You have the person's name, and for anyone who has served in the army, you
can look up their service record on a web site - can't remember which. Don't
know if it's the same for the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, but I'm
sure someone on this list who's into geneology will be able to say if
Jean, the website you are referring to is that of the National Archives
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Home/OnlineCollections
Just type the name in and see what comes up. Put inverted commas around the
full name to stop the search engine from searching on each word. But,
A word of warning on these records.
The records me held as paper for all armed forces but a few years a go there
was a fire at the records office (Hayes Middlesex) and many papers got burned,
destroyed or singed.
When you do a search you will see what has been scanned to date. For example,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_squadrons_and_flotillas_of_the_Royal_Nav
y
Have a look at this link. I believe that British 8th Navy is a truncation due
to space and may be any of the 8th's referenced in this link
Kind Regards
Liz Baker
On 11 May 2013, at 18:09, Clay Blackwell
Last weekend, I attended the North Carolina Regional Lacers' Spring Lace Day.
As always, it was great fun!..there was an area for lacemakers to sell
lacemaking supplies they no longer use. A friend was there, selling the last
of the things from Betty Ann Rice. I glanced into a box of old
What fun!!
Try Brighton, Sussex England
Sue
Please note I am stopping using sueba...@comcast.net, and switching my email
to suebabbs...@gmail.com
-Original Message-
From: Clay Blackwell
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 12:09 PM
To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Exciting find!
Last
Clay wrote:
Any ideas where these places are? The bobbin has British 8th Navy written
on it with the name of someone who died in 1981.
It seems to me that with the names - Kings Road, The aquarium, Palace Pier
and The Beach that the pictures would be of Brighton, Sussex.
Malvary in Ottawa
Yes indeed Clay -- exciting!
Brighton is the first place I think of given
those names/places.
1981 or 1881? If 1981 then it sounds unusual, both to
have a commemorative bobbin for someone's death but also for the subject
matter of the pictures--see the discussion at
Hello Nancy, Clay and everyone
The date if 1981 could relate to a veteran of British 8th Navy per the
writing on the bobbin?
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com wrote:
1981 or 1881? If 1981 then it sounds unusual, both to
have a commemorative bobbin for someone's
Hi Bev, Clay et al:
The date if 1981 could relate to a veteran of British 8th Navy per the
writing on the bobbin?
I've been looking online, trying to find any reference to the British 8th Navy
**at all** and cannot. I have found an 8th Battle Squadron of the British
Navy, which was
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Subject: Re: [lace] Exciting find!
Hello Nancy, Clay and everyone
The date if 1981 could relate to a veteran of British 8th Navy per the
writing on the bobbin?
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com wrote:
1981 or 1881? If 1981
Hello Jill and everyone
Lace Bobbin shorthand...British 8th, Navy - could have been squadron,
battleship, cruiser or whatever, as opposed to British 8th Army or other
department of the militia.
Could be a WW I vet as their numbers didn't dwindle until the early 2000's.
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at
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