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Armed Forces / Re: Help re Uniform
« on: Sunday 30 January 11 14:24 GMT (UK)  »
That's kind of understandable. I am more inclined to ignore the uniform in the wedding photo and go off the uniform in the other photo as being a more reliable indicator of his actual army role.


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Armed Forces / Re: Help re Uniform
« on: Sunday 30 January 11 09:11 GMT (UK)  »
I came across the following information on a WW2 RHA board:

"A lot of the TA, RHA and RA, were still in Service Dress on the outbreak of war. In general this would consist of a peaked cap, service dress jacket, breeches or trousers, long puttees and ankle boots. Some had already changed to Battledress."

So, it does appear that he's wearing a TA/RHA uniform.

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Armed Forces / Re: Help re Uniform
« on: Sunday 30 January 11 08:41 GMT (UK)  »
It is indeed a wedding photograph and I suspect that it is a uniform that was made to look at bit more special for the occasion. I have another photo of him (attached) where he is wearing a normal looking army uniform without the puttees and peaked cap. My husband did mention that he thought it was a specialised mounted (horse) artillery uniform but his period is Napoleonic so he suggested I ask better experts on here :) I agree that Catherine looks like she is wearing 1930s garb.

More info on this couple:
Wilf was born in 1918. I've found their wedding date (this morning) to be circa Dec 1939 in Yorkshire.

Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply.



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Armed Forces / Help re Uniform
« on: Saturday 29 January 11 16:36 GMT (UK)  »
I have been told by family that this photograph was taken during WW2. The uniform doesn't look right for that era. Can anyone help in identifying it for me?

Much appreciated  ;D


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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: Staves Buildings Hull
« on: Sunday 21 December 08 08:40 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks, it was just curiosity on my part ;)

I know the buildings were sold off about 1884 and since then a lot of the properties on that road have become commercial investments.

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England / Re: Unable to find birth certificate
« on: Saturday 20 December 08 09:13 GMT (UK)  »
Update:

I received my grandmother's birth certificate this morning - thanks to everyone who helped me track it down. It is the correct certificate and confirms that I have the right John Hubbard  :)

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) Lookup Requests / Re: 1851 Census - missing family Hull or Sculcoates
« on: Friday 19 December 08 08:53 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you, at least I now know that the record exists. Unfortunately I cannot find anything at all on An**try. I was wanting to attach the record to the tree I have there and keep a back up copy of the image but unfortunately no matter which way I search it simply will not bring anything up, even when I just search on George in 1851 :(

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Sussex / Re: Short/Cox - Brighton
« on: Thursday 18 December 08 11:00 GMT (UK)  »
Here's an update for everyone - I received a birth certificate today of one of the children in this family and it turns out that my mother in law's parents were married - at the end of 1939 :) Looks like when war broke out they decided to become legitimate lol

The upshot of this is that I have now found a reference to their marriage certificate which I can now send off for and find out who the paternal grandparents were :)

Thank you everyone. This line of inquiry was very worth pursuing  ;D

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Surrey Completed Look up Requests / Re: Richard PONTING from Somerset in Surrey
« on: Wednesday 17 December 08 11:22 GMT (UK)  »
Also marriage from FreeBMD

Croydon Sept qtr 1845 to Mary O'Sullivan Vol 4 Pg 76


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