Another Response from the last Newsletter

My note is actually prompted by the report from Rev Mary Janet Murray. In Jack's News from Oxford, Mary Janet is quoted as mentioning a relative Thomas Blencowe, reputedly a WWI pilot possibly in the Royal Canadian Air Force. I thought I would do some checking on two sites I have been using for some WWI research on other lines. The sites are Library and Archives Canada which has a searchable database Soldiers of the First World War with free images of attestation papers http://www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html and Veterans Affairs Canada which has published the Books of Remembrance honouring Canadians who fought in wars and died as a result http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/books .

I searched both databases using wildcards for spelling variations and did not find a Thomas Blencowe. However, I did find a number of other Blencowes etc., and wonder if you would be interested in a summary of Canadian Blencowes in WWI for the newsletter. I have checked back a couple of years in the newsletter and do not think this is a repeat of something already published. Marilyn Astle

Marilyn's letter leads nicely into my next article which I hope many of you will want to participate in.