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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Garnham or Peeling family - Who is he?
« on: Yesterday at 11:41 »
Hi,

This is a post card photograph, but there is nothing written on the back at all. The only thing is an ink stamp that reads 7  13. Could that be July 1913? It looks a rural picture, so if it is a family member it is likely to be a member of the Garnham family (Hopton by Thetford, Suffolk and Gasthorpe, Norfolk), or the Peeling family (Methwold, Norfolk).

If any one is able to help to identify this person, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Unknown family photograph
« on: Monday 03 November 25 16:41 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Jim,

I guess that it's more likely to be George Garnham then of the RFA.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Kathleen - Who is she?
« on: Monday 03 November 25 16:30 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Jim,

thanks for the information. It is just as likely to be a non relation as it is a blood relation.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Unknown family photograph
« on: Monday 03 November 25 16:27 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Carol,

Love the photograph. Thank you very much for that. It is very much appreciated.

Also, thanks for the information both Carol and Jim. My grandfather had an uncle, George Herbert Garnham, who was a driver for the Royal Field Artillery. He was gassed in 1918 and died in 1919. His grave is quite local to me.

I have also been told that it could possibly be the uniform of the Machine Gun Corp? My grandfather also had an uncle that served with them, Albert George Peeling, who was killed at Estaires in 1918. The yard that he is sat in looks very much like the family's business yard in Northwold, Norfolk.


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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Kathleen - Who is she?
« on: Saturday 01 November 25 12:46 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to discover who this lady is. The only clue is the name "Kathleen", which is written on the front of this old family photograph.

She is likely to be from the South Yorkshire areas of Rotherham, Sheffield or Doncaster. Other than that, I know nothing about her. Thank you.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Unknown family photograph
« on: Friday 31 October 25 09:19 GMT (UK)  »
This is a puzzling one! I always thought that this was a WWI photograph, but it seems more 'modern' with it being greyscale rather than sepia.

I would love to know who the soldier is and whether he is a family member.

There are no clues at all written on it. It is not a studio printed image. The only writing is velox, which I think is the paper manufacturer.

I don't know of any family members that served after WWI until WWII started and it looks earlier than that.

If it is a family member it could be a Garnham. They were all born on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, but were living in Rotherham at the end of WWI. It could be a Beech or Skelton, who were all from Rotherham or Sheffield.

All that I know is that it belonged to my grandparents (or great grandparents), so it was someone important to them.

If anyone can help identify him that would be truly amazing. Thank you.


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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Unknown family member(s)
« on: Friday 31 October 25 09:07 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for your replies.

George Herbert Garnham is buried locally in a War Grave.

The children were: James Leonard Brock aka Lennie Garnham (b. 1885 Hopton by Thetford d. 1956 Rotherham, Frederick William Garnham (b. 1888 Hopton by Thetford d. 1941 Rotherham), George Herbert Garnham (b. 1888 Hopton by Thetford d. 1919 Sheffield), Ernest Sydney Garnham (b. 1891 Gasthorpe d. 1952 Rotherham), Bertie Garnham (b. 1893 Hopton by Thetford d. 1958 Rotherham) and Albert Edward Garnham (b. 1902 Hopton by Thetford d. 1975 Rotherham).

Their parents were Noah Garnham aka Nathan and Betsy Ellen Brock aka Ellen or Nellie.

I always presumed that the brother on the left was George, but he was in the Royal Field Artillery and not (as I understand) the Norfolk Regiment. That would leave the unidentified person as Lennie, Fred or Albert (who was too young). I know that it isn't Ernest. Or, it is simply a comrade of Bertie's.

I would truly love to solve this family puzzle of who the men actually are.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Unknown family member(s)
« on: Friday 31 October 25 07:40 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for the info. Bertie is definitely the right person. However, none of the other Garnhams listed are linked to my family...as of yet!

Bertie's siblings were Frederick William Garnham, George Herbert Garnham (d. 1919 after being gassed during WWI), Ernest Sydney Garnham and Albert Edward Garnham. There was also a half sibling Leonard Garnham, whose birth name was James Leonard Brock.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Unknown family member(s)
« on: Thursday 30 October 25 23:01 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Tony,

Thanks for your reply. I can't say that they are the ones in the photograph, but I do have a Norfolk Regiment cap badge and also several tunic buttons. My late grandfather left them to me.

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