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Wow guys, thank you all for the input, it has helped a lot! The photo of the lads cleaning their rifles was taken in England I believe, as there is a photographer's stamp on the back and that stamp includes the location, 'Pirbright'. There is sadly no date. I figured it was the military barracks that he trained at. Another question... Len (Leonard) was born and raised in Worcestershire (Chipping Norton) but I heard, or read, somewhere that Coldstreamers are historically recruited from a particular route, and that doesn't include Chipping Norton. One other question in regards to that photo... I understand that the No. 15 Company is the Coldstream Guards band (and HQ) and I see words that look like '15 plat' written on the barrack hut. Could this mean that he was part of the band? And would a band member have been deployed overseas? Sorry if these are really dumb questions, but I am fairly close to totally ignorant of military matters.
Again, thanks for taking the time to answer my post!

You guys/gals rock! Not only have you answered this question, but I've also learnt a new way to search for information - that being, to search for what/who's not there (absent voter lists)... I'd never have thought of doing that in a million (or at least a thousand!) years.

Many many thanks from a very happy newbie!

Thank you both for your input!


Do you have any tips about the regiment or uniform they are wearing? With a name like Leonard James there are a few candidates (to put it mildly!) in the defence force records of the day and I don't have any regiment / service number nor anything other than my father's statemet that his dad 'was a coldstreamer'.


May seem like a dumb question, but am I correct in saying that Len does not have a medal ribbon on his uniform?



Thanks again! Sarah

Hi again, I'm exactly the same! I get so excited when I see something that 'just may fit' that I somehow, not purposely mind you, overlook the facts that don't fit (wishful thinking is what my mother says). I choose to take it as a positive trait - though I'm not sure everyone thinks the same! Typically I figure out something is wrong when ancestry says 'the person you have chosen as mother was only 4 years old at the time of giving birth. Do you really want to confirm this fact.' Or something along those lines anyway!

Good luck with your search 

Hi Nell,

Thanks for the reply. I hadn't seen David there, but I did seem him (or maybe another David Hutton) in the Edinburgh burgh's apprentices register. Certainly something to think about - may mean their father, for example, was also a merchant... hmmm.

Also, do you happen know where I can find out about the old boundaries? Midlothian, for example, defining which towns were included in that county...

Cheers
baardsgirl