Wendy Have found the book, will pop down to the Central library today and see if they can get me a copy. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy King" <wendyking37@hotmail.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [OXF] George William Self > Richard > > If it is just one medal and the photo was taken at the end of the war then > its likely to be the Victory medal - given to all soldiers who survived. > Most also got the British medal according to the record cards. > > I have had a run through the WW1 medal cards on ancestry and these are the > medals each George/George William Self received. > > What I like about the records on find my past is that you get to see his > personal details too. Its amused me with a couple of mine where they were > measured on attestation and again when leaving to see that had grown am > inch > or two! > > If you google Royal Artillery India campaigns you get a link to a book > that > covers the period he was in India - post mutiny but never a quiet posting > from what little I remember of Indian history. > > Wendy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard.Self > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 8:17 PM > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OXF] George William Self > > Thank you Wendy > > Yes he was on the "Find my past" records. I have now downloaded all 7 > images. I was right about one thing he was in India when the 1891 census > was > taken. Now all I have to do is decipher the medal he is wearing on his WW1 > uniform, the only photograph I have of my grandfather. > > Richard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wendy King" <wendyking37@hotmail.com> > To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 3:27 PM > Subject: Re: [OXF] George William Self > > >> where was he born? If it was Newbury Berkshire then check to see if the >> one >> on findmypast is his record - if you are not a member you can buy enough >> credits to cover looking at all the pages (typically 3 to 7 often include >> . >> This means you will be able to copy them to your computer and those of us >> with membership will not risk losing it for using it for doing non >> personal >> research >> >> Wendy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Richard.Self >> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 3:01 PM >> To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [OXF] George William Self >> >> Hello again >> >> My grandfather George William Self served with the colours prior to 1892. >> In >> 1892 George was 24 years old. He was living at Stanton Harcourt in 1881 >> so >> he probably joined the Oxford & Bucks. As I cannot find him on the 1891 >> census I again assume he was abroad at the time. Can anyone suggest how I >> can find out more information on my Grandfathers early military carer. >> >> Richard Self >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> OFHS "Wills Library" : >> Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> OFHS "Wills Library" : >> Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

thought it looked interesting but so far none of 'my' Royal Artillery folk that I have found served out there. Found one who was with the Royal Invalids (old soldiers who have served in the RA who stayed on to do light duties) who was retired 'due to being old and worn out' in 1796. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Richard.Self Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 8:22 AM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] George William Self Wendy Have found the book, will pop down to the Central library today and see if they can get me a copy. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy King" <wendyking37@hotmail.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [OXF] George William Self > Richard > > If it is just one medal and the photo was taken at the end of the war then > its likely to be the Victory medal - given to all soldiers who survived. > Most also got the British medal according to the record cards. > > I have had a run through the WW1 medal cards on ancestry and these are the > medals each George/George William Self received. > > What I like about the records on find my past is that you get to see his > personal details too. Its amused me with a couple of mine where they were > measured on attestation and again when leaving to see that had grown am > inch > or two! > > If you google Royal Artillery India campaigns you get a link to a book > that > covers the period he was in India - post mutiny but never a quiet posting > from what little I remember of Indian history. > > Wendy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard.Self > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 8:17 PM > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OXF] George William Self > > Thank you Wendy > > Yes he was on the "Find my past" records. I have now downloaded all 7 > images. I was right about one thing he was in India when the 1891 census > was > taken. Now all I have to do is decipher the medal he is wearing on his WW1 > uniform, the only photograph I have of my grandfather. > > Richard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wendy King" <wendyking37@hotmail.com> > To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 3:27 PM > Subject: Re: [OXF] George William Self > > >> where was he born? If it was Newbury Berkshire then check to see if the >> one >> on findmypast is his record - if you are not a member you can buy enough >> credits to cover looking at all the pages (typically 3 to 7 often include >> . >> This means you will be able to copy them to your computer and those of us >> with membership will not risk losing it for using it for doing non >> personal >> research >> >> Wendy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Richard.Self >> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 3:01 PM >> To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [OXF] George William Self >> >> Hello again >> >> My grandfather George William Self served with the colours prior to 1892. >> In >> 1892 George was 24 years old. He was living at Stanton Harcourt in 1881 >> so >> he probably joined the Oxford & Bucks. As I cannot find him on the 1891 >> census I again assume he was abroad at the time. Can anyone suggest how I >> can find out more information on my Grandfathers early military carer. >> >> Richard Self >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> OFHS "Wills Library" : >> Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> OFHS "Wills Library" : >> Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFHS "Wills Library" : Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message