Category Archives: Family History

Royal Navy Air Service

FindMyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) have just released some RAF service records (1912 – 1939). I found my paternal grandfather’s records. He was in the Royal Navy Air Services in 1916 and this merged with the Royal Flying Corps in 1918 to become … Continue reading

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Tessa Boffin exhibition

Tessa Boffin (1960 – 1993), the former University of the Creative Arts photography lecturer, who, before her death in 1993, produced work in response to the HIV and AIDS crisis. I’ve been told that an exhibition on ‘Cross dressing through the … Continue reading

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Myrtle Baughen Thanksgiving Service

Caryl and I were fortunate to attend the Thanksgiving Service for Myrtle Baughen at St James Clerkenwell, London last Saturday. Myrtle was the wife of Michael Baughen, the former Bishop of Chester, and passed away on 2nd January. The occasion … Continue reading

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Boffin/Baughan Charlbury, Oxon to India link

FindMyPast have recently released some records associated with the British in India and linked areas e.g. Rangoon (Burma or Myanmar) is included. I’ve started to go through some of these and found the following link with the Charlbury Boffins/Baughans. George … Continue reading

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