Deirdra Not necessarily. My grandfather was from Londesborough, East Yorkshire, but he joined the Middlesex Regiment, Royal Engineers. Graham> From: deirdrapickering@gmail.com> To: eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 14:23:21 +0100> Subject: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] Double Checking info from the cwgc.org - what regiment?> > Friends,> > Sorry to weigh you down with another question - is it correct to > presume that soldiers in WW1 went into regiments with similar sounding > names as their county - for example - a soldier from Hull might join > the Regiment/Service: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry?> > thanks for any insights.> > Deirdra - willing to do looks up in Dublin, Ireland.> > > On 10 May 2008, at 14:08, Janet Lovegrove wrote:> > > Hi Deirdra> >> > As a matter of interest, this same Frederick William Pickering > > shown below received the Victory Medal and there is an * with info > > showing "kin" meaning likely that it was handed over to his next of > > kin. Maybe someone on the List may have access to the CD disc of > > "Soldiers Died in The Great War 1914-1915" and could do a look up. > > I cannot remember exactly what info is on the disc about each > > individual, but I seem to recall it does indicate where the person > > signed up. Some Libraries, FHS may have this disc.> >> > http://www.great-war-casualties.com/> >> > Janet> >> > Deirdra Pickering <deirdrapickering@gmail.com> wrote:> > Friends,> >> > Hazel B very kindly suggested the cwgc website for tracking people who> > may have been killed in the war. For example, the man below may be a> > relative - any ideas how I can confirm that? I checked against the> > free BMD register for Hull in 1915 / 16 / 17 but he is not recorded.> > Would his death have been recorded in his native city of Hull? Is> > there another way to double check if information on the cwgc is what I> > am looking for? Can I check the army records for the regiment?> >> >> > PICKERING, FREDERICK WILLIAM> >> > Nationality: United Kingdom> >> > Regiment/Service: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry> > Unit Text:> > 10th Bn.> > Date of Death:> > 25/09/1916> >> > Thanks for any help> > Deirdra> >> > On 23 Nov 2007, at 17:34, Hazel- Gen wrote:> >> >> Hi there,> >>> >> Frederick William Pickering (1874) and possibly also Albert> >> Pickering (1870)> >> are listed on the Commonwealth War Graves site I think.> >>> >> www.cwgc.org> >>> >>> >> Yours> >>> >> Hazel B> >>> >> Researching:-> >> Barmby - ERY> >> Escritt - ERY> >> Lamming - ERY & Lincs.> >> -----Original Message-----> >> From: eng-east-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com> >> [mailto:eng-east-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Deirdra> >> Pickering> >> Sent: 23 November 2007 14:57> >> To: eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] Pickerings from East Yorkshire> >>> >> Hello friends,> >> I've read many emails on the circulation list and unfortunately been> >> unable to answer any. However, I am submitting my own selection of> >> ancestors to see if any of the names may ring a bell with other> >> subscribers.> >>> >> Pickerings from East Yorkshire> >> Pickerings from Benningholme, circa 1770's (Gx4 Father - William)> >> Pickerings from Bewholme (Gx3 Father - Francis, born 1796, married> >> Mary> >> from Barmston> >>> >> Pickerings from Hull:> >> (Gx2 Father - Francis, born 1833, married Ann Elizabeth Gossip from> >> Skirlaugh. Also Francis' sibling John Pickering who married Ruth> >> Holden> >> and moved to Essex. Their children were Mary, John, Florence, Frank> >> and> >> Ernest> >>> >> (Gx1 Father - Walter, born 1862, married Mary Ellen Grey from Grange> >> Street, Hull.> >> Also Walter Pickering's siblings:> >> Frederick William, born 1874 - killed in WW1?> >> Leah Edith, born 1872, married Francis Harrison> >> Albert Pickering, born 1870 - killed in WW1?> >> Priscilla, born 1867, married William Filby> >>> >> Kind regards> >> Deirdra Pickering in Dublin> >>> >> -------------------------------> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to> >> ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe'> >> without the> >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message> >>> >> -- > >> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.> >> It has removed 608 spam emails to date.> >> Paying users do not have this message in their emails.> >> Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len> >>> >>> >>> >> -------------------------------> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com> >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and> >> the body of the message> >>> >> >> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message> >> >> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thanks Graham, Did that mean he actually went to Middlesex or was stationed there? If so, was that unusual to travel to other parts of the country? (Sorry my knowledge on this is very poor) On 10 May 2008, at 14:54, Graham Metcalf wrote: > > Deirdra > > Not necessarily. My grandfather was from Londesborough, East > Yorkshire, but he joined the Middlesex Regiment, Royal Engineers. > > Graham> From: deirdrapickering@gmail.com> To: eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com > > Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 14:23:21 +0100> Subject: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] > Double Checking info from the cwgc.org - what regiment?