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DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 24 Aug 2014 12:37

Nice to know there are still some very kind people out there who are willing to help strangers.

<3

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

wisechild

wisechild Report 24 Aug 2014 11:29

I´m pretty sure there will be some info about him because he was apparently one of the first 6 people to be killed at Mons (whether from the school or just generally I don´t know)

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 24 Aug 2014 11:22

There's a chance that there will be an entry in the school log book.

wisechild

wisechild Report 24 Aug 2014 11:20

He´s even given me the contact details of the coordinator at the school.
She is apparently on holiday at the moment, but will be able to fill me in with the details of my uncle´s time there.
Makes such a change from the people who refuse to make contact, but as Mr Magoo says......That´s the sort of people we are. ;-) ;-) ;-)

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 24 Aug 2014 10:58

Touching and so kind. Bet he was pleased that you were so appreatiative (spl) too.

I hope that his grandchildren (and the school) realise what hard work all this has entailed.

Tess

Researching:
Woodhouse and Trilloe from Herefordshire; Lockyear and Date from Somerset, Thomas and Edwards from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, also Argyll, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 24 Aug 2014 10:34

Isn't that lovely?

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 24 Aug 2014 10:09

Brilliant.

That's the kind of people we are.... :-D...................well most.

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 24 Aug 2014 07:30

That's wonderful :-D

wisechild

wisechild Report 24 Aug 2014 06:50

Recieved a pm yesterday from someone on Ancestry concerning my grandmother´s brother who was killed in the 1st week of WW1.
I have searched without success to find info about this man from being orphaned in 1907 to his death in 1914.
The person who contacted me is doing a project on pupils from his grandchildrens school who died in WW1.
Turns out that my g uncle had been a pupil at the school from 1907 & subsequently joined the regular army.
This totally unknown person sent me all the details, including details of the battle in which my uncle died.
Such kindness from a total stranger.