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Devon Completed Lookup Requests / Re: 1861 & 71 census - VANSTONEs
« on: Tuesday 28 June 11 15:22 BST (UK)  »
Yes alli that is indeed te right man.

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KGarrad

Nice to make contact with you, and thankyou for the link. I'll drop a line to Barbara on the site.

Do you have any further info on him? Would you like a scan of a concert programme listing his turns?

If so, please drop me a pm with your e-mail. I am loathe to post it here, not least because the original belongs to someone else who kindly sent me a scan after I gave a talk on the subject.

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Cornwall / Re: Looking for LALLA / LALLOW St Ervan
« on: Tuesday 28 June 11 01:25 BST (UK)  »
Sorry I can't help you directly, but I am seeking information on

Wilfred Rodney LALLOW

whose 1924 address was 2 Bilton Terrace, Cowes, Isle of Wight. 

He does not appear on the 1901 census, but served in the Great War, initially in the Surrey Yeomanry, and then in the East Surrey Regiment, into which he was commissioned in January 1918.

My interest in him stems from my research into WW1 concert party performers.

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Devon Completed Lookup Requests / Re: 1861 & 71 census - VANSTONEs
« on: Monday 27 June 11 22:54 BST (UK)  »
Thankyou for the information above.

As my tagline says, I research military concert parties in WW1. Herbert performed with 1/4th SLI's concert party in 1917. He was commissioned into the Indian Army at the end of that year. His post war address was 1 Rockcliffe Road, Bath.

I complile information on concert troupes, and the perfromers, and am interested in doscovering more about Herbert.

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Devon / Re: VANSTONES of Tiverton
« on: Monday 27 June 11 16:34 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

Does anyone have details of H W Vanstone, who served with the Somerset Light Infantry in WW1?

Thankyou

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Devon Completed Lookup Requests / Re: 1861 & 71 census - VANSTONEs
« on: Monday 27 June 11 16:32 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

Can anyone provide details of H W Vanstone, who seved with the 4th Somerset Light Infantry in WW1?

Thankyou


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World War One / Re: concert parties
« on: Monday 27 June 11 16:00 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Rosie6 on Monday 13 December 10 22:16 GMT (UK)
My step-father Albert Edward Pearce b.1889 was a member of a concert party for Troops in the WW1. He took the part of girls as he sang and danced well, wearing the wigs and flowing gowns to complete the effect.
I have been unable to find any mention of him in any records, he worked in the pay office dealing with the army pay. He told me he was commissioned. (His left arm was deformed  how did he enter the army with this problem? He said it didn't matter they needed men to do a job. )
There seems very little anywhere about the troop entertainment, apart from Talbot House Popperinge Belgium, which I visited a few months ago.  Any Suggestions Rosie6

Rosie

I know it is a very long time since you posted onto my Concert Parties thread on Rootschat. I am an administrator of the Great War Discussion Forum

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php

 which takes up most of my time, so I got out of the habit of visiting Rootschat. In the meantime, several of the queries here have appeared on the GWF, and I have responded to them there.

However I was summoned to Rootschat today to help with an enquiry about a Northampton man who appeared in an Army Pay Corps concert party in Warwick. Now, soldiers belonging to corps (e.g artillery, pay, medical, engineers etc) are notoriously hard to research, and I couldn't help much. At present, I only have one Army Pay Corps concert party on my list, which operated in Cairo in 1916. Did Albert ever mention Egypt? Do you have any pictures of him in uniform?

I have added Albert's name to my list of performers. I would be very interested in learning more about him. Do you have a photo of him? I have quite a few photos of unidentified groups and individuals, so he may already be lurking in my collection somewhere without me knowing.

Best wishes for your reseach

Kate Wills

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Northamptonshire / Re: Photo's of Northamptonshire Men/Women Both Wars Wanted Please
« on: Monday 27 June 11 15:34 BST (UK)  »
Thankyou Sandy, who has called me over from the Great War Forum.


Hello Phil,

First, the bad news, currently I have no-one matching Stanley Marriott by the details you give above. I do have a record of an Army Pay Corps concert party in Cairo in 1916. Did he make his way there at all?

However, I am a bit confused (which is par for the course with me, I'm afraid!)

Did Stanley remain in the APC throughout the war?

You mention the MGC, and they had plenty of concert parties; but what intruiged me was the photo of the group sitting on benches you posted on the previous page, beneath the one of the couple in the cameo.

The soldiers appear to be members of the Royal Artillery, I can't be sure, as I'm going by the general shape of their badge; however, what intruiged me is that they are sitting in front of what might be a stage with a painted backdrop. Can you determine what is actually behind them on the original?

The photo of Stanley and the two pierrots are low-res, so I cannot say for sure if I recognise them, but as I have a particular interest in local soldiers, I will certainly keep a lookout for him.

By the way, the group of pierrots who performed in Abington Park in Edwardian times were Grapho & Jackson's. They left to become the resident troupe at Saltburn-on-Sea.

Also, many thanks for providing the link to the Northamptonshire section of the WFA site. One of our members has created an individual site for the branch:

http://www.northantswfa.org.uk/

We also produce our own newsletter The Whizzbang. Would you be interested in wriiting an article on your relations?

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: AXON Family
« on: Tuesday 16 June 09 00:28 BST (UK)  »
I have a photo of a Pte Axon amongst a WW1 army concert party group.

Might he be one of your family?

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World War One / Re: concert parties
« on: Saturday 25 April 09 20:01 BST (UK)  »
Dear Brenda,

His medal index card (via the national archives - google for medal index cards) should give you a little more about his unit, then you probably need to start in the war diaries at Kew.

A quick way to glean information is to join the Great War discussion forum and post the question there - it's an assembly of Great War experts and enthusiasts and you generally find help, advice and information freely offered on any and all aspects however obscure. Once we have a litle more on his unti we can start looking for anything about the concert party (and there were many...)

Regards,

Kate

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