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P is for Prize Money (and Pensions) When I think of acknowledgement or reward for military service I tend to think of medals.  I had not heard of Prize Money until I came across it in my great-grandfather's record as mentioned in this post. Pappalardo informs us that: It was considerably cheaper for the navy to make use of captured ships rather than build new ones. (p. 127) See!  Recycling has been around for ages! Crews that captured enemy ships were rewarded with prize money.  Y ou can check ADM 238 for Prize Money Lists . You can access British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records, 1704-1919 on Find My Past here but you need to have a World Subscription at £13 per month or 60 credits at £6.95 which lasts 3 months (the record would cost 10 credits). You should also note that they only include the following as per here: The National Archives series included in this collection are as follows: ADM 6 / 223-320...

Gramps This is the next photo in the February Photo Collage Festival dreamt up by the lovely Julie at Angler's Rest and cleverly named by the lovely Pauleen at Family HIstory Across the seas. Okay - let's have a change of gender. This photograph is obviously a copy of a copy. It bears the simple word "Gramps" on the back of it. I am assuming it is Edwin Conner - my father's grandfather - because of the uniform and it's in my paternal grandmother's family album. Edwin was born Christmas Day 1869 at 46 Albert Street, Portsea Island, Southampton in England and died in the Greycliffe disaster in Sydney Harbour 3 November 1927 at the age of 57 - nearly 58.  He was buried in the Methodist section of South Head Cemetery by a Salvation Army Minister.  There is a memorial page which I have just discovered on Find A Grave here . The newspapers said he lived at 58 Salisbury Street Watson's Bay. However his death certificate says he...