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Armed Forces / Re: Class of Uniform
« on: Wednesday 03 September 08 05:23 BST (UK)  »
I just found this photo posted on 'Flickr'. It's of one Jason Price (c.1870) in his Royal Irish Constabulary's uniform. The buttons are probably very similar in design to the R.I.C.'s attached emblem. So Christopher I believe your correct, the uniforms look very similar. Thanks for your keen eye . . .

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Armed Forces / Re: Us navy
« on: Saturday 30 August 08 01:32 BST (UK)  »
CYN would be Chief Petty Officer Yeoman, a non-commissioned officer or at least an E7, i.e. 7 ranks up from a Seaman Recruit . . .

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Armed Forces / Re: Class of Uniform
« on: Friday 22 August 08 17:56 BST (UK)  »
Christopher - Thanks for the suggestion, hopefully some reader will have the book and be able to make the identification. I've done a search for the book, it's not readably available . . .

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Armed Forces / Re: Class of Uniform
« on: Wednesday 20 August 08 02:07 BST (UK)  »
Isandlwana - The original is only 2 1/2 X 1 7/8. I've magged it up on the scanner to 1200 dpi, more looks like less! The photo was printed at a studio in Limerick, so one might guess he may have been with the police department? The lanyard going between the two buttons is curious.

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Armed Forces / Class of Uniform
« on: Saturday 16 August 08 22:31 BST (UK)  »
I need assistance identifying the class of uniform worn by my Great Uncle John O'Sullivan. I believe the photograph dates to 1870-1880. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Regards
Philip

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Limerick / Class of Uniform
« on: Saturday 16 August 08 18:52 BST (UK)  »
I need assistance identifying the class of uniform worn by my Great Uncle John O'Sullivan of Limerick I believe the photograph dates to 1870-1880. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Regards
Philip

Moderator comment:  Moved a duplicate post to the Armed Forces board.  Please reply on that thread.  Thanks

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,321758.0.html

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United States of America / Re: Paul Eagle Star and Buffalo Bill Cody
« on: Friday 15 August 08 18:26 BST (UK)  »
Annie - Hope all is well! Yes, Tom has researched B.B.W.W.S. in Scotland to the Nth degree. He's taken his research to the U.S. and gone into all 'our' archives, he certainly knows what's fact and what's fiction. I've just been in contact with Buffalo Bill Historical Center to order newly discovered photographs of my Great Uncle Jim 'Kid' Willoughby and his 'beloved bride' Lillian Francis Smith (aka Princess Wenona). A fiction writer couldn't think up a better family of ancestral characters than I have!

Regards
Philip

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United States of America / N.Y. World
« on: Thursday 14 August 08 04:56 BST (UK)  »
The pendant "N.Y. World" that is being held in the photo for item #149 is an advertisement for the New York World Newspaper. Two of the people in this photograph were correspondents for the newspaper. The newspaper was owned by Joseph Pulitzer (April 10, 1847–October 29, 1911) he was a Hungarian-American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes.

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United States of America / Re: Paul Eagle Star and Buffalo Bill Cody
« on: Tuesday 12 August 08 21:02 BST (UK)  »
Here's a clipping from a Glasgow Herald newspaper (16 January 1892) that describes the gift of a 'Peace Pipe' from GCC's personal collection (courtesy of Tom Cunningham) . . .

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