> > Friends,> > > Sorry to weigh you down with another question - is it correct to > > presume that soldiers in WW1 went into regiments with similar > sounding > names as their county - for example - a soldier from Hull > might join > the Regiment/Service: King's Own Yorkshire Light > Infantry?> > thanks for any insights.> > Deirdra - willing to do > looks up in Dublin, Ireland.> > > On 10 May 2008, at 14:08, Janet > Lovegrove wrote:> > > Hi Deirdra> >> > As a matter of interest, this > same Frederick William Pickering > > shown below received the > Victory Medal and there is an * with info > > showing "kin" meaning > likely that it was handed over to his next of > > kin. Maybe someone > on the List may have access to the CD disc of > > "Soldiers Died in > The Great War 1914-1915" and could do a look up. > ! >> I cannot remember exactly what info is on the disc about each > > >> individual, but I seem to recall it does indicate where the person >> > > signed up. Some Libraries, FHS may have this disc.> >> > http://www.great-war-casualties.com/ >> > >> > Janet> >> > Deirdra Pickering <deirdrapickering@gmail.com> >> wrote:> > Friends,> >> > Hazel B very kindly suggested the cwgc >> website for tracking people who> > may have been killed in the war. >> For example, the man below may be a> > relative - any ideas how I >> can confirm that? I checked against the> > free BMD register for >> Hull in 1915 / 16 / 17 but he is not recorded.> > Would his death >> have been recorded in his native city of Hull? Is> > there another >> way to double check if information on the cwgc is what I> > am >> looking for? Can I check the army records for the regiment?> >> >> >> > PICKERING, FREDERICK WILLIAM> >> > Nationality: United Kingdom> >> >> > Regiment/Service: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry> > Unit >> Text:> > 10th Bn.> > Date of De! > ath:> > 25/09/1916> >> > Thanks for any help> > Deirdra> >> > On 23 No > v 2007, at 17:34, Hazel- Gen wrote:> >> >> Hi there,> >>> >> > Frederick William Pickering (1874) and possibly also Albert> >> > Pickering (1870)> >> are listed on the Commonwealth War Graves site > I think.> >>> >> www.cwgc.org> >>> >>> >> Yours> >>> >> Hazel B> >>> > >> Researching:-> >> Barmby - ERY> >> Escritt - ERY> >> Lamming - > ERY & Lincs.> >> -----Original Message-----> >> From: eng-east-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com > > >> [mailto:eng-east-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Deirdra> >> Pickering> >> Sent: 23 November 2007 14:57> >> To: eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com > > >> Subject: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] Pickerings from East Yorkshire> >>> > >> Hello friends,> >> I've read many emails on the circulation list > and unfortunately been> >> unable to answer any. However, I am > submitting my own selection of> >> ancestors to see if any of the > names may ring a bell with other> >> subscribers.> >>> >> Pickerings > from East Yorkshire> >> Pickerings from Benningholme, circa 1770's > (Gx4 Father - Willi! > am)> >> Pickerings from Bewholme (Gx3 Father - Francis, born 1796, > married> >> Mary> >> from Barmston> >>> >> Pickerings from Hull:> >> > (Gx2 Father - Francis, born 1833, married Ann Elizabeth Gossip from> > >> Skirlaugh. Also Francis' sibling John Pickering who married Ruth> > >> Holden> >> and moved to Essex. Their children were Mary, John, > Florence, Frank> >> and> >> Ernest> >>> >> (Gx1 Father - Walter, > born 1862, married Mary Ellen Grey from Grange> >> Street, Hull.> >> > Also Walter Pickering's siblings:> >> Frederick William, born 1874 - > killed in WW1?> >> Leah Edith, born 1872, married Francis Harrison> > >> Albert Pickering, born 1870 - killed in WW1?> >> Priscilla, born > 1867, married William Filby> >>> >> Kind regards> >> Deirdra > Pickering in Dublin> >>> >> -------------------------------> >> To > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to> >> ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe'> >> without the> >> quotes in the > subject and the body of the ! > message> >>> >> -- > >> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for > private users.> >> It has removed 608 spam emails to date.> >> > Paying users do not have this message in their emails.> >> Get the > free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len> >>> >>> >>> > >> -------------------------------> >> To unsubscribe from the list, > please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com> >> with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and> >> the > body of the message> >>> >> >> > -------------------------------> > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com > > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject > and > > the body of the message> >> >> > > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, > please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com > > with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the > body of the message> > > -------------------------------> To > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-! > EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message
