Hi Pat I am aware that this has been discussed at length, but I am just catching up with it. I looked at the FMP Easter Rising list to which you refer. There are three results for this man. The one you mention is indexed as Hameron Dunbar and the other two as J Cameron Dunbar. In the two references under J Cameron Dunbar, he is described as Major J Cameron Dunbar DSO RFA. In the one indexed as Hameron Dunbar I think we have a handwriting interpretation issue. J Cameron looks like Hameron, and RFA looks like RFG. I think this is because the A is written not like a capital A as you might expect, but like a lower case a. On the third line from the bottom, the name G A McFarland is written, where the A is in the same style. In RFA, the a is not quite closed so looks like a G. June Willing Guild of One-Name Studies member no 2117 Willing/Willings One-Name Study http://one-name.org/name_profile/Willing/ Willing/Willings DNA Project https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/willing Dominicus One-Name Study http://one-name.org/name_profile/dominicus/ > On 20 Apr 2016, at 01:50, Patrick R. L. Dunbar via <[email protected]> wrote: > > Many thanks to Ken and Brian for your suggestions. > > Ken, you were spot-on with the signature, but the initials appear twice > on the document and are clearly RFG. Perhaps this was the unit initials > before it became the RFA and later the Royal Artillery. I'll sort this > out on my next research trip - The Army List for 1920 -21 should provide > the answer. > > Brian, I can find no trace of a unit calling itself a regiment of foot > guards, except for the Polish one I mentioned in my original posting. I > have never seen 'Guards' as part of the 79th's title. Incidentally they > were resurrected and disbanded more than once after 1757. Although > originally raised in Colchester, it later became a Scottish regiment > with a variety of titles - 79th. Regiment of Foot (Cameronian > Volunteers) and the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders are two of them. > > Once again, many thanks > Pat Dunbar > #2248 > > On 18 April 2016 at 20:22, Patrick R. L. Dunbar via<[email protected]> wrote: > >> In the FMP Easter Rising list is a Major Dunbar DSO RFG, a President of >> a Court of Enquiry. >> >> What regiment has the initials RFG? Although his given name is difficult >> to read, RFG is clear and a second officer is from the same regiment. >> >> My only hit on the web was Royal Foot Guards - but this was a Polish >> regiment, so no help! >> >> Pat Dunbar >> #22 > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > 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