Pte William Bell, 2-3rd Foot

Subject: Pte William Bell, 2-3rd Foot Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:31 pm

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Idea

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1879Graves. Where is says wounded. what does that say in the column,

Subject: Re: Pte William Bell, 2-3rd Foot Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:22 pm

24th wrote:: 1879Graves. Where is says wounded. what does that say in the column,

24th, I believe it says "No"

Posts : 3380 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon

Hi 24th

Tasker224 is correct - It says No

Subject: Pvt.William Bell 2 / 3rd. Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:35 am

Hi 1879Graves .
At the best of times I struggle with Victorian Documents as you well know . :lol!: :lol!: . But I cant see '' No '' , it seems to me to be
''Nil '' if anything !. Shocked

. Even that seems not quite right . Idea

. What do the rest of you think ? . I was
even thinking it may be a lost Victorian word or Abbreviation for no or nil or someother to signify no or nil . Now I'm getting confused !!!!!.
cheers 90th. Idea

Subject: Re: Pte William Bell, 2-3rd Foot Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:46 pm

90th, i think we have No, Nil and Nil descending.
If you look at "effects of wounds", which says "Nil", pop your thumb over the "il" of "Nil" and see the ornate shape of the "N" which this Victorian hand has written. Look above at where it says "wounds" on the form and discern the "N" that has been written in. The only letter that follows that is clearly an "o".

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Hi All

Have a look at the rest of the record and you will see there are two NO's.

As Tasker says

Quote :: ornate shape of the "N" which this Victorian hand has written.

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