John Plane c1883

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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 569 Send Message	robertpplane	Report	8 Feb 2008 12:59
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 569 Send Message	Thank you Lost for Words I suppose its a mystery to us why anyone would lie about their age just to join the army - but it was a very different life and world then
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 569 Send Message	robertpplane	Report	8 Feb 2008 12:31
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 569 Send Message	Does anybody know about John Plane c1883 born possibly Little Snoring, Norfolk? I cannot find him on BMD, Norfolk baptism records or for Planes in Little Snoring in the 1891 Census. Although there is a John William Plane c1886, born Fakenham Norfolk, in Little Snoring in the 1901 Census - so this could be him. I came across him because of his British Army discharge papers: he enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery as Gunner 17976 on 12/12/1903 giving his age as 19 years six months, but no middle name. He served in South Africa 1914-1916, where he caught Malaria, and Salonica 1916-1918. Medically discharged 17/02/1919, due to the Malaria, when he gave his next of kin's (wife Louisa) address in Rondebosch, Cape Town. However, the cover page gives his contact address as Little Snoring, Norfolk. Robert