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georgeous · 16-08-2008, 12:25 AM

Thanks. I can't get to Kew....is there any way of browsing these?

Tom Canning · 16-08-2008, 01:26 AM

The medal ribbons look like WW! ......? Cap badge is very odd .....press studded div insignia - not unusual for easy washing in hot climes.....female looks colonial....that's about it though - Captain in 40's has to be a regular....Army list should be studied.
Cheers

georgeous · 16-08-2008, 08:28 AM

Thanks again... regular means "regular army list" in Kew?
I just don't know how to start being the other side of the world.... does anyone do 'lookups? or is there anyone I can write to who would retrieve records given I'm not even 100% positive about the date of birth, let alone other details?

georgeous · 16-08-2008, 08:29 AM

I forgot to add he was Scottish, but seems to have immigrated to India in the 1920s.

Tom Canning · 16-08-2008, 08:58 AM

Georgeous - can't help you at Kew as I am living in Western Canada - will be three - hopefully for Christmas !

Donnie · 16-08-2008, 10:00 AM

Hi,

Could you give us his name?....then you could check the London Gazette for promotions....which would tell you regiment....with regards to the medal ribbons...first is definately ww1 British War medal...second is India General Service Medal 1908-1935 and the last one is a hard one....will look later...

Donnie

georgeous · 17-08-2008, 04:19 AM

Thanks. Would it be usual to wear WW1 medals ribbons post war? perhaps it was just for the photo.

His name was Cecil Philip Ross. He should have been born about 1890 in Scotland.

Tom Canning · 17-08-2008, 04:56 AM

Georgeous -
Once medals have been awarded - they can be worn at any time - even on your pyjamas ! - so he would have been around 50 in WW2 and an admin job would have been the right task for him - can you button down his birthplace ? Cecil is not usually a Scottish name and if he were anything but Catholic - shouild be easy to trace as Catholics were "non persons" from 1570 until 1829 and records are sketchy...

georgeous · 27-08-2008, 12:16 AM

Birth place, probably Glasgow...I also think I found an immigration record in 1918 of him on the Empress of Russia, leaving van couver. But there are a few people about at that time named Cecil P Ross

georgeous · 04-09-2008, 06:09 AM

while this is a ww2 forum I was also wondering if someone can help interpret the following WW1 medal card. There were a couple of possibilities for "C. Ross" on ancestry at the library, and I think this one MIGHT match the person I'm searching for..... does this card show only 1 medal given? why would that be? is it the British war medal that might match the ribbons on the photo?

16-08-2008, 10:00 AM	#16 (permalink)
Donnie A Chosen Man Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: England Posts: 445	Hi, Could you give us his name?....then you could check the London Gazette for promotions....which would tell you regiment....with regards to the medal ribbons...first is definately ww1 British War medal...second is India General Service Medal 1908-1935 and the last one is a hard one....will look later... Donnie __________________ Swift & Bold My website www.freewebs.com/dswgreatwar Dedicated to all of my family who fought and fell

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16-08-2008, 12:25 AM	#11 (permalink)
georgeous Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 14	Thanks. I can't get to Kew....is there any way of browsing these?

16-08-2008, 01:26 AM	#12 (permalink)
Tom Canning WW2 Veteran Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 647	The medal ribbons look like WW! ......? Cap badge is very odd .....press studded div insignia - not unusual for easy washing in hot climes.....female looks colonial....that's about it though - Captain in 40's has to be a regular....Army list should be studied. Cheers

16-08-2008, 08:28 AM	#13 (permalink)
georgeous Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 14	Thanks again... regular means "regular army list" in Kew? I just don't know how to start being the other side of the world.... does anyone do 'lookups? or is there anyone I can write to who would retrieve records given I'm not even 100% positive about the date of birth, let alone other details?

16-08-2008, 08:29 AM	#14 (permalink)
georgeous Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 14	I forgot to add he was Scottish, but seems to have immigrated to India in the 1920s.

16-08-2008, 08:58 AM	#15 (permalink)
Tom Canning WW2 Veteran Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 647	Georgeous - can't help you at Kew as I am living in Western Canada - will be three - hopefully for Christmas !

17-08-2008, 04:19 AM	#17 (permalink)
georgeous Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 14	Thanks. Would it be usual to wear WW1 medals ribbons post war? perhaps it was just for the photo. His name was Cecil Philip Ross. He should have been born about 1890 in Scotland.

17-08-2008, 04:56 AM	#18 (permalink)
Tom Canning WW2 Veteran Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 647	Georgeous - Once medals have been awarded - they can be worn at any time - even on your pyjamas ! - so he would have been around 50 in WW2 and an admin job would have been the right task for him - can you button down his birthplace ? Cecil is not usually a Scottish name and if he were anything but Catholic - shouild be easy to trace as Catholics were "non persons" from 1570 until 1829 and records are sketchy...

27-08-2008, 12:16 AM	#19 (permalink)
georgeous Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 14	Birth place, probably Glasgow...I also think I found an immigration record in 1918 of him on the Empress of Russia, leaving van couver. But there are a few people about at that time named Cecil P Ross

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