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Captain William "Billy" Flack
Edmund Flack
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11/11/2015
Captain William "Billy" Flack
A photo of Captain William "Billy" Flack. Commissioned into the 5th Royal Lancashire Militia in 1875, previously Colour Sergeant in 63rd Regiment of Foot. Born 1 April 1810 in Bailieborough, Cavan, Ireland
Date & Place: in Burnley, Lancashire County, England United Kingdom
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Photo of AncientFaces AncientFaces
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11/16/2015
He’s smiling! Captain William “Billy” Flack taken in Lancashire County, England in 1875 when he was commissioned into the 5th Royal Lancashire Militia.
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Photo of Rachael Rawson Rachael Rawson
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11/16/2015
Love his smile! Proud!
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Photo of Tom Armstrong Tom Armstrong
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11/16/2015
Surprise pictures taken back then , nobody ever smiled
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Photo of Kimberly Hannen-Myers Kimberly Hannen-Myers
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11/16/2015
Great find
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Photo of Anna Feliciano Anna Feliciano
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11/16/2015
Love this face!
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Photo of Mary Ruessing Mary Ruessing
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11/16/2015
Great picture
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Photo of Susan Peters Susan Peters
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11/16/2015
Great photo
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Photo of Mary Mcneilly Goodall Mary Mcneilly Goodall
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11/16/2015
I love this. I have Photo's of my Family right back to 1850s.
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Photo of Patrice LiNuci Patrice LiNuci
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11/16/2015
He is likeable!
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Photo of Peter Vance Peter Vance
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11/16/2015
He was quite the rebel with that smirk.most photos I see of this era people are pretty solemn, though he did just get a commission I guess.
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Photo of Jim Retzer Jim Retzer
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11/16/2015
So rare to see a photo of that period with anyone smiling.
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Photo of Randall Henhawk Randall Henhawk
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11/16/2015
Looks like Bill Murray.
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Photo of Cheryl Arent-Vargo Cheryl Arent-Vargo
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11/16/2015
My very first thought
Photo of Terri Allen Terri Allen
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11/16/2015
Nice one.
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Photo of Mona Helal Mona Helal
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11/16/2015
Time of hand made suites......
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Photo of Stevie Starr Stevie Starr
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11/16/2015
Very cool.
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Photo of Kimberley A Smith-Cooper Kimberley A Smith-Cooper
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11/16/2015
Love it!
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Photo of Judith McNutt Judith McNutt
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11/16/2015
Pleasant looking gent
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Photo of Linda Gamez Linda Gamez
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11/16/2015
They didn't smile they had bad teeth in them days
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Photo of Linda Vance Linda Vance
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11/16/2015
Maybe by 1875 the photog didn't have to have a long exposure time. I've read that is the reason why people didn't smile in early photos. It was hard to hold a smile for the time needed to get a good pic.
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Photo of Jane Shirto Jane Shirto
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11/16/2015
I love the clothes
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Photo of Diane Fox Diane Fox
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11/16/2015
Very nice.
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11/16/2015
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Photo of Genoa Woods Genoa Woods
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11/16/2015
Poor guy, looks kinda poor.
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Photo of Elisha Mary Fear Elisha Mary Fear
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11/16/2015
Yay a smile ! What a rareity :) love this
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Photo of Joan Ross Jenkins Joan Ross Jenkins
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11/16/2015
Love these old pictures and stories. Thank you.
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Photo of Willy Dereany Willy Dereany
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11/16/2015
Love old photos
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Photo of Richard Milne Richard Milne
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11/16/2015
His smile is natural... nothing worse than frozen smile
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Photo of Lorraine Monshing Lorraine Monshing
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11/16/2015
I find this type of smile is easy to hold , when I'm shopping or at a function I do it , to be more friendly ..... It works wonders 😐
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Photo of Kelly Jennings Woodall Kelly Jennings Woodall
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11/16/2015
Back them a smile in a picture was few and far between. Glad to see this smile😆😆😆
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Photo of Elaine Freeman Elaine Freeman
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11/16/2015
Looks like Bill Murray
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Photo of Brenda Ash Brenda Ash
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11/16/2015
Jolly soul... my Grandparents were from Lancashire too. I see Burnley at the bottom of the pic, my Great Aunt lived Burnley.
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Photo of Susan Schloss Susan Schloss
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11/16/2015
By golly, by gum, he IS smiling!!Great photo of a charming risk-taker!
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11/17/2015
Love to see all these photos and stories.
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Photo of Avay York Evans Avay York Evans
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11/17/2015
Handsome man indeed*~
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Photo of Linda Sager Linda Sager
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11/18/2015
Doesn't look combat ready
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Photo of Pieter Bismeijer Pieter Bismeijer
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11/18/2015
I have 24 people with the name William Flack, Yet none born in Ireland so I will have to give this gentleman a miss.
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Photo of Ted Flack Ted Flack
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03/30/2016
Billy Flack's granddaughter, my great Aunt Lucy Flack, wrote that he was "the hansomest man in Burnley". He had served a total of 21 years in the 63rd Regiment of Foot in Ireland, Australia and India, rising from recruit to Regimental Colour Sergeant before being commissioned as a Captain in the Militia.
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11/16/2015
Always good be a sicko in the midst.
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William Flack born Apr 1, 1810 Bailieborough, Ireland
William Flack was born on April 1, 1810 in Bailieborough, Cavan County Ireland. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Flack.
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