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Hello Derek, Sorry I hadn't replied before now. The Robert Haldane you are looking at is my 2nd great grandfather.I come through his son Robert Henry Haldane to my Grandpa Duncan Haldane. I found him to be especially challenging.He either liked to tell porkies or just gave the information to the bes...

Andrew you mentioned the snickering in primary school when these 2 girls 1st names were called. I had a similar thing in high school. Growing up in a wee fishing out port in Newfoundland not only meant everyone knew everyone but they also knew everyone from the surrounding communities as well. Imagi...

I remember going to our local corner store with pennies for a pokey hat from my Mum and getting such strange looks. Probably because I was in Newfoundland. I couldn't understand why they didn't know I wanted an Ice Cream. It's what we always called them at home. I soon learned I had to translate fro...

Welcome to Talking Scot Moraig. Can you give is an idea of the time frame for Patrick and Margaret living in Dumfries?
Cheers
Heather

Wonderful Idea. I'm so lucky as so far all my WW1 heros survived. And though these men did give the ultimate sacrifice for use I feel their contribution must also be remembered.

There are a few places that make replica WW1 medals British War Medals even inscribes the edges as they were done originally. I know some sites offer Mini Medals quite a bit cheaper if you are just looking for a keepsake.

Was your Great Uncle in the Navy.... Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery is in Nord and I found this camp near by....Marlag und Milag Nord Westertimke. It was for Allied seamen was run by the Kriegsmarine independently of the Army.

Regular Army, Not London. But I did find something on the Sapper site stating Melvern which works for me as Dad was from Nitshill. I have his paybook and I can read a lot of it but some is difficult. Even the Sapper site doesn't tell me what the "L" stands for unless Levern??? Not sure. I did see wh...

Looking at a Soldier's Service and Pay Book what regiment might 2/LRRE be. Looking for a Royal Engineer.

Now accessible on line The International Committee of the Red Cross WW1 POW records. http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/ free It took a wee bit to figure out how to access the records I was searching for, but once I did I was able to see the actual document, I could magnify, download or print. There is a ...