Hello all. Very grateful for the help in deciphering the attestation docs for my Gt- Uncle William. Don't think I'd have ever got 'forfeited a days pay'. The WO references have numbers after them so..........are they worth looking up does anyone know? The Attestation papers also mentioned that he'd previously been 'time-served in the Leicestershires'....a bit more digging has revealed he may also have fought in the Boer War and I'm seeking confirmation now! He'd have been very young (18) and must have been keen to leave Belper! Why did he join the Leicestershires? We may never know. It's sad but none of the family seem to have known anything about our ancestors military record! We must have lost touch with his widow. He was the eldest child of my Grans siblings and I have realised that he died on the same day as his Mum passed away in Derby! What a sad coincidence which neither would have known about obviously.....not until the telegram reached Derby later would the family have known. Thanks again you wonderful people! Andrea N Sent from my iPad

Hi Andrea....do you happen to have a RATCLIFFE ancestor that was married to a John BROWN? in your family? They were married 31st Oct, 1805 in Denby, Derbyshire. Ann was born about 1785. Barbara.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrea Newham" <andreanewham@hotmail.com> To: derbysgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 2:17:28 AM Subject: [DBY] RATCLIFFE - thanks for help Hello all. Very grateful for the help in deciphering the attestation docs for my Gt- Uncle William. Don't think I'd have ever got 'forfeited a days pay'. The WO references have numbers after them so..........are they worth looking up does anyone know? The Attestation papers also mentioned that he'd previously been 'time-served in the Leicestershires'....a bit more digging has revealed he may also have fought in the Boer War and I'm seeking confirmation now! He'd have been very young (18) and must have been keen to leave Belper! Why did he join the Leicestershires? We may never know. It's sad but none of the family seem to have known anything about our ancestors military record! We must have lost touch with his widow. He was the eldest child of my Grans siblings and I have realised that he died on the same day as his Mum passed away in Derby! What a sad coincidence which neither would have known about obviously.....not until the telegram reached Derby later would the family have known. Thanks again you wonderful people! Andrea N Sent from my iPad ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message