Is it possible that he had had been taken prisoner?
The structure depicted in the mystery photograph looks rather like a World War Two gun emplacement.
Another odd thing about the occupants of 40 Grove End Road is that there is no Head of family. Is it possible that Louie was working as a servant,...
There appear to be a number of transcription errors in the Jermy records. One of the census returns spells her name as "Jerbey", while the 1891...
Maria L(ouisa) Jermy looks like a good match - we know that Louie worked as a house-keeper in London for a short time, but she missed Norfolk so...
The seaside town of Cromer was 'discovered' in 1883 by the writer and journalist Clement Scott (1841-1904) who, tired of more sophisticated...
Members of the Witney Volunteer Training Corps; their greenish-gray uniforms were lighter in shade than normal khaki uniforms.
That seems to be a sensible solution!
I may have asked this in an earlier thread, but what is the correct way of citing an online source in a footnote. Is it sufficient merely to...
Members of the Witney Volunteer Training Corps
Looks very much like a member of the Volunteer Training Corps (VTC) during Wortld War One.
Huncamunca has been known to change her nom de plume, but having said that, I don't think she has been active on this site for many months.
The Volunteer Training Corps were officially recognised by the War Office in November 1914. VTC members wore greenish-grey uniforms with bright...
The small print says: "Because we are only licensed to distribute our content to certain countries, we ask that you verify your mailing address by...
I have been trying to find an on-line copy of a particular book and have discovered several free sites. These are similar to the well-known...
It is unclear if the tunic is red, blue or khaki - one would expect a pre-World War One member of the Royal Engineers to have been photographed in...
Thank you to those who have responded. It seems quite clear that there was just one family, and that Alexander Thuey CE was of therefore of mixed...
Information about the Wright family appears elsewhere in the "Oxfordshire" section. This relates to a George Wright who seems to have lived, for a...
Thank you ObanLou, for an interesting follow-on - I hope that Huncamunca has seen it (?)
About thirty years ago I was asked to participate in a local history project concerning the history of the Staines & West Drayton Railway, but the...
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