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FINDING THE COUSIN
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Anne | Report | 21 May 2009 17:29 |
Thanks for trying, I did say it was a long shot, I just have a gut feeling that this is one is a relative. Something will come up one day when I least expect it. |
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RutlandBelle | Report | 21 May 2009 17:15 |
Sorry Anne, can't find him. There are a lot of men with that name, only one came up born Salford, but he was disharged as 'not being liable to be an efficient soldier' so obviously not your man. |
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Anne | Report | 21 May 2009 17:05 |
According to the newspaper article he was in the 9th Rifle Brigade?! |
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Anne | Report | 21 May 2009 16:58 |
Yes, he was in the 3rd Bn. Rifle Brigade. Have just had another read of this article and it states that Billy Richardson was a colleague from where he worked. I have a roll of honour for their workplace and he is down as W Richardson. |
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RutlandBelle | Report | 21 May 2009 16:53 |
Not found any relevant records so far. Have you got your g grandfather's CWGC commemoration. Which regiment was he in? |
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Anne | Report | 21 May 2009 16:42 |
He was definitely from Salford, Lancashire |
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RutlandBelle | Report | 21 May 2009 16:41 |
any idea where he came from ?which county. |
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Anne | Report | 21 May 2009 16:31 |
Can anyone help me. This is a bit of a long shot. I have a copy of an article I believe from a Catholic paper about my great grandfather's escapes in WW1 (not long after this he |