Your great grandfather? You said that you were searching to see if he still alive............but I guess that you meant at a certain time.Yorks are what the Yorkshire regiments are known as http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/10690.aspx. You could try searching on the National Archives website to see if they have any army records for him. I think the website might be having a few problems at the moment as it will not connect when I search but try again later and I'm sure they will have fixed it. hth, Anne > Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:51:52 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SRY] re; Occupation? > > Who would be 111? > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Roots <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So he would be at least 111 years old !!!! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Caroline Coffey > > Sent: 23 August 2011 11:05 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [SRY] re; Occupation? > > > > Hi I recently found marriage cert and I was looking to see if my great > > grandfather Henry Lynn was still alive, on the marriage cert it says for > > his > > occupation Yorks Fund? Does anyone know what that means? He was discharged > > from 1st Worlds War in 1916 is that his pension? > > *************************************** > > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > > superfluous old messages in replies. > > > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > *************************************** > > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > > superfluous old messages in replies. > > > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes I meant that I was looking for his daughter's marriage in 1939 and her father's occuption said 'Yorks Fund' does that mean he lived off an army pension as he was in the Artillery thanks caroline On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Anne Capewell <[email protected]>wrote: > > Your great grandfather? You said that you were searching to see if he still > alive............but I guess that you meant at a certain time.Yorks are what > the Yorkshire regiments are known as > http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/10690.aspx. You could try > searching on the National Archives website to see if they have any army > records for him. I think the website might be having a few problems at the > moment as it will not connect when I search but try again later and I'm sure > they will have fixed it. hth, Anne > > Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:51:52 +0100 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [SRY] re; Occupation? > > > > Who would be 111? > > > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Roots <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So he would be at least 111 years old !!!! > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Caroline Coffey > > > Sent: 23 August 2011 11:05 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [SRY] re; Occupation? > > > > > > Hi I recently found marriage cert and I was looking to see if my great > > > grandfather Henry Lynn was still alive, on the marriage cert it says > for > > > his > > > occupation Yorks Fund? Does anyone know what that means? He was > discharged > > > from 1st Worlds War in 1916 is that his pension? > > > *************************************** > > > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > > > superfluous old messages in replies. > > > > > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > *************************************** > > > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > > > superfluous old messages in replies. > > > > > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > *************************************** > > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On 23/08/11 20:18, Caroline Coffey wrote: > Yes I meant that I was looking for his daughter's marriage in 1939 and her > father's occuption said 'Yorks Fund' does that mean he lived off an army > pension as he was in the Artillery thanks caroline An Army pensioner would normally be indicated by 'Chelsea Pensioner'. Was he disabled? A release date of 1916 from the War would indicate that he was - maybe the Yorks fund was a charity for disabled soldiers? I can't find any mention of it on google, though. -- Regards Dave