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Kent Lookup Requests / Ville Garrison Sheerness Kent
« on: Sunday 15 October 23 18:56 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I believe that my 2 x Great Grandmother Louisa King was born at the Ville Garrison Sheerness in 1811. George King, her father, worked there as a painter.  I have found records for her brothers George (1813) and William (1815) in the Baptism records at Find My Past which holds the Baptism Records for the garrison for 1813 onwards, but I have not been able to find any records for baptisms prior to 1813?

Does anyone have any information about these records and where I might be able to find them? It's so frustrating being so near, but yet so far.

Regards
Sherry Davis


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Essex / The Throckmorton's of Essex
« on: Monday 14 August 23 15:13 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

My 11 GG John Throckmorton lived in Thaxted Essex. He was married to Francis Creed in Saffron Waldon in 1581 and they had three children Kenelmus (Kenelm) thought to have been named after an Uncle in 1582, Elizabeth in 1586 (my 10 x G Grandmother), and Thomas in 1589. Although John is named as a gentleman in the baptism records of Thaxted I can find no trace of a will after his death in 1610, nor have I been able to trace any baptism records.

There is a Sir Kenelm Throckmorton living in Little Eastor Essex with whom it is thought that John's son Kenelmus might have been named. Sir Kenelm is the son of Sir George Throckmorton of Coughton Warwickshire which is a prominent family with links to the Tudor Royal Family.

Given the rather unusual name of Kenelm, I am hoping that this may be a viable line of inquiry, but I am hitting a lot of brick walls in finding a legitimate link. I was wondering if anyone on this forum might be also trying to trace this family line and if so whether they have had any more luck than I have.
Regards
Sherry Davis

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Armed Forces / Re: WW2 Navy records: abbreviations help please
« on: Wednesday 15 March 23 18:53 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I have the records of 2 uncles who were in the Royal Marines during WW2. One uncle was awarded something called a wounds certificate, could somebody please explain what this might have been? Is there any way that I might be able to see a copy? He was on HMS Southampton when it sank in Jan 1941, but I can't find anything on his record to say he was wounded or what severity of the wound he had apart from this mention of a wounds certificate. Family legend has it that he had embedded shrapnel wounds which led to his death in 1967 when they moved around, but I don't know how true that was.

My other uncle left the Royal Marines during the war in 1942 and his record has the following abbreviation B.P.S.R.M as the cause of his discharge. I'm confused as to why he might have left while the war was still ongoing?

Any information regarding these queries would be most appreciated.

Regards
Sherry Davis

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Armed Forces / Re: Crimea War Medal Role lookup
« on: Monday 17 October 22 17:54 BST (UK)  »
Hi, it's me again, having looked at both records that you have sent me I've become a little confused. One record shows John in the 1st Btn Scots Fusilier Guards while another shows him in the 1st Btn Coldstream Guards, its the same regimental number so it's the same man, but why does it show two different regiments?

Any help to explain this would be appreciated.

Regards
Sherry

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Armed Forces / Re: Crimea War Medal Role lookup
« on: Monday 17 October 22 17:19 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much for this, you got back to me so quickly. I'd been searching for these for ages, guess I was looking in the wrong place.

Regards
Sherry

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Armed Forces / Crimea War Medal Role lookup
« on: Sunday 16 October 22 20:04 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I'm really hoping that you might be able to help me. I have found a British Army service record for my  2x Great Grandfather John Norman who appears to have served in the Crimea War. He was born in 1836 in Halstead Essex and joined the Scots Guards (I think they were known as the Scots Fusilier Guards) when he was 18 in 1854. His service number is shown as 5122. He served in Crimea from 13 April 1855 to 4 July 1856 and the record shows that he distinguished himself at the Siege of Sevastopol.

He was awarded a pension according to his service record of 9d in 1909.

I would like to know if he shows on any medal roll for this campaign as I have not been able to find any medal roles for Crimea in my searches.

Any other information about him would also be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Sherry Davis

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / 16th century records
« on: Tuesday 23 November 21 23:14 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,

I am trying to trace my 9 x Great Grandmother Clemens Amere. The only record I can find relates to her marriage to my 9 x Great Grandfather John Bridger on 30 Sep 1576 in Mereworth Kent. They had four children: Judith 1577, Joane 1580, John 1582 (my 8 x GG) & Katherine 1583.

There is a record on Ancestry that states that her father was a John Spicer from Lyminge in Kent, but the facts are a bit sparse and I can't make the connection to him from any other sources so I think that this is a red herring. From her name, I was thinking that maybe she was French, Belgian or Swiss, or even Italian, but I have hit a brick wall, so any help in going further would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Sherilla

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Armed Forces / Re: Crimea War
« on: Monday 25 October 21 15:13 BST (UK)  »
Once again, I am amazed at how you manage to find these things.  The newspaper article makes sense as although my ancestor was not destitute he would have been rather poor once he had retired from being a bricklayer.

In the granting of this small pension of 9d per day, it might have been the difference between him living at home until his death in 1917 going to the workhouse.

Thanks again for your investigation into this.

Regards
Sherilla

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Armed Forces / Re: Crimea War
« on: Sunday 24 October 21 16:51 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

Thank you for your reply. You have managed to find the documents that I first saw but couldn't find again. I thought that he probably didn't serve long enough to get an Army Pension, but on both the 1911 census and on my 2 x great grandmother's death cert he is shown as an Army pensioner.

I am a little confused as to why the documents from the Scots Guards show a 9d for life pension starting from 11 3 09, surely this must relate to some kind of Army pension and not a state one? Could there have been something that he had done during his short service that might have contributed to this sum being allocated?

I just wish that I knew a bit more about this time in his life, but I am now resigned to not being able to find out any more information about his time in the Crimea.

Thank you again for your help, it is much appreciated.

Regards
Sherilla

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