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The Lighter Side / Re: Doubting family stories
« on: Friday 29 August 25 15:02 BST (UK)  »
Several relatives suggested some Irish ancestry on my mother's side. Several hours were spent but with no Irish connections to be found.

Thought I was getting somewhere when Louth was mentioned. However it was Louth in Lincolnshire, not Co Louth in Ireland!

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Shropshire / Re: Corbetts of Shropshire
« on: Monday 23 June 25 22:34 BST (UK)  »
Here are two Corbet resources if you have not come across them.

https://dn720204.ca.archive.org/0/items/familyofcorbetit02corb/familyofcorbetit02corb.pdf

https://shropshirechurches.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CORBET-pedigree-WEB.pdf

I'm trying to confirm if a 1663 marriage between a Rowland Glover and Ann Corbett is to a member of the Corbett tree. No details to be found about Rowland so far.

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The Common Room / Re: Suggestions on how to locate hotel staff in 1960s London
« on: Thursday 08 May 25 01:25 BST (UK)  »
Several of the older industry magazines (Hotel & Caterer etc.) published new (senior) staff appointments & news. A search of the British Library brings up several catering journals covering the 1960s.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Place of birth on census
« on: Saturday 29 March 25 20:48 GMT (UK)  »
I'll just add that Kingstown was the name given to Dún Laoghaire (Dun Leary) from 1821 to 1920. Similar the renaming of Cobh to Queenstown in the period 1849 to 1920.

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World War Two / Re: bondarczuk(bondar or bondor) in the air force
« on: Tuesday 25 February 25 02:34 GMT (UK)  »
You may find this interesting especially as Genadiuz Bondarczuk stayed in the Lincolnshire area after the war, until his death.

A new museum at RAF Ingham just north of Lincoln opened in 2024 which specialises in the contribution made by the Polish Air Force and the history of the PAF squadrons during the War. It also covers some of the social history of those people who stayed on in Lincolnshire afterwards.

The old Hangar No 2 doors from RAF Swinderby which were painted in WW2 with the emblem of the Polish Air Force and feature in many of the historical march past photographs of the P.A.F. have been rescued too and are going to be displayed in the future.

One of the best curated museums I've visited for a while, well worth a visit.

https://www.rafingham.co.uk/


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Armed Forces / Re: Soldiers in Colonial India
« on: Saturday 19 October 24 01:48 BST (UK)  »
Would be very interesting to see how you get on.

Like you, my ethnicity estimate from Ancestry comes up with an 8% share with Bengal and matches with an Asian surname of around 300cM/5% shared DNA.

I have no paper evidence that shows someone serving in India but there are close connections with Shropshire (my paternal base) and India back to the days of Clive of India, so it is highly likely that local Ag Labs were persuaded to serve there as part of the Army for the entire period of the Raj. My problem is that searching for a unique Jones, Davies or Williams from Shropshire is near to impossible.

All the best

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The Common Room / Re: 11 Squad, RAF Uxbridge 1938
« on: Tuesday 01 October 24 00:06 BST (UK)  »
Worth remembering that some course members may have non-consecutive numbers due to previous enlistment or after being re-coursed or moving trade - a few examples...

Illness or injury requiring a break in training
Failing to pass an examination or test needing a resit (re-course) onto a later intake.
Moving from another trade, very common in flying training schools moving from ground to aircrew  roles. e.g. Ground Engineer to Flight Engineer.

When I went through OCTU Henlow in the 1970s, the service numbers were all over the place with senior NCOs receiving commissions, other trades trying for aircrew selection, University Air Squadron direct entries and so on.

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Shropshire / Re: Mills In Shrewsbury
« on: Thursday 29 August 24 03:02 BST (UK)  »
Looking for something else and came across several corn mills on Rea Brook and the aptly named Mill Race running from the Abbey Corn Mill to the Sutton Farm area SE of Shrewsbury.

1881 OS map shows Burnt Corn Mills, Sutton Corn Mill, Old Corn Mill and 2 Corn Mills in Meole Brace. 

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Shropshire Lookup Requests / Re: look up request for Sarah (née Francis?) and Samuel Cowdell, Saint Chad
« on: Monday 08 July 24 02:20 BST (UK)  »
Just thinking about place names. There is a small village called Marton halfway between Chirbury and Worthen on the B4386 (52.616237256079216, -3.0531225185744693).

It is close enough to the Welsh border (about 1 mile) to be moved between Shropshire and Montgomeryshire over the years in documents.

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