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Patrick

Patrick Report 11 Feb 2015 14:26

Thanks Elizabeth for taking the time to look. Will try to get more to go on, thanks again.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 11 Feb 2015 00:32

hi'Patrick' can only find 1 soldier in the Northumberland fusiliers . JAMES A BARRETT service no; 27/815

Patrick

Patrick Report 10 Feb 2015 22:35

Hi Rootgatherer,

the information that I was given was from James' grandson Stephen. I was hoping that I might get somewhere using the service numbers but that hasn't worked out. Stephen's health is not great so I didn't want to press him too much during my recent visit. I know that James had a son named Jack (born in Dublin) and he was captured at Dunkirk, spending the next 3 years or so as a POW. I'll ask Stephen what his Grandmother's name was and go down that route. Thanks Rambling Rose and Yvonne for the records, I'll see if they mean anything to Stephen.

malyon

malyon Report 10 Feb 2015 15:48


James Charles Barrett
Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes
Name: James Charles Barrett
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: Apr - Jun 1881
Event Place: Rathdown, Ireland
Registration Quarter and Year: Apr - Jun 1881
Registration District: Rathdown
Volume Number: 2
Page Number: 960

Rambling

Rambling Report 9 Feb 2015 22:29

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Name: James Barrett
Event Type: Death
Event Date: Apr - Jun 1934
Event Place: Rathdown, Ireland
Registration Quarter and Year: Apr - Jun 1934
Registration District: Rathdown
Age: 54
Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
Volume Number: 2
Page Number: 509
GS Film number: 101739 , Digital Folder Number: 004202046 , Image Number: 00349

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rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 9 Feb 2015 21:56

How did you get back to him please?

If he was Irish, he would more likely have served with an Irish regiment.

Do you have names for his parents or siblings please? Did he marry?

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Patrick

Patrick Report 9 Feb 2015 20:34

Thanks for the information AnnCardiff, will take a look. Thanks for trying Glitterbaby, hadn't any luck myself either with those service numbers. I wasn't born before James died in 1934 so I never met the man and am relying on second hand information from an elderly relative which as you can appreciate can get jumbled up over the generations. He was definitely buried in Dublin though.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 9 Feb 2015 15:15

Getting no matches at all for those service numbers

Surely if he is a relative you must have some idea of where born

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 9 Feb 2015 14:16

Army Service Numbers 1881-1918: Northumberland Fusiliers ...


armyservicenumbers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/northumberland-fusiliers...

What the Fusiliers Did An account of the 5th Regiment of Foot and the Afghan Campaigns of 1878-1880 A History of the Northumberland Fusiliers 1674-1902

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Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 9 Feb 2015 14:15

The Northumberland Fusiliers in The Great War 1914-1918 ...


www.wartimememoriesproject.com/.../allied/northumberlandfusiliers.php

Collecting preserving and researching photographs and memories of The Northumberland Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918.

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Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 9 Feb 2015 14:14

Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland | Contact us


www.northumberlandfusiliers.org.uk/contact.php

Contact us Ways to get in touch. The Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland is located at the Abbots Tower, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1NG.

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Patrick

Patrick Report 9 Feb 2015 13:57

Hello everyone,

with regards to World War One records I was hoping that someone could please point me in the right direction. I'm searching for information on a relative of mine named James Barrett. He was born circa 1881 (not sure where but maybe Ireland as he was buried in a military cemetery in Dublin). He died 14th April 1934. I'm led to believe, from an older family member, that James was with the Northumberland Fusiliers. I was given an army number 5545 & a reserve's number 607184. Any help would be great. Thank you.