andy2014 Posted 5 August , 2022 Share Posted 5 August , 2022 (edited) Hi Everyone! Hope you are well! You know when you have so much on someone and you just want to put a face to the man! I obtained a red ID tag for my small collection some years ago and luckily there are very extensive surviving service records. After years of learning research I am slowly piecing everything together on him but no photograph. It would be great to put a face to the details so I thought I would put his details on here in case has any tips or experience with places to look? I have subscriptions and use the following... Ancestry, FMP, British Newspaper Archives, Western Front Association, CWGC Foundation, TWGPP, Fold3. I have his service records, MIC, Pension records, CWGC records, Grave photo, done a family tree etc.. Any ideas? maybe I need to seek out any local papers up in Durham for local notifications etc... Never found anything yet in newspaper archives, but only done online so far, and the searches can be so fiddly and awkward sometimes? you look for hours then someone else finds one in 2 minutes? He had hell of a time reading his records. Brief details below: Pte Richard Thomas Williams No: 15355 13th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment From Crook, County Durham Died of Wounds 22 May 1917 Buried Etaples Military Cemetery Thanks in advance of any tips or links etc, googling like crazy for local pages, memorials, paper archives etc.. and next to look at war diary, trench maps etc to see if I can narrow down the details of action on the day. p.s. haven't posted any documents etc as I never know what can and can`t be posted these days? Regards Andy Edited 5 August , 2022 by andy2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 7 August , 2022 Share Posted 7 August , 2022 Have you tried newspapers for where his parents or a wife (if married) lived ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy2014 Posted 8 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 8 August , 2022 I will try that too, Thanks! 19 hours ago, Coldstreamer said: Have you tried newspapers for where his parents or a wife (if married) lived ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 8 August , 2022 Share Posted 8 August , 2022 Can I take it that the more complete tree on Ancestry is yours? Have you tried contacting the 10 other tree owners to see if anyone has a photo( but not posted)? Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy2014 Posted 8 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 8 August , 2022 12 hours ago, charlie962 said: Can I take it that the more complete tree on Ancestry is yours? Have you tried contacting the 10 other tree owners to see if anyone has a photo( but not posted)? Charlie It could be, i have tried a few that are not too distant from him, sadly with Ancestry few reply or have been online recently. More are so distant they never knew people when you enquire? I will probably try them again just in case! Thanks for replying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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