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Look Up - The Noble 24th by Norman Holme - William Sims
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Posts : 3320Join date : 2009-03-03Location : Devon Subject: Look Up - The Noble 24th by Norman Holme - William Sims Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:43 am Hi All If anyone has a copy of "The Noble 24th by Norman Holme" could they please help with an entry. I am interested in 2266 Corporal William Sims, 2nd Battalion and what says about him. Many thanks Andy
SRB1965
Posts : 902Join date : 2017-05-13Age : 58Location : Uttoxeter - the last place God made and he couldn't be bothered to finish it..... Subject: Re: Look Up - The Noble 24th by Norman Holme - William Sims Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:04 pm Hi, I'll look it up and get back to you this evening Cheers Simon
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Posts : 3320Join date : 2009-03-03Location : Devon Subject: Re: Look Up - The Noble 24th by Norman Holme - William Sims Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:33 pm
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Posts : 10677Join date : 2009-04-07Age : 66Location : Melbourne, Australia Subject: The Noble 24th by Norman Holme - William Sims Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:51 pm Hi Andy
Sent it to you via Messenger , it's a decent write up !. Saved Sime a typing Job !
90th
SRB1965
Posts : 902Join date : 2017-05-13Age : 58Location : Uttoxeter - the last place God made and he couldn't be bothered to finish it..... Subject: Re: Look Up - The Noble 24th by Norman Holme - William Sims Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:57 pm Hope you can see this - if not I will transcribe it
Ta
Simon
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SRB1965
Posts : 902Join date : 2017-05-13Age : 58Location : Uttoxeter - the last place God made and he couldn't be bothered to finish it..... Subject: Re: Look Up - The Noble 24th by Norman Holme - William Sims Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:57 pm
SRB1965
Posts : 902Join date : 2017-05-13Age : 58Location : Uttoxeter - the last place God made and he couldn't be bothered to finish it..... Subject: Re: Look Up - The Noble 24th by Norman Holme - William Sims Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:59 pm Though to be honest, I wasn't going anywhere today.......
1879graves
Posts : 3320Join date : 2009-03-03Location : Devon Subject: Re: Look Up - The Noble 24th by Norman Holme - William Sims Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:53 pm Thank you Gentlemen
Now that is very interesting.
(reference A89086, WO116).
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Some of the information matches and others do not.
Looks like more researched needed.
Andy
Julian Whybra
Posts : 3282Join date : 2011-09-12Location : Billericay, Essex Subject: Re: Look Up - The Noble 24th by Norman Holme - William Sims Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:17 am Graves Thank you for this post. Holmes would have been the first to congratulate you. He was an excellent researcher but like the rest of us was not perfect. There are a number of errors in the Noble 24th. Well done for correcting this one.
1879graves
Posts : 3320Join date : 2009-03-03Location : Devon Subject: Re: Look Up - The Noble 24th by Norman Holme - William Sims Wed Apr 08, 2020 7:03 pm Hi Julian I agree with you "like the rest of us not perfect". With modern research methods we can still update things and contribute to history for the benefit of all. Andy
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