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I have re-visited FreeBMD (I imagine I'll be up til all hours looking!) and have registered to do some inputting myself there.

My grandad has just come round with loads of remembrance cards - busy busy busy!!

In fact, looking at the dates Lille was born when her dad was dead. He died September 1914, and she was born June 1915. That means he must have been in France less than a month when he died.

Oh dear! My grandmother would not be happy with that news!!

Those are all her children - last one is Lille - named so as her dad was fighting in France at the time apparently.

I've been looking for years - how did you find all those so quickly?

Thanks Alec, I knew it was her second marriage- sorry! Thanks for finding that information, that's brilliant!

Thanks Alec, I'll see if I can find the regiments posted there at that time.

Thanks Alec. He wasn't in the Army when they got married, he'd already left. I'm not sure if he left and then moved to Dover, or if he was posted to Dover and then left and got married.

Where is the reference to Albert from? BMD index?

My great-grandmothers name was Edith Grace Fyrth, born in Dover Kent in 1891. I know all of their children and the date of their marriage. They got married after John had left the Army. Children were Albert, Joan and Doreen. They got married Jan 21st 1921. I know that John Nicholls was born in Londo...

Hi

Your grandfather would have the rank of WO1 or WO2. Sergeant Major is a "job title".

WO = Warrant Officer Class 1 / 2

WO1 = Regimental Sergeant Major
WO2 = Company Sergeant Major

May help a little bit?

Hello, I am new in this forum. I just want to offer any help I can give. I am in the Army at the moment, so can answer questions about structure, regiments, abbrieviations you may come across, etc. Just post on this thread and I will try to answer. I'm afraid I have no access to records, so can't do...

Hello, I am hoping someone maybe able to help with a lookup or advice. I am looking for my great-grandfather: John Alexander Nicholls. All I know is that he fought in WW1, wasn't killed in action but died later of illnesses resulting from being gassed in the war (conjecture from my grandmother). I h...

Speedie wrote:Hi,
If someone could decode ATT, 100 REGT, RA and MRU for me that would be great. I understand the station at Chessington is now a housing estate!

Hi,

This means he was attached to 100 Regt Royal Artillery. I think records after 1920 are held by the Army.