nearest port of Stettin, Germany circa 1870... would appreciate any possible pointers!

Persons name is William Frederick Augustus Rosenbaum, born 1837 from Stettin Germany.

thanks
Justin

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Dante Road - generations of my ancestors?
« on: Saturday 27 September 08 13:25 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the prompt reply bearkat and Pauline!

Silly question - how do I search for that specific street index (via Ancestry...)... I just get the usual - name, dob etc...

http://content.ancestry.co.uk/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=6598&path=

I'm obviously doing something wrong! Appreciate your help

thanks
Justin


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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Dante Road - generations of my ancestors?
« on: Saturday 27 September 08 12:58 BST (UK)  »
Hi All

We've been looking through my family's tree under the name of Webb and noticing that many birth certificates relate back to one address - 40 Dante Road, Newington Butts, Lambeth...

Is there a way to search through 1901 & 1891 census on that specific address to see who lived there...? I'm not having much luck!!

thanks
Justin

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World War One / Re: WW1 death - where can I find details on the burial site?
« on: Tuesday 23 September 08 20:11 BST (UK)  »
Just out of interest then folks... how can we get more information on his time during WW1 and the nature of his injuries etc...?

thanks - again!
Justin

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World War One / Re: WW1 death - where can I find details on the burial site?
« on: Tuesday 23 September 08 19:47 BST (UK)  »
HOW EMBARASSING!!!

You know how it is fellow Rootschatters, late into the night, glass of wine in the hand and you just assume it says Died when in fact it says Disc(harged!)...

I knew something wasn't right as I too checked the Commonwealth Graves and found nothing!!

Thanks to you All!!!!

kind regards
Justin

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