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What does "M G C" stand for?! COMPLETED!
« on: Tuesday 12 July 11 21:39 BST (UK) »
Howdy.

Just discovered one of my English relatives, Ernest Hurrell Trollope d 7 March 1919, described succinctly in the National Probate Calendar as: "lance-corp. 75th battalion M G C".  Please, does anyone know what "M G C" stands for?

Many thanks.

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Re: What does "M G C" stand for?!
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 12 July 11 21:45 BST (UK) »
Machine Gun Corps   fits the bill, I believe.
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Re: What does "M G C" stand for?!
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 12 July 11 22:10 BST (UK) »
This is his CWGC entry if you haven't found it:

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=355452

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Re: What does "M G C" stand for?!
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 12 July 11 22:11 BST (UK) »
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=355452

He has a Medal Index Card on Ancestry entitled to British War and Victory Medals so didnt go overseas until after Jan 1916

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Re: What does "M G C" stand for?!
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 12 July 11 22:48 BST (UK) »
thank you all so much!  I get so much help when I come on here -- I just love it!  This is really useful stuff. :-*

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Re: What does "M G C" stand for?! COMPLETED!
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 03 December 11 21:22 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
Just registered here today. Ernest is my cousin twice removed. His uncle Joseph was my Great Grandfather, killed in at Ypres 1917. Ernest is buried at Manor Park Cemetry (East London) along with his wife Edith Alice. He has a CWGC headstone but strangley is in the civilian part of the grounds. My wife a I visit each Christmas to pay our respects. Would be interested to know of your connection.

Geoff :)
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Re: What does "M G C" stand for?! COMPLETED!
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 04 December 11 17:00 GMT (UK) »
Hello, Geoff!

Welcome to Rootschat!  Delighted to have you here!  You'll find we're a friendly lot.

I, too, am a Trollope descendant.  I have sent you a Personal Message (PM), explaining my connection to the family; and hopefully we might be able to 'compare notes' and share some of what we know about them?!

You cannot yourself send a PM until you have made 3 posts total on Rootschat :( -- this is for security reasons (eg to avoid scammers); but it may be (I'm not sure) you could tag a reply onto the PM I sent you.   Let me know (by posting again here) if you have any problems, anyway.

I am afraid I am not sure what CWGC stands for :-[ -- would be interested to learn this.

Regards.

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OWEN: Edinburgh, Aberystwyth, Middlesex, Essex, Kendal, Berwick, Montgomeryshire
TROLLOPE: Warwickshire, Middlesex
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Re: What does "M G C" stand for?! COMPLETED!
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 04 December 11 17:04 GMT (UK) »
Commonwealth War Graves Commission!!!!

I should have read my earlier postings!  Now I've mega embarrassed myself! :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[

So sorry -- I'm not always this dense.  But it's been a while since I posted about this, and I have recently been much involved in researching another branch of the family.  (Non-Trollopes).

Oh well!

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PEPLOE/PEPLOW: Shropshire, Inverness
DAVIES: Inverness, Montgomeryshire, Ruabon
OWEN: Edinburgh, Aberystwyth, Middlesex, Essex, Kendal, Berwick, Montgomeryshire
TROLLOPE: Warwickshire, Middlesex
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Re: What does "M G C" stand for?! COMPLETED!
« Reply #8 on: Monday 05 December 11 21:26 GMT (UK) »
Hi Again,

Have read your message but can't reply - I guess because of the 3 posts rule!

I've been interested in Genealogy for a few years (very much an armchair genealogist though) and as you might expect have quite a lot of info' on the Trollopes, especially the descendants of William and Mary.

I'll try another post after this to try to get around the PM block.

Geoff ;D

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