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Armed Forces / Re: Do these Uniforms confirm their identities?
« on: Tuesday 16 January 24 14:53 GMT (UK)  »
Hi FishMan and thank you so much for your speedy reply,
Apparently I'm not yet allowed to send PMs but I'm guessing you can send me one to which I could reply and would be extremely welcomed.
Margaret, my mother, was Gordon Ruming's only sibling and Joan Moss's cousin. Margaret sadly died in 2010 and passed on to me all the family photo albums, artifacts etc and attempted to identify all those featured.
Before Gordon sadly died in 2020 he encouraged me to copy Bob Moss's 'Fraser and Moss Family Book' which I'm guessing you are referring to. He also passed on to me the enthusiasm to understand my roots and I'm now in the process of creating my own web based 'FamilyBook' inspired by Bob's.
Gordon passed on many other titbits of family history which I have attempted to include in my version.
Happy to share and hear your discoveries of the last 18 years.
All the best,
LindowMan

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Armed Forces / Re: Do these Uniforms confirm their identities?
« on: Monday 15 January 24 17:54 GMT (UK)  »
Hi FishMan,
I stumbled upon this thread entirely by accident whilst googling to find where in Woolwich the Scots Church was located. I've no idea how old your post is (no year given).
I think it very likely the photo purporting to be of James Lumbar McCallum (JLM) is indeed him unless it was you who sent the image (attached) to Gordon Ruming probably around 20 years ago.
Gordon has since died and couldn't recall its source when we last discussed the topic. My picture is obviously from the same original source as yours.
I can give you my understanding of the background to my copy of the photograph if that helps.
Gordon had a printout of a McCallum family tree on Loughborough University headed notepaper. I'm guessing you sent him this? Sadly this has been lost but I do have a transcript of it.
I too am a JLM descendent but via the Fraser line.
Regards,
LindowMan

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