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I think this topic should be moved to “The Common Room” rather than this sub-board, so tragic.

Started to fill out the MOD Medal Office PDF form requesting medals for my late FIL and got stuck when it came to "Dates of Service" and "Details of Overseas Service". Not having his ROS I can only guess, from the in-laws family information, on when he started service, and according to my OH she says he served in West Africa and was demobbed in July 1946. Are these answers adequate? or can I leave these boxes blank? I don't want to waste time printing out this form, incomplete, and mailing it off to Gloucester.

I've since applied for his ROS (Jan 2025) and the MOD told me (April 2025) that I now have to submit a new request to TNA as it has now been transferred there.

I submitted a new request to TNA (Apr 2025) and they tell me to process my request will take 10-12 months, so annoying and so frustrating........

Need help please in trying to decipher a few words on part of this will.
Here’s what I have so far….

“…bequeath upon trust to Joseph Hooper(?) of ? Street
and Thos. ? of ? for the uses and purposes
following that is to say that the said Joseph Hooper(?) and
Thos. ? shall from time to time ? the ? of
my estates wherever situated and out of the sums arising…”

This ancestor lived in Lambeth if that helps, Joseph’s name may be Hooper or Cooper.

Many thanks.

Need help please in trying to decipher a surname in a Quaker marriage document from 1729. At the bottom of the document there are columns of  Witnesses or ‘Tests’ (could this be short for Testaments?). The surname I’m trying to figure out is Elizabeth ? In the second column.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Allan

Can someone please help me with a word from part of this will, here's what I have so far:

"...Money of England to be taken out of stock or cash Likewise I
?  give and bequeath to the aforesaid Mary De Bouffler.."