Can you tell me more about these couples?

Q I think this may be my late grandmother, Amy Ethel Parker, born in 1890 – I found the photograph among her things. I know she worked in the Royal Flying Corps’ stores during the First World War. Pau

Q Here is a photo (Figure 1) of my great-grandfather George Brighty Pumfrett, taken whilst he was serving as an Officer with the 17th Lancers. The image is taken from a glass plate which my father had

I was very interested to read Nicola Johnson’s article exploring the world of stokers in your January 2026 issue. My great grandfather, John Thomas Gray, was a stoker on the HMS Indomitable during the

Jon Spacie says: Here is a photograph that I inherited many years ago from a local man whose family and mine crossed in earlier times. He wrote on the face that the woman was Elizabeth Spacie born Ast

When Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, the Army numbered just over one million men, comprising both the regular forces and the part-time Territorial Army. The National Service (Armed

What began as a simple attempt to trace my paternal grandfather online has unfolded into a web of lost marriages, mysterious deaths and unexpected headlines,” says Mike Medland. Born in 1949 in India