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Seychelles picture?
« on: Monday 02 December 24 20:03 GMT (UK) »
We think the I picture was taken in Seychelles during WW2

If so is it possible to identify it, where it was actually taken ?

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Re: Seychelles picture?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 03 December 24 08:24 GMT (UK) »
It could be La Digue, but I wouldn't be sure
Bumstead - London, Suffolk
Plant, Woolnough, Wase, Suffolk
Flexney, Godfrey, Burson, Hobby -  Oxfordshire
Street, Mitchell - Gloucestershire
Horwood, Heale Drew - Bristol
Gibbs, Gait, Noyes, Peters, Padfield, Board, York, Rogers, Horler, Heale, Emery, Clavey, Mogg, - Somerset
Fook, Snell - Devon
M(a)cDonald, Yuell, Gollan, McKenzie - Rosshire
McLennan, Mackintosh - Inverness
Williams, Jones - Angelsey & Caernarvon
Campbell, McMartin, McLellan, McKercher, Perthshire

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Re: Seychelles picture?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 03 December 24 08:35 GMT (UK) »
It could be La Digue, but I wouldn't be sure


Thank you I will look that up

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Re: Seychelles picture?
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 03 December 24 09:06 GMT (UK) »
Had a Quick Look. Certainly the rock formations look similar. If the Royal Navy/merchant navy were likely to call in there then that’s another clue

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Re: Seychelles picture?
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 03 December 24 16:47 GMT (UK) »
Not on La Digue I imagine but certainly at the capital, Victoria on Mahé. A outing to the other islands quite likely from there.
Bumstead - London, Suffolk
Plant, Woolnough, Wase, Suffolk
Flexney, Godfrey, Burson, Hobby -  Oxfordshire
Street, Mitchell - Gloucestershire
Horwood, Heale Drew - Bristol
Gibbs, Gait, Noyes, Peters, Padfield, Board, York, Rogers, Horler, Heale, Emery, Clavey, Mogg, - Somerset
Fook, Snell - Devon
M(a)cDonald, Yuell, Gollan, McKenzie - Rosshire
McLennan, Mackintosh - Inverness
Williams, Jones - Angelsey & Caernarvon
Campbell, McMartin, McLellan, McKercher, Perthshire

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Re: Seychelles picture?
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 03 December 24 17:05 GMT (UK) »
Thank you. I have sent a email to the Seychelles Library

Also another couple where the sailors are with a priest. I am presuming he would be a local one

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I will let you know how I get on.

Much easier to ask a question if you have possibilities.


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Not on La Digue I imagine but certainly at the capital, Victoria on Mahé. A outing to the other islands quite likely from there.
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