chris basey Posted 21 July , 2008 Share Posted 21 July , 2008 Believed to have lived late 19th to mid 20th century. Any references would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 21 July , 2008 Share Posted 21 July , 2008 Chris Could it be Redvers BULLER rather than Bulmer? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris basey Posted 22 July , 2008 Author Share Posted 22 July , 2008 Yes, Dave, that was my first thought but the road we are trying to research is definitely called Bulmer's Lane ! Many thanks, anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 22 July , 2008 Share Posted 22 July , 2008 What makes you think he was a General, Chris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris basey Posted 22 July , 2008 Author Share Posted 22 July , 2008 That's what the locals think! He is reputed to have camped with his troops at Winterton (near Great Yarmouth) hence the name. The camping bit is OK as there were many Yeomanry summer camps along that coast but it's beginning to look as if the 'general' bit isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjustice Posted 22 July , 2008 Share Posted 22 July , 2008 That's what the locals think! He is reputed to have camped with his troops at Winterton (near Great Yarmouth) hence the name. The camping bit is OK as there were many Yeomanry summer camps along that coast but it's beginning to look as if the 'general' bit isn't. Ah, well...If he was Yeomanry then he may well have: a] Indeed been a General pre-1914, but b] Not served in the B.E.F. et al, thereby dropping under the radar. Kind Regards, SMJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 22 July , 2008 Share Posted 22 July , 2008 I would be looking at the Bulmer of cider fame. If this is a family name originally, then a good chance the family were involved in local militia, yeomanry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clay Posted 22 July , 2008 Share Posted 22 July , 2008 Maybe, Tom, but less likely bearing in mind Bulmers the cider family were Herefordshire notables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 22 July , 2008 Share Posted 22 July , 2008 There was a Colonel Bulmer operating somewhere on the East Cost sometime in the mid nineteenth century. He appears to have been yeomanry (in1847 he purchased over 200 horses at the Horncastle Horse Fair - presumably as remounts for his regiment) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 22 July , 2008 Share Posted 22 July , 2008 Who Was Who online has no military Bulmers. [A long time since I passed under Acle Bridge!] Daggers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 25 July , 2008 Share Posted 25 July , 2008 Chris This may be a red herring. Is it possble that the road sign for the lane has become corrupted when replaced at some stage? The reason I ask is that your man could possibly be one of the BULWER family from Heydon Hall, Norfolk who were involved in both military and political spheres. There is a Bulwer Road over the border in Ipswich. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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