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Post by castanea1985 on Aug 7, 2009 23:05:28 GMT
I've just got a copy of my gt. Grandfather's orbituary and it says he was a member of King George's veterans. Does anyone know what this could be?
He died in 1970 aged 89.
Thanks
Tracy
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sandra
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Post by sandra on Aug 8, 2009 20:38:41 GMT
Hi
King George's veterans were/are a Bowling Club unless there is another King George's veterans
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Post by Gay J Oliver on Aug 8, 2009 21:13:29 GMT
I am pretty sure that Sandra is right. Wonder if they are associated with King Georges Playing Fields in Ashton?
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sandra
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Post by sandra on Aug 9, 2009 13:10:08 GMT
Gay
You may be right, it is a "Tameside" bowling club. Not being a "local" I didn't know there was a King George's playing fields in Ashton
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Post by Gerard Lodge on Aug 11, 2009 15:33:23 GMT
I do not know if there are any local connections to the King George Veterans but nationally they were servicemen who had been discharged because of wounds and other physical disabilities. They each received a silver medal. I wonder if these people were known as King George's Veterans?
Gerard
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sandra
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Post by sandra on Aug 11, 2009 18:47:38 GMT
Hi
Yes they may well have been war veterans. I just immediately thought of the bowling club as the original poster said his obit said he was a "member" of the King George's veterans which struck me as something he joined as a member.
Do you have any informtion where the records of this group of ex servicemen is kept as that would be a help to the OP
Sandra
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Post by Gerard Lodge on Aug 12, 2009 17:14:49 GMT
Hi,
I am sorry, but I do not know a lot about them other than there was a large gathering of them in Hyde Park in November 1918. King George was amongst the dignitaries that inspected them.
Gerard
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