Thank you Peter. It is much clearer to me now. With appreciation, Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter McNulty" <peter@sparshott.org.uk> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [Ham] Ministry of Defence - UK Hi Edna Mesopotamia has been shortened to Iraq so that Dubbya can remember how to pronounce it. Great Britain ruled Mesopotamia under mandate (probably from the League of Nations) after it was taken from Turkey at the end of WW1. Lawrence of Arabia fought there. With 90,000 British troops there in 1920 there must be a Hampshire link however tenuous. The Crimean War lasted from 28 March 1854 until 1856. It was fought between Russia and an alliance of the United Kingdom, France, and the Ottoman Empire, joined somewhat tardily by Piedmont-Sardinia. The majority of the conflict took place on the Crimean peninsula in the Black Sea. -- Best regards, Peter McNulty pj@sparshott.org.uk www.sparshott.org.uk Researching: SPARSHOTT families world-wide (especially Hants) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edna" <ekbrit@rogers.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 4:10 PM Subject: [Ham] Ministry of Defence - UK > > Mesopotamia, would that be the Crimea War? Should be some good sites out > there for you. > > Good Luck, > > Edna - Ottawa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara Mallyon" <BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk> > To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 10:56 AM > Subject: Re: [Ham] Ministry of Defence - UK > > Walter MALLYON whom I never knew, was my grandfather he fought in > Mesopotamia, I would like to get his medal/s if there are any to have. > > Regards > > Barbara Lewis Mallyon > Basingstoke, Hants, UK > BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== If all our ancestors were in a tree what a BIG tree -house that would be!