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Comment by Ronald Drysdale on June 30, 2024 at 16:07

Hi Russell,

You previously asked about Military connections to Sir William Drysdale of Pittenchar and gave me a link to Lieutenant-General Sir William Drysdale KCB.

https://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/9thlancersdrysdale.htm

It seems that this gentleman was the nephew of Sir William - via his brother Major James Drysdale:

National Library of Scotland - British Military lists

https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/103821054?mod...

There is also another military gentleman of note in this family line (yet another William) - a Lt. Col. William Drysdale - who was the great nephew of Sir William, via his brother John Drysdale of Kilrie. He died in France in WW1 in the battle of the Somme:

He has an interesting web page on the find-a-grave website (2 separate entries) which also includes details of his son - Wing Commander James Kenneth Montague Drysdale who died in WW2 when his wellington Bomber was shot down during a raid on Le Havre in France in 1941

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15290555/william_w-drysdale

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211190436/william-drysdale

https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/106547

https://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=69141

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56318616/james-kenneth_montague...

Best regards

Comment by William Douglas on June 29, 2024 at 15:30

https://www.insider.co.uk/news/east-scotland-growers-merges-rk-3002...
East of Scotland Growers merges with R&K Drysdales

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on June 25, 2024 at 13:54

After numerous consultations with Ronald,3 letters to Lauren and 1 to Harold B  Lee library at BYU, 4 more to F.A.G. support-the powers that be transferred Sir William Drysdale memorial to myself. William or Ronald- what have you seen as far as his Military standing ? I am currently working from my cellphone- no power.

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on June 19, 2024 at 17:34

As I said Harold b Lee at BYU  from the top down... one has to accept messages last I read the rules on there.

Comment by Ronald Drysdale on June 19, 2024 at 15:29

Russell

I thought I would contact Lauren on Find-a-Grave to check how my suggested edits were progressing, but it seems that she is no longer accepting messages. 

It would appear that Lauren has decided to stick with her position and is battening down the hatches.

So I thought I would upload Sir William's official ScotlandsPeople burial record to the Find-a-Grave website. This record shows that Sir William Drysdale died from Dysentery in 1843 at the age of 62. 

Best regards

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on June 15, 2024 at 15:41

Ronald I put in a request to Findagrave on Thursday [06/13/2024] right after yours. They seem to be ''processing a backlog''          Thank you for contacting Find a Grave.
 
We have received your email. We're currently processing a backlog and will get back to you as soon as possible. In the meantime, please check out our support site, which has detailed instructional articles and answers to frequently asked questions. Thanks for your patience and understanding!

So I wrote support as well- and the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU.

Comment by Ronald Drysdale on June 13, 2024 at 13:17

Hi,

I've just now put in a request to Find-a-Grave to amend William Drysdale's Birth date, this request is now 'pending', I've also uploaded ScotlandsPeople birth and death records and the 1841 Census as 'photos' to this site. So we can see what happens next. Give it a week or two.

Regards   

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on June 13, 2024 at 12:38

One or two guys making noise about this won't cut it. With Billion Graves or Findagrave, Family Search uses findagrave, I have no access to FS, Ronald you do however- I would suggest a composition of facts , and an email from Douglas Archives , CDSNA , Drysdale Archives letter to Brigham Young University pointing out that their International Non-Profit Organization is spreading mis-information found on findagrave and billion graves. I know they [ LDS ]have told lie after lie about my immediate family-but thats my axe to grind, this campaign of disinformation needs to stop. American Tax dollars fund this FS.We can include a few senators Cc just so they get the point.

Comment by Ronald Drysdale on June 12, 2024 at 18:31

Hi Russell,

Maybe if you provide some additional evidence supporting the 1781 birth date the powers at Find-a-Grave will deign to reconsider (or maybe not!)

I have enclosed 2 files for your info:

1841 scottish census showing Wm Drysdale aged 60 living at Royal Circus Edin.

1781 birth record for Williamm Drysdale at Kirkaldy, Fife.

A link to an article about William Drysdales family at 8 Royal Circus Edinburgh with the following detail: " .....He was the fourth son of Sir William Drysdale (1781-1843) and his mother was Elizabeth Pew, or Lady Drysdale......."

https://hermes-ir.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/hermes/ir/re/8465/HJsoc0100100450...

William%20Drysdale%20aged%2060%20plus%20family%20in%201841%20scotti...

William%20DRYSDALE%20baptism%20parents%20WILLIAM%20DRYSDALE-ANNA%20...

Regards

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on June 11, 2024 at 22:52

William Douglas,I concur with your findings,

I have as well sent a suggestion to the person managing Sir William Drysdales memorial on find a grave -and your suggestion was noted , but the birth day month and year have been locked by the person who controls it. - In my eyes the book references many other people whereas the stone is a singular representation , made by a craftsman, with pay dependent on end product, and math never hurts... been over a month and no acknowledgement of the request even being recieved. 

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