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    Private Edward John Ray (46267) - 2nd and later 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment

    Hi Michael, Thank you for the tip. I now have a copy of his informal will.
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    Wheatsheaf Inn - Dudley Road

    My great uncle (Joseph Smith) and aunt (Rosina Gertrude Checkley) ran the pub "The Wheatsheaf" during WWII. When my mother's (Jean May Ray) house on 2 Bk/42 Whitmore Street got bombed during the Blitz of WWII (November 1940), she and her parents (Edward John Ray and Violet Checkley) were staying...
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    Wheatsheaf Inn - Dudley Road

    My great uncle (Joseph Smith) and aunt (Rosina Gertrude Checkley) ran the pub "The Wheatsheaf" during WWII. When my mother's (Jean May Ray) house on 2 Bk/42 Whitmore Street got bombed during the Blitz of WWII (November 1940), she and her parents (Edward John Ray and Violet Checkley) were staying...
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    Private Edward John Ray (46267) - 2nd and later 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment

    Private Edward John Ray (46267) with his family - 2nd and later 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. He is my great granddad. Left to right are: Private Edward John Ray, Jack Ray (son), Albert Ray (son), Edward John Ray (son), Ellen Ray (wife; nee Grainger) and in mid center front Lilly Ray...
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