I'd like to take the opportunity to mention an option which allows images and even videos to be posted online in relation to the group. Some time ago I set up...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Jul 1, 2010 7:32 pm
 If t is a Labour Corps badge, there is one candidate in the Medal Index:  Medal card of Casey, Michael Corps: 81st Labour Corps Regiment No: 384224 ...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Jul 2, 2010 1:12 am
I just want to add the link to all 63 Michael Caseys in the Medal Index Cards. Worth noting that there are quite a number in Irish Regiments.  ...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Jul 2, 2010 2:53 am
Hello Mary Ann, Although the East India Company had its own Academy at Addiscombe I doubt if there was any impediment put in the way of candidates from the...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Jul 9, 2010 3:01 am
The Militia Attestations Papers have now been indexed and both the index and the Papers are available online on fee-paying basis. The way it works is that a...
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MARIE
nolanm...
Jul 19, 2010 4:03 am
Hi Donnacha,I probably got to use 5 hours out of the 72 hours when my subscription had expired (cost $12). Did not get any new information I tried several...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Jul 19, 2010 4:54 am
Hi Marie, I think you should email them and say what your experience of the interface was and ask for credits. It's seems to me that it's unacceptable for...
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MARIE
nolanm...
Jul 29, 2010 6:53 pm
Hi Donnacha, I sent an email, I have had no response it's been over 2 weeks. Marie...
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Mary Ann Camlis
mcamlis
Aug 3, 2010 12:41 am
I was wondering if anyone knows if there is somewhere that you can find student applications to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst for the years 1820 to...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Aug 3, 2010 6:43 am
I expect they are somewhere. The following are two ood candidates at Kew; not much help though since you're in Canada. More to the point though is what...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Aug 3, 2010 7:28 am
Afraid the html went a bit wonky and didn't show me the first five pastes; one of the reasons I usually do everything inplain text. Anyway you can no...
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Mary Ann Camlis
mcamlis
Aug 3, 2010 1:32 pm
Hi Donnacha - I know that William Hughes Hall was in the army in East India, that he married & had 2 children & that he died there. I know what became of his...
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Mary Ann Camlis
mcamlis
Aug 3, 2010 5:10 pm
Donnacha I went to the Sandhurst site & found out I could contact the curator of the facility for questions concerning ancestors. I will let you know what I...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Aug 4, 2010 4:44 am
 You can read Miller Clifford's military career here:  http://www.archive.org/stream/royalmilitaryca04goog#page/n8/mode/1up  You will notice that in 1804...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Aug 4, 2010 3:47 pm
Hi Marie, I've been looking at your original inquiry again and the following points strike me: Â I wouldn't pay any attention to family stories about the...
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Mary Ann Camlis
mcamlis
Aug 4, 2010 4:54 pm
Hi Donnacha :-) thanks for the input. When William Hughes Hall was in East India he married the daughter of Benjamin Halfhide(Amelia Margaret Halfhide)....
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MARIE NOLAN
nolanm...
Aug 4, 2010 7:55 pm
Hi Donnacha, I have 1880 as the approximate birthday of my grandfather from the 1911 census in Dublin he states that he was born in Galway City. I also know...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Aug 8, 2010 10:14 pm
From Twitter: @IrishCRoots: IrishCentral Roots: Revealed: Irish soldier saved Adolf Hitler’s life (IrishCentral): http://bit.ly/9R9gWH #irish #roots...
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Johnny Doyle
johnny_doyle
Aug 9, 2010 8:29 am
the Hitler story and Keogh is doing the rounds at the moment (as is the one about Pte Tandy VC). Re Keogh, he was captured in 1914 not 1916; certainly led an ...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Oct 7, 2010 9:26 pm
Hello all, If you have a Facebook account you might like to take at look at the Facebook Group page. Lots of interesting content including some rare photos....
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DanDMurphy@...
lexington1105
Oct 8, 2010 1:57 am
Hi Donnacha: Attached is a photo of my edition of Rebel Cork's Fighting Story - 1947 Edition. Maybe I should sell it??? Dan In a message dated 10/7/2010...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Oct 12, 2010 11:12 pm
Just a reminder that the group now its own Group page here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=87933638164#!/group.php?gid=87933638164 and...
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e.oruairc
Oct 21, 2010 6:20 am
Dia daoibh uilig! This is my first post on this forum. Born in Belfast I live presently in Brussels. My g-grandfather George Magee, born in Dublin in approx....
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mary ann camlis
mcamlis
Oct 21, 2010 4:29 pm
... Hi there...when I saw your message I checked the name Magee on a web site you may be interested in. Although I didn't find the name George Magee I did find...
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e.oruairc
Oct 24, 2010 7:02 pm
Thank you Mary Ann for your kind efforts to help me! I have already skimmed through the FIBIS site but did not find anything of interest to me. Today I spent...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Oct 24, 2010 7:47 pm
Hi Eamann, You possibly heard this before but what you really need to do is find out what regiment your man belonged to. There is no point in making the trek...
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Éamann Ó Ruairc
e.oruairc
Oct 25, 2010 4:49 pm
Dia duit, a Dhonnacha! Thank you for your suggestions! The only thing I know for sure about this man is that he served in India, perhaps Burma, that he was...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Oct 25, 2010 7:10 pm
Hi again Éamann,  Don't forget that the Irish Census 1901 and 1911 is online and free:  http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/  Many Church...
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Éamann Ó Ruairc
e.oruairc
Oct 26, 2010 11:57 am
Go raibh maith agat, a Dhonnacha! I’ve already searched for George Magee on all of these sites without success, that’s why I’m hoping I may have better...
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Donnacha
ddgrant2004
Oct 26, 2010 4:21 pm
Éamann;  Given the India connection you could try the Royal Dublin Fusiliers:  1st Bn: Formerly the 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers. This battalion can be...
