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of course he is perfectly correct
trust a man to be right for once!

but the application still had to be made to put her on it,here or abroad

dunno about coming here ,maybe a visa,from the british consulate,or she was covered by the army
but if she travelled abroad again after she would have needed one.
think on it

and thank heavens youve found the use of the reply button properly at last,
it makes life sooo much easier.

Hello again, my husband has just reminded me that children used to travel on the passport of a parent.

I honestly do not know, if she was born in India as she said would she have needed a passport to travel to the U.K.?You are so kind and patient to me

did diane have a passport?

Seaforth Highlanders H.Q. at Fort George Inverness( I went there),they told me that all the relevant records had been destroyed by fire but they gave me an address in London for me to write to I am sorry I cannot remember the name of the department, I wrote but got the same information from them so I dont know what to do next.

Where did you apply to for his records?

Several years ago I applied for Roberts army records but was told there were none available as they had all been lost in a fire, I was told the same thing when I went to Fort George

Evelyn
Have you someone that would go to kew and try and find his service records?
as annielaurie suggests

also what victoria has found may lead somewhere.

I dont know if Diane had siblings but it is quite possible, I cant think of a way of getting christian names for these Macleod children,Oh Vivienne I do believe in the gooseberry bush

i THINK the squiggles say ages,10,9 and 7

edit
when i found this originally way back, i didnt have access and asked for a look up on it.
went worldwide last month.

the children are aged between 12 and 1
the youngest is 2,the other 3 are just squiggles in the age column
they landed at portsmouth

and there is this

Name: Children MacLeod
Birth Date: abt 1909
Age: 10
Port of Departure: Bombay, India
Arrival Date: 30 Apr 1919
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Port Said
Ship Name: Ormonde
Search Ship Database: View the 'Ormonde' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number: 141866

so i guess thats one of them as the original has only them on the page?

As he was a Major the Regimental museum might have some information on him. Otherwise, his officers records may be available at the National Archives -not online though - you'd have to go there or get someone to go for you.

Name: Mrs J MacLeod
Birth Date: abt 1881
Age: 38
Port of Departure: Bombay, India
Arrival Date: 30 Apr 1919
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Port Said
Ship Name: Ormonde
Search Ship Database: View the 'Ormonde' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number: 141866

i will be back

IM LOOKING FOR IT!

Thank you Evie Beavie

I've PMed Vivienne with a request for her presence!

Sometime ago Vivienne found a child Macleod entering the country(London) from Bombay in 1919 aboard the ship Ormonde, I have been viewing this site and note there is a Mrs J Macleod and 4 Macleod children,I wonder if clever Vivienne is on the right track and how can we follow this up?

My mother always insisted that her name was spelt MACLEOD, she said her father Robert was a Major in the Seaforth Highlanders, I dont even know if Diane had any siblings only know of cousins Donald and Ishbel.
My paternal Grandmother told me that until the time of her marriage my mother received a private allowance, why or from whom or where I have no idea, she also always said she was born in Delhi, the name Leslie has always puzzled me as it is spelt the boys way and knowing it to be a Scottish surname I wondered if it was her mothers maiden name, I have no idea what her mother was called, she never mentioned her,I really am confused

I have found this on the internet

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wentworthhouse/history.html

It writes in a little detail about Donald and Kate MacLeod