20 -THE BUGLE 13th MAY 1999 The ongoing search for the family of a Boer War soldier from Brierley Hill

... born 1876 aged 15 years Harden Cooksey Jnr born 1878 aged 14 years It would appear that Thomas North is the same Thomas that appears in the 1881 Census as Thomas Cooksey aged 6 years He was in fact bom to Matilda in 1859 when she was 18 years of age and ...

Published: Thursday 13 May 1999
Newspaper: Black Country Bugle
County: West Midlands, England
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Majuba Hill

... article concerning Mr. Jelley. of Cosgrove. Undoubtedly he fought in the Zulu War, but if he was wounded at Majuba Hill in 1881 then it was caused by a Boer bullet, for the disaster of Majuba Hill occurred during the first Boer War. The Northamptons (then ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1953
Newspaper: Wolverton Express
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 84 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

HAS DRAWN PENSION FOR

... HAS DRAWN PENSION FOR iOSGROVE'S 98-years-old Mr. Thomas Jelley’s claim to the oldest survivor of the Northamptonshire Regiment appears unchallengeable. In the 1881 Battle of Majuba Hill, during the Zulu War, he received wounds his right hand. He was ...

Published: Friday 12 March 1954
Newspaper: Northampton Mercury
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 161 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

I EVENING SENTINEL Navamblr 30lh 1881 Michigan Loading Shovels For HIRE Potteries also S5A Tractor Shovel ..

... I EVENING SENTINEL Navamblr 30lh 1881 Michigan Loading Shovels For HIRE Potteries also S5A Tractor Shovel Dozers Scrapers JCB Excavators PRICE BROS ALSACER 9401 i iii ii III III No 30219 Telephone: Stoke-on-Trent 29511 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30 1961 (Regittirtd ...

Published: Thursday 30 November 1961
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 3241 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

A Party For Age. 1,

... Wednesday. IF Mrs. Marion Violet Ford. With her is Mr. Thomas Jelley. 98 Vent's old, who hails from Cosgrove. and has drawn an Army disability pension for 72 years. He fought at Majuba Hill in the first Boer War, Mrs Ford. daughter of a Welsh missionary, was ...

Published: Friday 19 February 1954
Newspaper: Wolverton Express
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 267 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HAS DRAWN PENSION FROM ARMY FOR 72 YEARS 98 To-day, Cosgrove Man Was Wounded in Zulu War

... that for 72 years Mr. Thomas Jelley, of Cosgrove, has drawn an Army disability pension. It is considered that this large number of years is probably a. record for any Service pensioner iii the country. To-day (Friday) Mr. Jelley says he will celebrate ...

Published: Friday 04 September 1953
Newspaper: Wolverton Express
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 338 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Scot who ‘heat the Wrights into air’ Dundonian was first man to conquer flight – from a bank of the Tay in 1903 ..

... who ‘heat the Wrights into air’ Dundonian was first man to conquer flight - from a bank of the Tay in 1903, say family By Thomas Peterkin THEY have gone down in history as the brothers who achieved mankind's dream of centuries - conquering the air. Orville ...

Published: Sunday 28 March 1999
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 476 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Egypt Father and Son's Pensions Record it

... Hospital, and his son, Mr. Charlie Jelley. of Ledsam Street, Wolverton. Mr. Jelley, senior, has been receiving a disability pension for the past 73 years; son Charlie a service pension since 1919. Mr. Thomas Jelley served in the Northamptonshire Regiment ...

Published: Friday 17 September 1954
Newspaper: Wolverton Express
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 375 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE DAILY MAIL THURSDAY OCTOBER 1962 THE CITY HALL 730 pm TUESDAY OCTOBER THOMAS JOHN QUIRK Eric Marjorie ..

... THE DAILY MAIL THURSDAY OCTOBER 1962 THE CITY HALL 730 pm TUESDAY OCTOBER THOMAS JOHN QUIRK Eric Marjorie McKitterick Gwen Staveley Staveley Boer ROBERT MARCHANT MARJORIE MATTHEWS H ROACH 6- 5- 4- 26 from the of Conductor LEADER TICKETS SSTABLISHED 1965 ...

Published: Thursday 11 October 1962
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: | Words: 3448 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Gaver- Anderson

... Gaver- Anderson (‘()I.()Nl-:l, Thomas Gayer- Anderson, (. M.G., D.S.O, of The Little Hall, Lavenham, who died at his home on Friday, was one of identical twin brothers born in 1881. The senior twin, Mag»r R. G. Gaver-Anderson, asha, died in Lavenham in ...

Published: Thursday 16 June 1960
Newspaper: Suffolk and Essex Free Press
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 135 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

1793; Jean Paul Marat, leader, was murdered in Corday. I

... fragette leader. hd 18! .1867: Alfred Nobel dynamite in England. 1881: Billy the Kid was 1887: Alfred Krupp. fo dynasty, died. 1904: Death of Paul Ki man and Boer leader, 1911: Terry-Thoma! comedian and actor, wi 1913: Birth of Gerald F( 1925: Woody Guthrie ...

Published: Saturday 13 July 1985
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 154 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Dates in the life of Ralph Hedley to Ann (nee Johnson) and Rich- wt Aram, Gling Wert Yorkshire, home Ann's

... work, at Elswick. 1861; enrols at local School of Art, run by William Bell Scott, and later becomes apprentice to wood carver Thomas business at 40 Dean Street with 1870: Sets up wood carving 1871: Wishart dies and Hedley moves to 11 New Bridge Street. 1874; ...

Published: Tuesday 20 November 1990
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 285 | Page: 8 | Tags: none