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Hampshire & IOW Lookup Requests / Re: Hampshire Archives - Tillman
« on: Sunday 23 February 20 21:06 GMT (UK)  »
Evening John.  I’ve just joined this site and came across your message re a relative.  I wondered if you ate now aware of why the Hampshire archives have material on the Tower Hamlets Rifles etc.  I can shed light on this for you.
I’d love to know more about your relative who was a long serving bandmaster with the THVRB as I am researching this unit.     

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World War Two / Re: 42nd Royal Tank Regiment
« on: Sunday 23 February 20 08:51 GMT (UK)  »
Morning. I have just joined the site and my first search has been on the subject of the 23rd London Regiment and 42nd Royal Tank Regiment. I am currently conducting a long overdue project on the unique subject of the London Regiment 1859-1967. This dates loosely covering parent and successive units to the main subject. i have a 1936 war history on the 23rd London Regiment but can locate nothing on the 1938-67 period.
I would be extremely grateful if any relatives of the men who served with the 42nd and 48th Royal Tank Regiment would be prepared to contact me so i can explain more about my project. i look forward to finding out any information on these units.   

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World War One / Re: mystery?
« on: Sunday 23 February 20 08:42 GMT (UK)  »
Good morning. Having just joined this site i thought i would search the subject of the Finsbury Rifles. I am currently researching this unique unit which sadly has no known museum or archive collection as such.
I note that Rifleman Fricker was killed on the 19th April 1917. This was the 2nd Battle of Gaza, a battle in which the 1st/11th (county of London) Battalion The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) (Territorial Force) suffered its heaviest loss - 115 all ranks killed. On the 19th April 2017 i organised a commemorative church service at St Marks Church, Clerkenwell, to remember these men and if you put in finsbury rifles at gaza on the search field of the general internet you can read about it. I would be extremely grateful to hear from you or anyone else with a connection to this brave men of a regiment which rarely gets a mention in the history books.
 

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