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have a medal from great great grandad from ww1. this has regiment on so i know he was in leinster reg but dunno where to go now. pretty new to this.
i have medals from horace burley from ww2 so that must be his son. my dad says that was his grandfathers name..
any tips?

when was Thomas born and where?

Libby

some of the WWW1 records are now on Ancestry. so if you post the details someone will check to see if any of his records have survived

Linda

i'm guessing somewhere down south but don't have much to go one really.
:( prob hit brick wall then.

when and where was HOrace born ?

Libby

i would say circa 1900s as my nan was born about 1930.
maybe i can work backwards. i know my nan died in 1997 so i could maybe find stuff out that way..

There is a army record for a Thomas born about 1899 Cornwall. Father John


Libby

is this for leinster reg?

Will have another look there are a few pages on him.

Libby

cheers

Hi Adrian
The only information on Thomas's medal card is-
Leinster regiment, service number 5557, Victory Medal and British Medal
You are right when you say the it's better to work backwards so maybe you should start with the names of your grandparents and where and when they were born.

In 1919 Royal Garrison Artillery

Libby

Leinster was an Irish regiment. Have a look at this website:

http://tinyurl.com/3gt7tc

His medal card is on Ancestry, but you already have that, and unlike some which give addresses on the back, his is blank.

I think you can search Ancestry for free for deaths after 1984.

You might then need to ask for look-ups or join Ancestry or Findmypast to find births/marriages between 1930 and 1984, if they were in England and Wales. If Thomas is from Ireland, you may need to trace these through their registration system. Do you think Horace was perhaps born in England/Wales? The birth registration details may be available for free on Free BMD if it was around 1910-1925.

well my nan was born in wisbech, cambridgeshire so im guessing that they went there. never had irish accent or mention irish family so guessing english person joined the regiment when based here

what was your nans name .I can look for death index. If you got the certificate it would say who registered it if that helps

This is about the closest to Wisbech Horace Burley birth around 1900:

Name: Horace Leonard Burley
Year of Registration: 1899
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Sleaford (To 1933)
County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 7a
Page: 495

You'd need to get your nan's birth certificate to identity her parents - as Janice says, if you can find the death registration, it will give you her date of birth (if the informant had remembered it correctly)

Are there any numbers round the rim of the medal. i.e. his regimental number

my nan cissie (or celia) salamon. died 1997

the number for thomas isl is 5557 which is leinster regiment
horace ww2 medal has no numbers which is annoying

nope got it
CISSIE ELSIE SALAMON
died: October 1997
born: 17 OCT 1932

:)

Birth details:

Burley, Cissie E.
Mother's maiden name Plumb
Oct-Dec 1932
Wisbech 3b 643