Does anyone else, when experiencing images of a past life, either hear words or have words come to mind which are connected to the images to help recognize/understand the details of this previous life: for example the time period, the geographical location, who they were, what they did?
No.
I just know it.
When you go to a supermarket, you know which road to choose, where/when to make a left/right turn, where the nearest gas-station is, etc.
All this on a very microsopic every-day level - that's it.
There's no need for you to remind yourself all the time smth. like "I'm in Texas, in South Dallas, in January of 2022, etc.". You just know where/when you are.
If I'm a little boy or a teenager or an adult young man, an Italian marine or a Syrian slave - I know it automatically just by recalling what I have to do today, or what I have just done, etc.
Smth. like this.
All time/place calculations are done after a regression, by analyzing all the information.
Well, with some luck, you could have a look at a calendar, while still in a regression. I never did this, but I looked into a looking glass to know what I was like then - and now I know it.
IMHO.
Regards.