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Armed Forces / Re: Second Boer War
« on: Wednesday 06 October 10 21:28 BST (UK)  »
Hi

The FindMyPast records are much better than the Ancestry ones! The death certificate mentions epilepsy, I wonder if that would have been the reason he was discharged as medically unfit way back then or maybe he developed it in later life. The person who informed the death was my grandfather, sadly he is no longer around to talk to.

Harli

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Armed Forces / Re: Second Boer War
« on: Wednesday 06 October 10 20:32 BST (UK)  »
Hi

When you say his death certificate do you mean his actual death certificate? The records I have came from Ancestry (they say "original"on them and there is no death certificate or mention of any payment. There is a note dated 7/1/1902 from Aldershot that says

Herewith original attestation of No S15992 pte W Wellstood No 18 Co, which has apparently been returned by you in error, along with the duplicate attestations on 3rd ? "(can't read the last word).

What is FindMyPast by the way?

As far as I know Walter never served in WW1.

Thanks for all the help with this, much appreciated.

Harli

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Armed Forces / Re: Second Boer War
« on: Monday 04 October 10 20:08 BST (UK)  »
Hi

All this war stuff is a bit of a mystery to me. What would the transfer to the Army Service Corp mean?

Many thanks

Harli

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Armed Forces / Re: Second Boer War
« on: Sunday 03 October 10 18:54 BST (UK)  »
Hi

His name was Walter Wellstood and he was born in 1881 in Long Wittenham, Berkshire.

Best wishes

Harli

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Armed Forces / Re: Second Boer War
« on: Wednesday 29 September 10 20:18 BST (UK)  »
Hi

Sounds like a bit of a mystery then. As far as I know GG arrived back in the UK in 1902, married Great Granny and settled down to family life as a baker. Dad didn't know he had served in any war. It is definately GG though as the next of kin he gives are his mother and father and all his brothers and sisters.

Harli

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Armed Forces / Re: Second Boer War
« on: Tuesday 28 September 10 20:04 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ken

Thanks for the info, I didn't realise that they used the same papers and renumbered them, I guess that means he did serve in WW1 as well then, that would have been in the reserve I assume. He signed the form on 13 February 1900 and you are right, the original number has been crossed out but is so faint I can hardly read it, looks like 5181.  Under Campaigns on page 4 it says South Africa 1899 and that he was entitled to the South Africa Medal. He was in South Africa from 6 February 1901 to 24 December 1901. He was a baker by trade.

I will have to work out how to upload the pages.


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Armed Forces / Second Boer War
« on: Monday 27 September 10 20:29 BST (UK)  »
Hi

My great grandad served in the Second Boer War. He was in the Royal Berkshire Regiment (Corps No. 15992) and enlisted on 14 February 1901. He was declared medically unfit and was transferred to the reserve in 1902. As far as I know he didn't serve in WW1. Where could I find out more about his time in South Africa? I have his service records from Ancestry but I don't understand all the codes on the pages, are there any good websites that tell you how to decipher service records?

Many thanks for any help

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The Common Room / Re: Puzzled!
« on: Friday 10 September 10 21:37 BST (UK)  »
Hi

Isaac was born in Winchcombe Gloucestershire.

Yes Gardener you have found the right family in 1851 and 1861. In 1861 Issac was at 5 Cornmarket Street working. Possibly in the same pub at which he died in 1864. There is another Isaac Robins with a wife called Elizabeth and he was also an ostler but lived in Dorset, he had me very confused for a while!

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The Common Room / Puzzled!
« on: Friday 10 September 10 20:35 BST (UK)  »
Hi

Can a GRO birth certificate be wrong? My great grandfather was Frederick Robins, on his marriage certificate he named his father as Isaac Robins, Ostler, deceased (he died in 1864 aged 42). His mother was Elizabeth Jilson (or Gilson and sometimes Jelson). I can find a marriage for Isaac Robins and Elizabeth Gilson  but on Frederick's birth certificate (1862) his father is listed as Charles Robins, Ostler! Is there any possibility that the certificate is wrong? and if so how would I be able to find out?


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