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Suffolk / Re: Eliza Amelia Smith, died Ipswich 1940
« on: Sunday 06 July 25 23:06 BST (UK)  »
Wow, David, that is amazing!

Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to get these photographs. My wife is so thrilled to see them.

Hopefully we will be able to visit in person soon, and are going to look into the possibility of getting repairs done.

Again, thank you

SnB

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Suffolk / Re: Eliza Amelia Smith, died Ipswich 1940
« on: Tuesday 01 July 25 23:05 BST (UK)  »
Hello all,

Just an update that my wife has now received a copy of the Leeds death certificate, and it is 100% the correct one, so many, many thanks for the help.

She died at 123 Beckett Street, which apparently is the address for St James's Infirmary in Leeds.

Now the only puzzle we have to solve is why she died in Leeds? So far we have found no connections to Leeds on any part of the family tree.

The search continues...


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Suffolk / Re: Eliza Amelia Smith, died Ipswich 1940
« on: Thursday 26 June 25 11:27 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all for the information. It looks like the Leeds death record may be the one to look at. at least for elimination purposes if nothing else.

I assume no burial could take place without a death certificate, and as she was buried on 3 January 1941, that only leaves only 1 week when her death could have been registered, so I know that the January quarter of 1941 would be the last possible one to look in.

I'll inform my wife about the record for Leeds Eliza and hopefully, fingers crossed, we can put a great big hole through this brick wall.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Brewer, Desert Rat
« on: Wednesday 25 June 25 14:02 BST (UK)  »
This is what I call a Digital Recreation, rather than a restoration. Using ChatGPT got 90% of the way and them some editing to morph the features as close as possible to the original...

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Suffolk / Eliza Amelia Smith, died Ipswich 1940
« on: Wednesday 25 June 25 00:10 BST (UK)  »
Good evening,

My wife has been trying to find what became of her great-grandmother Eliza Amelia Smith (nee Curtis), and has been hitting brick wall after brick wall until this evening, when she found a record on Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/280021569/eliza-amelia-smith) which has finally cleared up on the when part of the mystery.

What is most intriguing is that despite having this information there does not seem to be a corresponding death on GRO, so we cannot yet order a death certificate. Closest match is an Eliza Smith in Blyth, but her death was in June 1940, but our Eliza didn't die until December.

If anyone can find a relevant (and correct) GRO reference it would be most gratefully received.

Also, if anyone is in the immediate area, and would happen to be passing Eliza and her husband Sidney's grave, and would be kind enough to take a picture, that would be a massively wonderful thing and my wife would be extremely happy to see it. The Findagrave link has a very helpful marker on the map to locate.

Many thanks all for reading.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / WW1 RAF Service record
« on: Monday 09 June 25 22:19 BST (UK)  »
Good afternoon,

I am researching my great grandfather and have his WW1 Service record from his time with the RFC/RAF but am struggling to decipher some of the handwriting and wondered if anyone would be able to read and tell me what the handwriting says.

I can get the gist of most of it, but some of the letters are very fancy and have defeated my attempts to understand them.

Also, I think I can read that he was admitted to the 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital but the two holes obliterate the name of the 'Monastry' listed

Many thanks for reading

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