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Can you decipher this surname?

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ShowOfHands · 11/03/2023 20:39

A friend and I were looking at some graffiti today and couldn't decide what this says. Any ideas?

Can you decipher this surname?
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Zebedee999 · 11/03/2023 22:08

Where did you see this?

MaidOfSteel · 11/03/2023 22:25

I thought the surname looks like Durning.

Surely2023IsTheYearForMyRainbowBaby · 11/03/2023 22:41

Disnig or Dinsnig is what I can make out

SoupDragon · 11/03/2023 22:55

I thought Dusnery. I'm sure it's a y at the end rather than g

Wearingatshirt · 11/03/2023 23:38

mamnotmum · 11/03/2023 20:48

Dusney.

This

ShowOfHands · 12/03/2023 11:15

About as much consensus as with my friend and our children!

It's at an English Heritage Property in East Anglia.

I have searched Ancestry and the Commonwealth War Commission. There are a few potential matches for a few potential surnames. For example, 3 records for a Pte A Disney.

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ShowOfHands · 12/03/2023 11:45

Found him!

It's Pte A Disney and he lived around 20 miles away from where I am 🙂

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ShowOfHands · 12/03/2023 12:05

Pretty sure it's this chap, own signature on his wedding certificate. He survived military service in ww1 and his son served just down the road from where I live and was sadly killed in ww2.

Can you decipher this surname?
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PuttingDownRoots · 12/03/2023 13:00

Was the property used by the Army at all?

ShowOfHands · 12/03/2023 14:07

PuttingDownRoots · 12/03/2023 13:00

Was the property used by the Army at all?

No. It's a 1000yr old ruin!

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