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Troops with festive names 11 years 7 hours ago #16609

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Frank's Private Sleigh started me thinking about other troops with festive names and generated a search of the Ancestry index. I found quite a few.

The following are the number of entries so this will include many duplicate names (from the QSA, Supplementary and KSA rolls).

Sleigh - 23
Christmas - 38
Snow - 117
Present - 3
Tree - 14
Angel - 46
Nativity - 1 (WO100/229p143)
Partridge - 240
Rudolph - 25
Trimming - 4
Sprout - 2

And we cannot forget Colonel Yule (one of 48 Yules)!

Dr David Biggins

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Troops with festive names 11 years 3 hours ago #16623

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Hello David,
I think you mean, Paul's Private Sleigh!
Kind regards Frank

djb wrote: Frank's Private Sleigh started me thinking about other troops with festive names and generated a search of the Ancestry index. I found quite a few.

The following are the number of entries so this will include many duplicate names (from the QSA, Supplementary and KSA rolls).

Sleigh - 23
Christmas - 38
Snow - 117
Present - 3
Tree - 14
Angel - 46
Nativity - 1 (WO100/229p143)
Partridge - 240
Rudolph - 25
Trimming - 4
Sprout - 2

And we cannot forget Colonel Yule (one of 48 Yules)!

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Troops with festive names 11 years 2 hours ago #16625

djb Topic Author Offline Administrator Posts: 32593 Thank you received: 4946	Sorry. My mistake :0 Dr David Biggins
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Troops with festive names 11 years 2 hours ago #16627

QSAMIKE Offline Senior Member Posts: 5838 Thank you received: 1929	Many years ago, well not that many..... We had an RC Padre with our unit called Father Christmas..... Mike Life Member Past-President Calgary Military Historical Society O.M.R.S. 1591
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Troops with festive names 11 years 30 minutes ago #16629

djb Topic Author Offline Administrator Posts: 32593 Thank you received: 4946	Perfect! Dr David Biggins
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Troops with festive names 10 years 11 months ago #16634

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Don't forget the Elves, in particular 4966 Private E Elves 2nd Battalion the Northampton's!

djb wrote: Frank's Private Sleigh started me thinking about other troops with festive names and generated a search of the Ancestry index. I found quite a few.

The following are the number of entries so this will include many duplicate names (from the QSA, Supplementary and KSA rolls).

Sleigh - 23
Christmas - 38
Snow - 117
Present - 3
Tree - 14
Angel - 46
Nativity - 1 (WO100/229p143)
Partridge - 240
Rudolph - 25
Trimming - 4
Sprout - 2

And we cannot forget Colonel Yule (one of 48 Yules)!