Genealogy Chat

just found tonight on ebay,275081 W H GOODSHIP SAPPER R.E AND SON 1522399, P I GOODSHIP WW2, LIVED AT 53 ALDRIDGE RD VILLAS ,WESTBOURN PARK LONDON W II THEY ARE GETTING SOLD TOGETHER, 6days to find family. any one know the names?

new names, PTE F HOARE 242380 LIVERPOOL REG [ WO 329/822 medal card number.] PTE 13494 G H COSELEY ROYAL W ,SHIRE REG MERCANTILE MARINE A ANDERSON PTE K WILSHER R RIF C P E VECK R N GNR J HARRAGAN R A F PTE H LAWRENCE, BEDFORD REG SCOTT, ROYAL SCOTS IT SEEMS THE ARMY HAD REGIMENT NUMBERS AS WELL, SO I ONLY COPY WHAT INFO IS GIVEN.TONY

Hi Kat, Iv tried what you said but all im getting is a page with some pictures of medals .no names is this what it should be? Christine

hi kat, dull and damp ,sea flat,email on its way.tony

hi christine, dont forget your GOOGLE. just type in whatever your looking for and it should throw up. as it were....links to watever your interested in.... read the web site address below the link first , it will give you a clue to wether its (safe) to enter or not. ( some porn sites etc. try to trick you in...)

Hello Could someone tell me how i can view the medals on ebay Thank you Christine

hi ..tony by the sea.. is it calm or rough 2day?? i have a long, long list of medals, items (letters, watches, photos) some names i quickly jotted... SMEATON royal navy reserves GREEN arthur edward (52 sagan terrace fleetwood lanks (master mariner birkenhead) dob 16/2/81 (1881?) ive had the link copied for some time..tony steven tarling ? anyone else that is a wiz with cutting and pasting your welcome for a copy.. if your folks SHOULD be on there at least you'd get a close up coloured copy of the rows of medals these men and women shed blood for, as well as some with their i.d photo's and family shots- faces clearly shown! and the ships ,air craft,service collegues they were with. some have their full life accomplishments, way they died ,where their burried, lived- good luck kathleen...(either pass your email to me or message from gr) xx

I wonder how they come to be on ebay. I guess in some cases maybe they have no children and they end up in house clearance. My brother was promised the war medals by our grandad (he is the oldest grandchild). When he died, my Nan gave them to our younger cousin. Then my dad had his father's medals professionally mounted and his brother got hold of them. I really do hope that those who have them treasure them. I can't see our younger cousin having children to pass them on to though.

hi vivienne,no problem i will keep a look out for you,and update as and when new names come up,tony

Thanks Stephen & Tony No names that mean anything to me but I am off to a meeting of The Somerset Light Infantry Association tonight,I will draw their attention to the list. I couldn't see any Som. LI on the list but some of our members were also in the Durham LI & the KOYLI which I could see. I would be grateful if you do see any Somerset if you could add them to the thread Thanks again, you're stars Vivienne

new today pte e jackson asc m2 265061 driver 201577 f sewell r e dm2 195398 pte r f evans asc dm2 164756 p j ritchie asc dm2 170749 pte stevenson asc m2 180658 pte r cessford asc m2 152587 cpl h w candy asc 35771 spr w g saunders r e 5042 pte f conlin dod 18-3-1919 connaught rangers irish reg dr clark r a m c park royal hospital 1922 charles stubbs police sp con spr e eperson 144605 r e, plus one selling his own grandfathers medals, one sad person tony

death plaque,george maynard,on militaria,

Carol (in sometimes Glorious Somerset): Many thanks for that great tip. I tried it with some of these names and it works sometimes, but you probably also need to include the 'Collectables' category (the sub-category 'Militaria' contains a lot of the medals as well). If you have a common surname (or a surname that is a word) you get swamped, but with an advanced search you could try: must contain both 'surname' and 'medal'. So many thanks for that tip. Onwards and backwards...

thanks gwyneth, just hope someone gets their relations medals back.tony

Tony and Stephen Thank you for your efforts to reunite these medals with their families. Nothing is connected to me but I've posted a message on General Board to alert people.

yesterday 325 items,today 350,plus a death plaque for a alfred grady. info for this item you can email dealer , i dont know if the persons regiment and number are on the plaque , tony

when you click on the 'see other items' that these collectors, or dealers have for sale you also can find a great many post cards with love notes to their english sweet hearts, from service men/ woman abroad during ww1 & 2. some have photos of themselves complete in uniform there was some with pretty unique names too! I was looking at them here online in usa. i will check with you if your ebay has the same items for sale.as here. i'll post a few names too ...tomorrow (your today! ) cheers x k x

Tony and Stepen You have both gone to a lot of trouble about these medals. Do not know a quick way to get at possible ancestors, but a list like this is really invaluable, a pity it would be too late for any Family History Mags. Sadly none of mine on there. I only hope that someone gets some benefit from your hard work. Janet

steven ,i think we just have brought it to the attention of relatives, and its sad lots of medals where sold just to put food on the table, hard times , and thanks again for getting them on the board. tony

You could try searching for names by first browsing from Coins then Historical Medals/ Medallions. Enter the name you are looking for in the search box, then tick the box for search title and description.