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Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine

19 September, 2023

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What regiment was james athey hunt in during ww1?

Q My great uncle, James Athey Hunt (here seated on the left), was from Stocktonon-Tees and would have been 18 in February 1916. He was at Salisbury Plain during the First World War, but I have no idea

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How can i find out what william smith was doing before 1893?

Q I can’t find any information about my great grandfather, William Smith (1871–1907), before 1893. In the 1901 census, he declares himself to be William Thompson, a “Traveller CT”, born in Scotland. H

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