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Hello and Happy Christrmas to you all

I haven't been on the site for nearly a year but wish to thank you all for the information which you have provided for me regarding the Lancers and my Uncle Arthur Griffiths.

I have in the past week received a little more information. Apparently he went to the Holy Land while in the Lancers and took some horses to drink at the River Jordan where they pulled him into the river and he had to be rescued.
I have also had it confirmed that he was in Ireland, but have no dates about either posting.

I will try and take a photo of this button sometime so that you can all check it out and say what you think it might be, although my Dad said it was from Arthur's uniform.
Arthur died either in the 1980's or early 1990's, possibly in Scotland en route from holiday.

Once again thank you,
Harpist.

The button did have a fixing on the reverse at one time but it was for stitching onto a uniform, never a brooch. His name was Arthur Griffiths and he was born November 1898. We were told that he signed up under age, but I am not sure about that one.

Thank you .

My uncle apparently served with the !7th Lancers during WW1, but so far I have not been able to find out anything about where they served. I do have a uniform button in mother of pearl with the brass skull and crossbones. It says "Death or glory" which was their motto.
As usual we don't know whether the stories we were told were true, but he was supposed to have been one of Earl Haig's bodyguards. Another story is that his unit were in Dublin during the Easter uprising of 1916.
Please can anyone shed light on any of these for me?
Thank you.

Hi Cousinjack,

thank you for that information. I didn't realise that my John Barnett would have been in the Merchant service - maybe that will be easier to track down. I just feel that he is a very stubborn brick wall to try and knock down. It's good to have extra information to look into though.

Best wishes,
Harpist.

to cttolancs :

Hi,
I see that Mitchell is one of your names and it is also one of mine. Are you searching Denbighshire for them? That is where I have found mine.

Harpist.