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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 15 Feb 2015 11:36 |
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You can search for and view the original US census images for free on |
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mgnv | Report | 16 Feb 2015 03:29 |
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Ship:EMPRESS OF BRITAIN |
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Maureen | Report | 21 Feb 2015 15:56 |
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allnall | Report | 21 Feb 2015 20:59 |
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I am amazed and forever grateful for all the information passed on to me from my initial query. The story goes back to a tale my dad used to tell of a distant relative who 'went bad' and went to America. My dad's stepfather was George Wakefield - the uncle identified in George Nettleton's passage records. There are many links for me to follow up here about Mr Nettleton's life/family/war service/marriage/ family etc, and I will follow them through and add them to my family history files. Knowing something about the people and their lives is what research is all about - it's not just dates of births deaths and marriages. The bottom line is that I have a real story about a real person - not just a statistic - and it really is good to know that if he 'went bad' as a youngster he seems to have made it up in later life in his army and WW2 service. I wish I could pass all this on to my dad - he would have loved to hear it. Thanks to all of you. Who knows, one day I may be visiting a distant step-cousin in the US or Canada - watch this space!! |
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mgnv | Report | 22 Feb 2015 01:38 |
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The CWGC say his body was recovered from 57c.N.34.b.8.5 - you need a "trench map" to find out where this is. e.g., |
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allnall | Report | 22 Feb 2015 15:57 |
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Looking at records of the Somme battles in WW1 it seems likely that Walter Nettleton was killed during the battles for the Transloy ridges in late October/early November 1916. Although the main battles ceased a few days before his death on 10 November there were numerous skirmishes after that. The location of these battles is consistent with the CWGC trench map record of where his body was found. |
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mgnv | Report | 22 Feb 2015 23:29 |
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The East Yorkshire Regiment - Battalions of the New Armies - 7th (Service) Battalion |
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