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Photo GCHIL 1 Please contact Gordon Childs at > GordonChilds@compuserve.com Gordon
wrote the following about this photograph, "This is of a group of
personnel from the ISLE OF WIGHT RIFLES - presumably taken on the IOW sometime
in the early 1900's. The person marked with a cross is my relative, CAPTAIN
HENRY LININGTON (1861-1942), but I have no knowledge of the other faces. Capt.
Henry Linington T.D. (full name Henry Augustus James Linington) joined the Volunteers when MAJOR DUDLEY
HAMBROUGH was commandant and was quickly promoted sergeant. In 1907 he was
asked to accept a commission, but declined due to business pressures.
Subsequently, he was promoted Lieutenant and, soon afterwards, Captain. On
retiring in 1921, after forty years' service, he was awarded the Territorial
Decoration. He was an excellent rifle shot and was presented with his first
prize in 1879 by Mrs Hambrough
at
Can you help Gordon with any extra information about Captain Linington ?
Perhaps you recognise one of his comrades
?
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Gordon has a keen interest in identifying and dating old photographs, and he has built a great web site and has
started to compile a database of early
Photo ANH 1 Please contact Andrew Harland at > andrew@skipsea.screaming.net This interesting photograph (and the following
two) was taken by Andrew's uncle who was a merchant seamen, and lost his life
in WW2. Andrew believes that the photographs may well have been taken in
Do you recognise the uniforms of any of the soldiers ? Can you confirm or contradict the Spanish Civil
war theory please ?
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