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The Common Room / Re: Parish Registers?
« on: Wednesday 22 December 04 15:55 GMT (UK) »
One of the regulars at our local LDS gets up to 20 at a time! Costs him a fortune!
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Merionethshire / Re: Davies's of Bryn Crug, Towyn, Merioneth
« on: Tuesday 27 July 04 10:53 BST (UK) »
I can't visit Towyn cemetery myself, but I know someone who has the MIs for there. Would you like me to ask him if he can help with your Arthurs?
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Armed Forces / Re: RAF & Aeroplane ID
« on: Tuesday 20 July 04 20:20 BST (UK) »
Having taken a second look, I doubt if it can be a Stirling as that stood much higher off the ground than the one shown in the photo.
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Armed Forces / Re: RAF & Aeroplane ID
« on: Tuesday 20 July 04 20:18 BST (UK) »
The aircraft looks to me to be either a Wellington (twin-engined) as the surface appears to be over the geodetic construction used on that aircraft. The serial number beginning HZ also points to the Wellington.
The other possibilitiy is that it might be a Stirling (four-engined). Unlikely to be other candidates as the RAF's other bombers were twin-tailed - Lancaster and Halifax.
The other possibilitiy is that it might be a Stirling (four-engined). Unlikely to be other candidates as the RAF's other bombers were twin-tailed - Lancaster and Halifax.
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Armed Forces / Re:RAF & Aeroplane ID
« on: Monday 24 May 04 01:36 BST (UK) »
Of the two types listed as possibilities I'd come down on the type being a Wellington. For one thing, part of the fuselage seems to be fabric covered - I don't think that the Stirling was. And secondly, the Stirling was a much larger aircraft than the Wellington; the one in your photo seems to be fairly close to the ground.
If your grandfather served in the Middle East that would also point to it being a Wellington since, to the best of my knowledge Stirlings didn't get out there.
Don't be misled by the colour being a bit light - this could be possibly be accounted for by the type of film used. These sometimes gave a false rendition of some types of camouflage paint.
If your grandfather served in the Middle East that would also point to it being a Wellington since, to the best of my knowledge Stirlings didn't get out there.
Don't be misled by the colour being a bit light - this could be possibly be accounted for by the type of film used. These sometimes gave a false rendition of some types of camouflage paint.
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Shropshire / Re:Guys of Shropshire
« on: Saturday 22 May 04 00:53 BST (UK) »
This may or not be relevant, but is Wombridge more likely to be Ironbridge, which is not too far from Oakengates?
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Shropshire / Re:Place names in Shropshire
« on: Saturday 22 May 04 00:47 BST (UK) »
Is there maybe a chance it could be Kinnerley? This is a village about 6 miles from Oswestry, and my mother's family have been in the immediate area since the 1400s.
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Shropshire / Re:marriage in Shropshire
« on: Saturday 22 May 04 00:43 BST (UK) »
What address do you have for them on the 1871 census? Are they actually in Oswestry itself, or in the area?
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Armed Forces / Re:how do I go about tracing a soldier
« on: Wednesday 19 May 04 13:22 BST (UK) »
I'd suggest contacting the Guards archives department in London - they may well have the details of your grandfather on file still. If you can't find their address you could probably get it from your local Army Recruitment Centre. Worth a try anyway!