And my granny's first hubby was from Nottinghamshire, & joined the Essex Regiment .. Sue Deirdra Not necessarily. My grandfather was from Londesborough, East Yorkshire, but he joined the Middlesex Regiment, Royal Engineers. Graham> From: deirdrapickering@gmail.com> To: eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 14:23:21 +0100> Subject: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] Double Checking info from the cwgc.org - what regiment?> > Friends,> > Sorry to weigh you down with another question - is it correct to > presume that soldiers in WW1 went into regiments with similar sounding > names as their county - for example - a soldier from Hull might join > the Regiment/Service: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry?> > thanks for any insights.> > Deirdra - willing to do looks up in Dublin, Ireland.> > > On 10 May 2008, at 14:08, Janet Lovegrove wrote:> > > Hi Deirdra> >> > As a matter of interest, this same Frederick William Pickering > > shown below received the Victory Medal and there is an * with info > > showing "kin" meaning likely that it was handed over to his next of > > kin. Maybe someone on the List may have access to the CD disc of > > "Soldiers Died in The Great War 1914-1915" and could do a look up. > ! > I cannot remember exactly what info is on the disc about each > > individual, but I seem to recall it does indicate where the person > > signed up. Some Libraries, FHS may have this disc.> >> > http://www great-war-casualties.com/> >> > Janet> >> > Deirdra Pickering <deirdrapickering@gmail.com> wrote:> > Friends,> >> > Hazel B very kindly suggested the cwgc website for tracking people who> > may have been killed in the war. For example, the man below may be a> > relative - any ideas how I can confirm that? I checked against the> > free BMD register for Hull in 1915 / 16 / 17 but he is not recorded.> > Would his death have been recorded in his native city of Hull? Is> > there another way to double check if information on the cwgc is what I> > am looking for? Can I check the army records for the regiment?> >> >> > PICKERING, FREDERICK WILLIAM> >> > Nationality: United Kingdom> >> > Regiment/Service: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry> > Unit Text:> > 10th Bn.> > Date of De! ath:> > 25/09/1916> >> > Thanks for any help> > Deirdra> >> > On 23 No v 2007, at 17:34, Hazel- Gen wrote:> >> >> Hi there,> >>> >> Frederick William Pickering (1874) and possibly also Albert> >> Pickering (1870)> >> are listed on the Commonwealth War Graves site I think.> >>> >> www.cwgc org> >>> >>> >> Yours> >>> >> Hazel B> >>> >> Researching:-> >> Barmby - ERY> >> Escritt - ERY> >> Lamming - ERY & Lincs.> >> -----Original Message-----> >> From: eng-east-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com> >> [mailto:eng-east-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Deirdra> >> Pickering> >> Sent: 23 November 2007 14:57> >> To: eng-east-yorks@rootsweb com> >> Subject: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] Pickerings from East Yorkshire> >>> >> Hello friends,> >> I've read many emails on the circulation list and unfortunately been> >> unable to answer any. However, I am submitting my own selection of> >> ancestors to see if any of the names may ring a bell with other> >> subscribers.> >>> >> Pickerings from East Yorkshire> >> Pickerings from Benningholme, circa 1770's (Gx4 Father - Willi! am)> >> Pickerings from Bewholme (Gx3 Father - Francis, born 1796, married> >> Mary> >> from Barmston> >>> >> Pickerings from Hull:> >> (Gx2 Father - Francis, born 1833, married Ann Elizabeth Gossip from> >> Skirlaugh Also Francis' sibling John Pickering who married Ruth> >> Holden> >> and moved to Essex. Their children were Mary, John, Florence, Frank> >> and> >> Ernest> >>> >> (Gx1 Father - Walter, born 1862, married Mary Ellen Grey from Grange> >> Street, Hull.> >> Also Walter Pickering's siblings:> >> Frederick William, born 1874 - killed in WW1?> >> Leah Edith, born 1872, married Francis Harrison> >> Albert Pickering, born 1870 - killed in WW1?> >> Priscilla, born 1867, married William Filby> >>> >> Kind regards> >> Deirdra Pickering in Dublin> >>> >> -------------------------------> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to> >> ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe'> >> without the> >> quotes in the subject and the body of the ! message> >>> >> -- > >> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.> >> It has removed 608 spam emails to date.> >> Paying users do not have this message in their emails.> >> Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len> >>> >>> >>> >> -------------------------------> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com> >> with the word unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and> >> the body of the message> >>> >> >> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message> >> >> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-! 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