perce620 Posted 20 October , 2004 Share Posted 20 October , 2004 Hi If any of the pals have medals to men from Brampton cumbria this may interest you. I have approx 170 photos of the men of the village who served during WW1 they are mainly studio shots that were hung in frames in the church hall and during a clean out the frames were skipped.One of my friends in the village gave me copies of the photos (he rephotographed them all) for research. If any on wants copies I'm happy to send scans of these troops Cheers Perce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon R Posted 20 October , 2004 Share Posted 20 October , 2004 That's very interesting - I'm not from the area and don't have any real research interest in it (it'd be yet another tangent to go off on) but I do have family in Gilsland. Just out of interest, and to satisfy my curiosity: What regiment did people from the area go into? Who took and published the photographs? What dates do they cover? Where are they taken? Can we put names to faces? I'm sure there will be many people in the area interested in this material but you're probably in touch with them anyway. It's a little off the beaten track for me but I'd be interested to hear about your research. Simon (wet, dismal and deafened by rotor blades). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perce620 Posted 20 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 20 October , 2004 Hi Simon There are all sorts of regiments lots of border including 11th batt and lancashire regts The photos appear to have been donated by family during or just after the First war 1914-20 All over and all are named so all are identifiable I used to be posted just above Gilsland(Spadeadam) and now have the noise of rotors in my ears 9St Mawgan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Matthews Posted 20 October , 2004 Share Posted 20 October , 2004 Hi Perce I'd be interested in details of any Grenadier Guardsmen amongst the collection. Do you know if there are any plans to publish the photographs in a book/pamphlet commemorating the men of Brampton who served during the Great War? Best wishes Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon R Posted 27 October , 2004 Share Posted 27 October , 2004 Just a quick one: anyone by the name of Baxter in those photos? (as in Birdoswald/Kiln Hill if you know the area). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perce620 Posted 27 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 27 October , 2004 hi Guys in answer to the questions the does'nt appear to be any grenadier guards in the bunch. I hope to put all theimages on cd with any relevant information in the near future and I believe there are a couple of Baxters in the bunch will check the photos in the morning (they're at work)and I spent 7 yrs at Spade so know the area fairly well Cheers Perce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perce620 Posted 28 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 28 October , 2004 HI Simon Found a G M Baxter in the photo's he's a L/Cpl cant quite read his shoulder titles but will try and blow the photo up later Cheers Perce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Matthews Posted 28 October , 2004 Share Posted 28 October , 2004 Hi Perce Many thanks for looking! Cheers Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon R Posted 6 November , 2004 Share Posted 6 November , 2004 That's great, thanks for looking! I've no idea if your Baxter is my Baxter but given the area I'd guess it was likely. Many thanks, Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perce620 Posted 6 November , 2004 Author Share Posted 6 November , 2004 Simon away on a course for a few days-if you want when I'm back I'll email you the photo Perce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon R Posted 8 November , 2004 Share Posted 8 November , 2004 Marvellous, much appreciated, that'd be great thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perce620 Posted 16 November , 2004 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2004 Simon Back from course if you send email address will send you the Baxter photo Cheers Perce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perce620 Posted 17 November , 2004 Author Share Posted 17 November , 2004 Simon Photos on its way Perce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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