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No sorry I know very little about him. I have been researching a long-lost Great Uncle, and have got hold of his attestaion papers. It gives his place of birth as Doninga. I asked my Mum, and she was able to say that that was where they were from, though they lived in Cork just before moving to Fermanagh. She knows very little about him also, he was dead years before she was born.
He (my Great Granda that is) fought in WW1, and survived. My Mum is fairly certain he was in an Irish Infantry Regiment.
His son (my long-lost Great Uncle) joined the Royal Highland Fusiliers in 1925, even though he was Irish. He was last heard of by my Great Aunt in 1939. I contacted the RHF and they sent me copies of his papers. Unfortunately the trail goes cold in 1944 - he was commissioned into the Indian Army.
They had a very unusual surname if that would help me find out more ?
'History is a vast early warning system'. Norman Cousins
I contacted the RHF and they sent me copies of his papers. Unfortunately the trail goes cold in 1944 - he was commissioned into the Indian Army.
They had a very unusual surname if that would help me find out more ?
You coud try Ancestry.co.uk? They were doing a free two week trial recently and you could get your ancestors WW1 record downloaded. Unfortunately many records were destroyed in the Blitz but you never know.
Did you try the CWGC search for you Great Uncle's name in case he died in WW2?
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Originally posted by hedgehog
My favourite moment was when the
Originally posted by hedgehog
red headed old dear got a smack on her ginger head
You coud try Ancestry.co.uk? They were doing a free two week trial recently and you could get your ancestors WW1 record downloaded. Unfortunately many records were destroyed in the Blitz but you never know.
Did you try the CWGC search for you Great Uncle's name in case he died in WW2?
Hi GH,
Thanks for getting back to me.
I tried that Ancestry.co.uk last night but for some reason it won't accept my card details. I'm going to ring and register this week hopefully.
I'll give the CWGC a try, also the RHF gave me an address to write to Army personnel records in Glasgow, apparently they hold details re British Indian Army Officers.
If I make any progress I will let you know. I googled a map search for Doninga, all it would give me in Killkenny is Duninga. Would that be the same place - ariel photo just shows a rural road junction.
'History is a vast early warning system'. Norman Cousins
I googled a map search for Doninga, all it would give me in Killkenny is Duninga. Would that be the same place - ariel photo just shows a rural road junction.
Probably.
Last edited by Groundhog; 22 February 2009, 13:14.
sigpic Say NO to violence against Women
Originally posted by hedgehog
My favourite moment was when the
Originally posted by hedgehog
red headed old dear got a smack on her ginger head
I'm fairly certain he was a regular soldier, and served pre-WW1.
I'll try the link you gave me, Thank You.
GH, just done a search on the CWGC link you gave me, did Indian and United Kingdom, no hits. He must have got through. I do know from what the RHF sent me that his Battalion fought in Madagascar and Burma, he transferred to the Indian Army in November 1944. Thanks for your help.
'History is a vast early warning system'. Norman Cousins
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