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Smiller

Medals Given To Ambulance Drivers In Second World War In London

My granddad name was Edward Janeway lived in Peckham London
16:15 Wed 14th Nov 20187 answers, last by retrocop 16:28 Wed 14th Nov 2018
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bainbrig

Why Did We Shoot Spies?

Why did we execute spies? What harm could they do once we’d locked them up? Why didn’t we treat them like other POWs? Was it just habit?...
21:26 Sun 11th Nov 201893 answers, last by Kromovaracun 11:48 Tue 13th Nov 2018
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Babypoohbear1

Pope Gregory Ix Inquistion

June 1233 pope Gregory ix
15:44 Sun 11th Nov 20187 answers, last by CrapAtCryptics 15:59 Sun 11th Nov 2018
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norfolkbird

Are There Any Free Ancestry Sites,

I want to find out my grandads WW1 war records. I know he was in the RFA as a driver. But would like to know what regiment he was in , i believe he was mentioned in dispatches. I would like to find...
16:02 Fri 09th Nov 20189 answers, last by 10ClarionSt 21:35 Tue 13th Nov 2018
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ordbrae

Words On Brass Box

I will be grateful if any one can tell me what the words on the lid of the boxes given to servicemen on Christmas day 1914
17:23 Mon 05th Nov 201810 answers, last by Buenchico 22:03 Mon 05th Nov 2018
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mikeymonkey

George Iii Silver Hallmark

Does anyone know why George III's head faces to the left in 1785 and 1786 then reverses to the right? Perhaps the first two years were a mistake!
15:54 Tue 30th Oct 20182 answers, last by mikeymonkey 16:28 Wed 31st Oct 2018

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