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Hi Gill, I have been through the army records and can't find any records for Robert J Hitchcock, they must have been destroyed in the 40s during the bombing......surprisingly there are no pension records also....with him being wounded in action there usualy is.....looks like the only course of...

From the Medal Cards WW1..........Robert J Hitchcock.... 7th Yorks Light Infantry.....Private 30234, Victory Medal.......British War Medal......... That's the only record I can find for a Robert J......will keep digging........Paul

Completed my research into my Grandfather Henry Jones, he had 6 children with only 2 surviving......Edward ( uncle ) and Thomas ( my dad )....the remaining children were Margaret, John, Henry jnr, and Mary......Henry junior died aged 15 months from bronchitis......the other 3 all died from...

Hi Steve, the cert that states deceased is from 1939.............the cert that doesn't dates from........1886............I also have a cert dated 1917 that also doesn't say deceased...........thanks...........Paul

Hi all, does anyone know if there any divorce lists out there ? one of my rellies was married twice and i'm not sure if her 1st husband died or if they were divorced......I ask because on her sons marriage cert it gives the fathers name but it doesn't say deceased.....and on other certs I have...

Jeesh that would make him 17 yrs old when killed in action, makes you think how bad it must have been for kids of that age to rush to join the forces....i'll take that as his age and carry on from there, see what I find........thanks for the reply.................Paul

Yeah I was thinking that it was so precise it had to be correct. i'll go with that date for the rest of my research and hope for the best.......cheers Pejay.......Paul

I think i'll go with his army age as fact........the 21 days seems just to precise to be made up, so 1896 it is.....thanks for the reply Julie...........Paul

Hi Pejay, from Henry's enlistment details he was 19yrs and 21 days when he signed on.........that would place his birth at 10 march 1896....it also states his birthplace as Nantwich in Cheshire.....my question, is were the army that exact at that time.....did they require proof of birth or did...

Hi all, Finally found more information on my grandfather Henry Jones, he had pension records from 1914/18 service......he signed up in 1915 to the South Staffordshire regiment, was sent to Colonne in France late 1915 was wounded in action and lost a finger on his left hand as well as wounds to...

Hi Pejay, I have checked the Henry Jones from 1892/3 at the town hall Rochdale and it's the wrong one, no father named Thomas......I had a quick look through the medal records for 1914/18 on that well known website and there are 7 possibles from the york and lancaster regiment for those...

Thanks Steve, will go and have a look round now........Paul

Hi Maddie, I have just been trawling through the records for the york and lancaster and I have found 7 possibles in the medal index....I will go and try the Sherwood Forresters now.....Thanks Maddie..........Paul

That is exactly what I thought when I looked at the witness, Victor D Chiddy was born and married in leeds so he was obviously an army buddy of Henry's......that could just be the break I have been looking for in tracing Henry's regiment....at least it's another line of enquiry to go...

Hi Pejay, thanks for the answer....what I know is very scant i'm afraid, born Henry Jones in 1892/3.....a serving soldier in army barracks Derby in 1917 the only barracks open at that time were Normanton Barracks, married by the forces chaplain Colin E S Hackforth on july 14th 1917.....to Mary...