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I wrote to the MOD earlier this year requesting military records for my father.

They wrote in October to say  that they had found said records and asked me to pay around £28 adding the records would be sent to me within 20 days.

I made the payment straight away and waited.

Then I received another email saying they were looking for records!?


I responded quoting the information they have sent me, but no response.

Today, I have received another long email where they are quoting Public Interest Test where I understand they have to ensure my father would be happy for this information to be released to the public!

My father had been dead for over 60 years!? How can they communicate with him?

Why did they not ensure they complied with rules BEFORE taking my money!?

I am not sure where to turn as you cannot even call them and they do not respond to my emails.

Hi Claire & Mark

I was googling and found (some old post pf Mark's)

WEB25 Sep 2016 · John Hood of Gateshead was the Publican of the "Ship" in the 1787 Directory (later known as The Ship Inn), but for how long is unclear?

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George Hood son of John Hood baptised Gateshead 1st Oct 1786

These are known facts

Has any research been done of John Hood publican of the Ship Gateshead bearing in mind publicans moved around the country even in them days 

https://www.bing.com/search?q=the+ship+Gateshead+john+Hood+1786&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&ghc=1&lq=0&pq=the+ship+gateshead+john+hood+1786&sc=5-33&sk=&cvid=87A6AE350E0D47A7A2E1E8AE3ACDDB9D&ghsh=0&ghacc=0&ghpl=

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A wild card but timing and location maybe worth a look at as below and its around 1812/13 first encounters of George Hood of Selby


George Hood' appearing in the 1813 Knottingley Land Tax

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/M5SX-4H4/john-hood-1738-1822

Brief Life History of John

When John Hood was born on 6 June 1738, in South Perrott, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Hood, was 29 and his mother, Martha Jane Ireland, was 28. He married Sarah Thompson on 12 October 1761, in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 15 January 1822, in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83, and was buried in Knottingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

1789 near Bridport Dorset -John Hood, victualler; (About 15 miles south of South Perrott, Dorset)

Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Thompson was born in 1736, in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Bryan John Thompson, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Hoyland, was 28. She married John Hood on 12 October 1761, in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 28 May 1797, at the age of 61, and was buried in Knottingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/0cd74737-0cbe-4442-939b-64efc2d564a5

 (Header of one of Mark's Threads)

Maybe a Thomson connection to Sarah Thomson wife of John above ?

George Hood, Paid for R. Thompson's Coffin? Selby 23rd July 1840[/u]