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  1. Sue McGowan

    Royal Engineers, Waterways And Railways Division, Ww1

    Dear Janice, Thankyou for showing such interest and between you and Maurice I think we'll find out what happened to Frank! There are living relatives of his and there is a Susan Whitting who lives in Palm Beach, Natal. I emailed her a few months ago but no reply. I'm forwarding my email as it...
  2. Sue McGowan

    Royal Engineers, Waterways And Railways Division, Ww1

    Dear Ray, thanks for showing interest in the elusive Frank! It's good to have information verified! Sue.
  3. Sue McGowan

    Royal Engineers, Waterways And Railways Division, Ww1

    Hi! You'll see two messages from me as I thought the first one hadn't gone through! Sue.
  4. Sue McGowan

    Royal Engineers, Waterways And Railways Division, Ww1

    Dear Maurice and Janice, I've been out of the loop for a few days on my 77 hr. night shift this week and I'm So pleased with all that you've found! The newspaper cutting about Frank and two other soldiers who went AWOL just before Christmas 1915 is intriguing - could they have come up to...
  5. Sue McGowan

    Royal Engineers, Waterways And Railways Division, Ww1

    Dear Maurice and "Master Brummie"! I've been out of the loop for a few days as I'm in the middle of my 77 hrs week night shift! Thankyou So much for all your Brilliant detective work and at last I know Frank was in the area at the right time. The newspaper cutting on Frank and two other soldiers...
  6. Sue McGowan

    Royal Engineers, Waterways And Railways Division, Ww1

    Dear Maurice, thankyou for looking into this for me and you've been such a help in helping to narrow things down! If I find any more about what happened I'll let you know, best wishes Sue. ' '
  7. Sue McGowan

    Royal Engineers, Waterways And Railways Division, Ww1

    Dear Maurice, thankyou for looking into this for me! I thought that Frank might have settled in South Africa but maybe not so! I don't always have time to spend looking into this but you've been Such a help! just to let you know I work long hours for H.M.P. Onley near Rugby and finished last...
  8. Sue McGowan

    Royal Engineers, Waterways And Railways Division, Ww1

    Hello Maurice! Thanks for keeping in touch! I'm hoping someone knows whether the R.E's were in the Garrison Lane area December 1915. It would narrow my search no end! I went to Birmingham Central Library yesterday to see if I could find out more but they have virtually nothing on WW1! They were...
  9. Sue McGowan

    Royal Engineers, Waterways And Railways Division, Ww1

    Hello Maurice, thanks for your interest! I'm having difficulty finding any records of military personnel in the Garrison Lane area during WW1! If anyone has information on this it would be great as I'm using a process of elimination to find if Frank Whitting was around in December 1915. If he...
  10. Sue McGowan

    Royal Engineers, Waterways And Railways Division, Ww1

    I'm trying to find out if a company of R.E's were based in the Garrison Lane area particularly in December 1915. I'm looking for a soldier, Frank Whitting, 168591, later WR200291.
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